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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday march 25th 1942 sc a copy 200 a year on purc new fire truck sped council meeting beddes purchase fw 4491 at special dmudi of oeorgetown orhi oo monday evening it wu decided to purchase a new tin truck at a coat of hb00 mayor joseph ovunrts i harold cleave ana councillors a e crlppe h it brown j costlgan bio marsmiu and k it uacoonald were present at u nwt- tag u well u plre ohlef donald latl- mrr fred mccartney ma larwts and stanley leon repres th v brlgada after lengthy rtlinuilnn a motion wu made that a truck be purchased cram the latftance pu engine and foamlte company a per specifica tions using a pord chassis at a price of 14000 complete before uua came to a vote an amendment wu moved by ct brown that another under trom the aame company using a parto chassis at a price of msb 00 be ac cepted there wu no aacondrr for the amendment and a record vot wu taken on the original motion with rene oleavr and ooundllore uic- fcmce crlppe and oostlgan voting for u and mayor otbbone and councillors brown and macdoriald voting against li lt wu decided to initruct the uydro- bectrle onmmlulon to erect a street hint on market street between church and mill streets kdi johnson heads iialtojt cakaoc oremjttosw b a c pattern wh baa lakes realties with brluab war seppty beard at a meeting of hallon branch ol the oarage operators association of ontario in the parmrra- mall m on thursday march 19 ken john- aon wu elected president of the local branch in place of a o paturaon who has taken a position with the british war supply board mr ed wadham of toronto and brlefty of matter concerning the trade a accul half hour with coffee and aandwlchra u enjoyed by all stmteville agric sotfety gives semee diptomts life llentbenhips william oouhb bonouaxd at ctumchville hoclajt uembrr of the btreeuvule agrl cultural society rort last wedrt4ay at the homr of mr and urs w j pcngul ctiurcbvule th early part of the evening aa tpmt in playing euchre un william oouor iuwu- ville and alfred adamton ertndal von the travelling prise with urs w ii liocaughrrty and un william oouse winning ladle prise and w if uccaugherty and bud pengllly holding tugh score for the men after reftrahrncnts were terted ft lrig ton g and rntrristntnent m pro vided led by 1 lector oraydon of btreeuviile the main festure of the evening thro trot under may with the prpmhuuon of service and uir membership dip- tomas to drrryln mrenbrra of u ooclrt km rvathfrilonf rclvtd a fcrrvec dipomji prrternlfd by ktr innu ivcl county anttcujturaj ii- prnxntftuvr and w o andrews pns trnlwl a umllir djpooma to w ii lie cftughrrty a lair mrmbrnhlp tu conicitm on mr wuuftm ooutx atrruvui m mrrcnant by w o drovnrtdatr nreal- dfnt or the boctrly and tne folio inn- ftddrma rrftd by lira ken mccwrjck wvrtlnry of the oociety i you our frlrnd and tcher ovvr wr air nppy to bring ft word of cheer thanklulneaa yr xi ore ihari ord can rrptre your earnest honct faithful hand lua firmly ffulded thl itudent band we fflvt our htartfrlt thanku with thla amall token with our ioe greater ttxan an vorda eve poken a aurpriae oa then in lore for ftlr luid mr w h mcouoghrrty when mrs w c andrema read an ftddreu congratulating them on their recent marriage and wm penjllly preent- rd thrm alth a combined table and makqnr rack from their friendi mr mcoiughrrt u a director and paat prrajdrnt of the society active service notes mrn in uniform home last week included p ray harlou who hu recently been tranferred from debcrt to camp borden 8gt annand borack- hamer mountain view pte j car- mlchacl camp borden pc albert carter cjmp borden cpl bui hrallt market cpl baall hadley bovrman- tlbe another district boy who has en- 1hi1 for acuve ten ice is pte jack allan wno joined the army at chrlat- gnaa time he 1 at camp borden with the tnah regiment of canada pte j cartmchael who aas in town on lave last aeek end dropped in at the herald office with tao cus hion tops which he wants raffled off for the war victims and soldiers comforts funds pte oannlchael en listed last may th with the royal canadian army bervlce corps and has amce been stationed at camp borden at the time of enlistment he wu working in town at the dominion seed house and previous to that he had worked at the farm of alvln mc donald his home is in england and he hu a brother serving in egypt with the british army the cushion tops are in the handsome blue and old of the rcabc with the regimen tal coatofarms flanked with two flags ptc k a 8penoe hen is a snap of pte keith a koop spcnoe youngest son of mr and mrs william spcnce of george town taken somewhere in england pte bnence signed up with the lorne scots on december 13th 1039 and when the regiment went active last spring he accompanied them overseas on june 15th on january 11u ho celebrated his 31st birthday in eng land he is married to the former eleanor euiabeth hornby of george town funeral service last thursday for former georgetown resident funeral r icea were held last thurmay from the home of mr and lr w f bradley for the lat mtr- narct robertmjn a ho pained a ay ill hallrybury the previous tuesday bora in ebquctlng tbvtuhlp ahe ai the daughter of the late j a me and mary robertson she lived on ft farm near dobton for a number of jema later no v lng to oeorgrtoun where the re- fided until a few yeara ago when ahe kent to halleytxiry to rulde with dr ind mrs w r somervllle mla robertfton u aurvlved by one brother robert of cartwrlffht man toba she waa ft member of boaton trubyterun church and later of knox pretb tertan church later atlendinff he united church here the funeral service ww conducted by rev r c toba she was a member of boaton thompson pallbearera were o bom- ervlmc j o oluis k c lindsay kigh black walter t evoiu and vic tor macuonald interment was in boaton cemt tery the georgetown herald british war victim fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram twnyi cash on hand acknow ledged jmjo aahgrov womens institute priiceeds of euchre at home of mr and mrs huvsell hