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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening may 14th 1941 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa news parade garfield l mboilvrey when good fellows oct last weekend alone vital the edi tor of this paper we had our brat opportunity of attending the weekly mswsipermeirs convention which wee- ihfltt tibfe jmr tit tt royal oon- naught to hemflton it had always been one of our hoped for thrills to attend one of- these gatherings and mlngfe as it werevywith the numbers of the fourth estate the canadian weekto hewspaper association is be coming apbtent factor in the social and economic life of canada with nearly five hundred newspapers now in its fold one of the latest news papers to and the value of such an organisation is our neighbour the muton champion aj the weekend gathering included only newspapermen in the ontarioquebec division there were registrations over the one hundred and twentyfive marie and guests for the banquets brought the total over two hundred what impressed us most was the social atmosphere which prevailed throughout the entire session sup posing one had been a total stranger to the convention it would have been no tbne until he would have been ac quainted with almost everyone present and whether he remembered the name of another or not he could join in the chorus of when good fellows get together and the ladies too had their part in the social functions of the convention but apart from the social side and we must not overlook our happy associations with werdun leavens of the bolton enterprise harry faulkner of the aluston herald and sam curry of the tweed news we must give some account of our visit to one of hamiltons munition plants and the rcaj bombing and gun nery school at jarvis and if the edi tor falls to red pencil it a brief synop sis of a paper given before the con vention by h on friday the heart aches and heart throbs of a new weekly editor after riding in the same car with the editor to hamilton and hearing him deplore the moment of weaknest in accepting the proposal that he give this paper we do not know whether it is even safe to broach the subject unless by chance we do the proof reading ourselves but however after being scooped by the hamilton specta- tor it is only fair that we give some account of the address in the editors chair for only a year he related that his blggest kick was sponsoring new columnists one of which he has syndicated under the heading timely topics for wo- men by barbara balnes suggesting that almost everyone has the urge to write for the local paper he has turn ed little material aside and believes the local newspaper should cater to these people and urge others to do likewise in this connection he men tioned pur weekly weather report by h l hutt our local cartoonist who noes this work on linoleum block as we see it by j a strang and our enterprising local poet the bard of college view another heart throb was the herald war victims fund whftcb be said had reached the 00000 mark then came the heartaches gallons of advertising disguised as news and being asked to make speech es in the discussion period which fol lowed some editors suggested that newspapermen should go out among the people and make speeches and be group leaders in connection with the sponsoring of columnists mrs b a duncan editor of the wlarton echo remarked that she thought her paper might be too womanish end that she should nave a column for men friday afternoon the delegates were shown thru the ousfensom elevator plant the largest munition plant un der one roof in the british empire erected since last october the plant is 800 feet long by 400 feet widje and to date over 800 machines for the mak ing of the bofra antiaircraft gun have been installed this gun has 1400 component parts and girls are being trained to operate the machines in the making of these precision parts if for no other reason we were struck by the immensity of the building and the gigantic project undertaken pari of canadas war effort the trip to jarvis airport on sat urday afternoon gave us a realistic picture of another phase of the war effort we arrived in time for- the presentation of wings ceremony and were also accorded the privilege of viewing the grounds and flying fields and watching the steady flow of trainees takeoff on practice flights competing with newspapers from towns nrutto larger than georgetown the herald was given honorable men tion in a contest for test front yes indeed dear readers your old friend and sunday morning newscaster of events that take place throughout the towns and villages of ontario andy clarke was there a also miss agnes mcphail now a writer for the and mall early closing it has been rumoured that an early tio bylaw is on foot in george town just where it is being given t start is not known but a number of the businessmen seem to think ft would be a splendid idea especially on wednesday and saturday nights many towns have a very strict bylaw regukting closing hours of certain business places but only after a plan off tins kind has been tried can judg- jnent pro or con be passed this coihmli would welcome letters sup porting either side the letters must be signed to show good faith but names need not be published if desired naval minister speaks at newspapermens convention hon angus l maodonald minister of national defence for naval affairs who addressed members of the ontarioquebec division of the canadian weekly newspaper association at their convention in hamilton last week the georgetown herald british war victim fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram fund 76682 acknowledged to may 7 11043 in memory of mother from batley 600 mrs john hepburn sr glen williams 300 adventure class of gtbwn baptist church bui ganton bill and emery thompson jtm blair ralph and doug las peck in loving memory of mum in memory of mother social evening at the home of mrs w g marshall concert may 12th by public and high school students who competed in the halton county music festival at milton halton rural mail couriers theatre nights in georgetown and acton total may 14th s i 133 150 100 horn angus li maodonam minister of national defence for naval affairs addressed ontario and quebec weekly editors at the annual owna con vention held last wsek in htmfrin the issue of this struggle wth de pend on the number and quality of ships planes guns and tanks that we can turnlsh and the speed with which we can provide them said mr mao- donald if all goes well in these mat ters we shall triumph dedstvely for in human pourage anil in human skill and- in our sense of the righteousness of our cause we are incomparably stronger than the enemy what we need in the words of the prime min ister of eng are the tools of war given these we shall finish the job mr maodonald reviewed the situ ation after the last world wac when our awn parliament pulpit and press expressed dissatisfaction with the so- called harsh terms imposed on ger many he deprecated this stand pointing out that the terms had not after all been over harsh for a defea ted country which itself had caused the war and certainly not so harsh as the teiros aggressor germany has demanded from the countries overrun in this war he briefly reviewed the expanding forces of canada navy air force and army and pointed out what an enormous expenditure oanada was called upon to make in the next year the proposed expenditure of 1600 million is almost equal to the 1700 million spent in four years of the last war on to 1000 the herald war victims fund con tinues to advance towards the 1000 mark this week a substantial dona tion of 3225 was made being the proceeds from the festival music con cert in the united church three citizens remembered their mothers in a fitting way by making donations to the fund and the adventure class of the baptist church did their bit with a contribution the halton rural mail couriers made a splendid contribution of 2500 which was raised thru two theatre parties held in the gregory theatre in georgetown and acton lost month the fund now stands at 95433 and ffe expect that it will soon be over the 1000 mark three donations to talling 76682 have already been sent to the toronto evening telegram fund and our bank book shows a to tal of 18751 on hand subscribe now for the home paper united church mission band thankoffering meeting mrs frank wilson of ashgbove guest speaker the little people members of the rosebud mission band met m the church bas monday afternoon may 5th for their spring thank of fering meeting the superintendent mrs norman burns wasjasslsted by her duties by mrs f o overend w mb president and miss ellen mc kay presbyterlal secretary of baby a program of unusual simplicity and beauty of thought provided for the guests mothers of the band mem bers and the members of the womans missionary society an hour of inter esting entertainment full of inspira tion in the realization that even though we live in days of wars and rumors of wars there ate still the peaceful spots where the seeds of love and truth are being sown in the hearts of little children especially noteworthy was the wor ship service the call to which was giv en in a fourline poem by ann orab- treer followed by the hymn can a little child like me thank the father fittingly and prayer by june cofell then follrfed the days portion of the project being carried out by the mission bands this year finding the way to world friendship on a low table about which the children gathered was the model of a bit of landscape with green grass miniature lake trees houses etc ac ross which led friendship road in the direction of the wnnegated city called worldfriendship the children each meeting day place and m words on a signpost giving directions for reach ing this city the words on each sign post were taken from gods guide book and had been written down first by a great missionary named paul in a letter called the first epistle to the corinthians and the part we call chapter is these are some of the sign posts m tm tw wivmr rude f3li love is al- ways kind 3 love makes no parade 4 love is always hopeful 5 love a little conversation b mrs burns and the children brought out the meaning of the words on this fifth sign post these were memorised and the sign placed at another link in the road then all sang together the prayer hymn tfather make loving gentle thoughtful kind the short business session was ably conducted by the mission band presi dent junior grace and the secretary nan brown end the collection whioh with proceeds of sunshine bags am- continued oh page 8 ruth mcnally and lieut paul barber married last week an interesting event of last week was the marriage of ruth isabel only daughter of mr and mrs fred mc nally and ueut paul beverley barber son of mr and mrs c h barber which took place at st georges church on thursday may 8th at 6 pm the bride was given in marriage by her father and ware a rfop blue sheer afternoon frock with beige accessories and carried a colonial bouquet miss isabel thompson who attend ed the bride wore a pink sheer crepe with blue accessories and carried a bouquet of spring flowers mr george southee of toronto was r following the wedding a reception for the immediate f amines was held at the home of the bride her mother receiving in navy blue sheer with white accessaries and a whdte corsage sweet peas she was assisted by the grooms mother who wore navy prin ted sheer with matching accessories and a corsage of pink sweet peas special guest was the brides great aunt one of georgetowns oldest resi dents the bride presented mrs ford with her bouquet mrs e bedell of detroit an aunt of the bride poured tea the couple left by car for a short honeymoon in mliskoka the bride travelling in a green tweed dressmaker suit with beige accessories lieut barber is with the recently mobilized lome scots p d a hegment stationed at standard bar racks hamilton shop committee organized at smith stone an employees committee has been formed at- the local smith ac stone factory wnpmrrt of representatives from the different departments heed ing the oommltee as president bruce kennedy with mrs lillian ritchie as secretarytreasurer and other member including alma mc- enery janet gray susie keir art wilson ralph appleyard bert bullock and bernard armstrong qne activity already under way is the creation of a fund for the boys in ser vice in oonneotion with this be committee is sponsoring a dance at hutftonvllle park on friday may 30th with proceeds to be added to this fund doris hulls orchestra will provide the weekly editors meet in hamilton the annual convention of the on- tartoquebec dtvislonnf the canadian weekly newspaper association was held last friday and saturday in ha milton prom ithe opening address of welcome delivered by mayor william morrison kjo to the visit to the bombing and gunnery school at jar- vis which wound up the twoday ses sion the convention was packed with interesting and educational features for the members about 136 weekly editors accompanied by wives and famines registered at hamiltons hoy- alconnaught hotel the mornings were given over to discussion periods on various publish lug problems included in the forums were such subjects as should the ktles tax exemption- on commercial printing be removed led by william bean of the waterloo chronicle the value of a news morgue to a weekly newspaper by btu currie of the amherstburg echo the advantages of a tabloid newspaper by j h cranston of the midland free press herald and ray wilson of the shamr- inlgan falls standard and the heart aches and heart throbs of a new weekly editor by walter btehn of the georgetown herakt the hamilton spectator entertained the mvn at a fridaynoon luncheon at the tamahaac club while the apple- ford paper products gave a luncheon at the hamilton golf and country club for the ladles during the after noon a trip through a munitions plant had been arranged and the editors were given a glimpse at the magni tude of canadas war effort in this plant newly built one hundred and eighty machines are now installed with more arriving every day in the evening a reception party by buntln gillies and co was followed by the association banquet guest speaker was hon angus maodonald minister of national defence for nav al services head table guests inclu ded miss agnes mcphail former mf and now a columnist with the toronto globe mall a feature of the ev ening was the crowning of the blos som queen by hon p m dewan on tario minister of agriculture russell t kelly hamilton advertis ing man spoke at the saturday lunch eon where the editors were guests of johnston everson and chariesworth public relation counsels mr kelly a wellknown sjiealcer who lias been in georgetown on several occasions stressed the value of small towns in our economic setup and the valuejaf the weekly newspaper in reflecting the thoughts of the small town and the farmer in the afernoon a trip to uie bomb ing snd gunnery school at jarvis gave the editors the privilege of view ing a wings presentation to a grad uating class at the school hedley shaw new proprietor of georgetown flour 8i feed hedley shaw of newmarket has purchased the georgetown flour and feed mill from j c clark who has operated it for the past few years af ter purchasing it from the estate of the late wc bessey mr shaw comef from the famous milling family which founded the maple leaf milling com pany and has had wide experience in the feed business his grandfather of the same name founded the maple leaf milling company and mr shaw has been associated with that organi zation for the past eleven years go ing through the various department and learning the business from all angles he is married to the former jean wilkinson of mitchell and they have two daughters sandra aged 6 and sydney aged 4 at present his family is m toronto and they will take up residence here when mr shaw gets estabuslked they are members of the united church mrs shaw is a sisterinlaw of mr harpen beaumont formerly of glen williams and now a resident of pres- oott mr shaw has an interesting hobby of model gun making a year or so ago an 18pounder medium field gun model drew the attention of army au thorities and was sent to england with the rca far exhibition that ft was considered of value is attested by the fact that 1000 insurance was pla ced on the model help finish the job will be slogan in june warloan campaign the weather the past few weeks has been on the average 4 degrees cooler than the pre vious week and only one degree high er than the corresponding week in ap ril there has also been on the aver aged hours per day more cloudy wea ther during the balmy weather of ap ril which broke a 99 year record for high temperatures it was suggested that we might take em off but with what has followed this month we are inclined to think there is still a lot of sound sense in the old scotch saying neer cast a clout till may be pot following are the local records for the week date h and l rein- temp fall tue may 6 70 45 wed may 7 70 52 35 thur may 8 69 47 08 fri may 9 67 40 20 sat may 10 65 37 sun may 11 56 36 mon may 12 58 37 as commentator for the ontario farm broadcast don falrbairn makes it his business to travel throughout ontario and quebec to oultandlnr rural exhibitions a few weeks ago a photographer snapped this picture at the college royal at the ontario agricultural college in guelph as don was bu sy interviewing j e whltdock halton agricultural representa tive who was an official at the event funeral service for mrs j cwetherau funeral services were held last wednesday for mrs james c weth- erald who passed away at her home on edith street on monday may 6th mrs weuierakt who was in her 90th year was predeceased by her husband over twenty years ago born in tra falgar she was the former mary tel- fer mckay daughter of the late eliz abeth and- hugh mckay she moved to georgetown with her family when a child and had spent all the rest of her life here mrs weuierald had always been an active church member and worker she was a member of knox presby terian church since hs organisation here and was the last s char ter member of the wmj8 of that church she is survived by a daugh ter mrs c b hodgson of george town and a son h m wetherald of windsor a private funeral service was held from the home with rev d d dav idson in charge of the service pall bearers were messrs george begg and brock barber of toronto and o t mckay p b coffin hugh black and fred thompson of georgetown bur ial was in greenwood cemetery georgetown those from out of town who at tended tine funeral included mr and mrs h m wetherald of windsor mr and mrs george begg mr and mrs george lawrence mrs james b mcleod mr norman mcleod mr w brock barber mrs w hall and mrs 8 bongard all of toronto william harrison of rockwood and mrs eric allan of st thomas waiting for trouble to help while away the long hewn of wmtchfafaess on canadas eastern seaboard these members of a coastal defence battery indnlge m a game of eribbage v v grant heads local committee l e fleck cocnty vicechairmart an orga meeting to nliwoea committee for the dominion of canada victory loan 1941 drive la georgetown was held in the pubbd library last thursday night mr i c amys and mr j m rutherford of toronto organizers for the county of hajton were present to assist in or ganizing the committee w v grant will act as chairman wkh le roy dale w a wilson and t l leslie assisting him as vice- chairmen other committee mem bers include publicity w f bradley i canvass w h long frank fetch w e nodwell and a beaumont employers r b foulls w b ford and e mcwhirter special names l e fleck w v grant and le roy dele an honorary committee was also arranged names on which include j b mackenzie mayor joseph gibbons reeve harold cleave col james bel- lantine lleutcol g cousens b stone rev w g o thompson ma jor g o brown c b daytfoot jos eph beaumont george currie and mrs s b mackenzie the county organization is not yet completed but several offices have been filled major frank pullen of dakviue is rhnlmwin with xl e fleck georgetown dr c a martin milton and e m milne burlington as vlcecnalnnen george atkins editor of the oakville recordstar is in charge of publicity work for the county help finish the job a phrase ta ken from one of winston churchills inspiring speeches has been chosen as the slogan for the victory loan campaign an advertisement for which appears on page 7 of this issue of the herald the campaign will commence on monday june 2nd and will be of three weeks duration mrs w vgrant honoured by wa st georges womans auxiliary held a banquet in the church basement on thursday evening last at which mrs sparling diocesan first vicepresi dent mrs alison diocesan treasurer mrs baxter diocesan recording se cretary mrs snider diocesan treas urer of extracentaday fund and mrs bell all of hamilton were guests the daughters of the church catered for the excellent meal the rector welcomed the hamilton guests and said grace mrs s walker president of st georges branch acted as toastmaster the first toast was the king re sponded to by the inging of the na- tlonal anthem the church and the wa was then proposed by mrs grant and re sponded to by mrs sparling who gave an excellent and stirring address con cluding mrs sparhng performed the aot which was the real purpose of the gathering presenting to mrs w v grant a certificate of life member ship in the womans auxiliary and affixing the ttfe members gold pin mrs grant from whom the pro ject had been kept secret though en tirely surprised expressed deep ap preciation to the local branch for the honour oonferred upon her and to the diocesan offjoers for the rmner in which it was conferred each of the diocesan officers wna then asked to speak and each re- sponded by giving a useful outline of the work of her own office mrs laws proposed a vote of thank to the daughters of the church for the delicious meal which was carried enthusiastically and rece by mrs thos bason jr the president of that organization the rector appeared at this junc ture and thanked the ladles from hamilton most cordially for their kindness in coming and closed the happy gathering with the benediction father of mrs d wallace dies at streetsville wubert bdgerton watson streets ville businessman died suddenry last week at bis home in that town after a short illness mr watson who was in his 64th year was born at ora- hamsvllle ohjnguaoousy township and was a son of the late mr and mrs e g watson as a young man he spent several years in british col umbia where he w in a hour mill leaving the west he moved to skncoe where he married and farmed for a short period later he returned to streetsville where he iranaged a flour and feed mill m recent years he owned and operated a book and confectionery store surviving are his wife deknar wall ge and mrs leslie burns btaeetsvllle and three sisters mrs a d johnston thistle- town mrs wblam wright wood- bridge and mrs o r cburen streetsville human babies bbought cf bt baboon and beajt motbeks read about the starumg oases in vestigated by prof b at ztosjg dto- mnguished sntfaropotogm wbtoh pro ved that ohodren on be reared by wdd animals as tom in a feature ar ticle in the american weekly with the may 16 issue of tbe detrott sun day times be sure to get the detroit sunday tunes tins week and every week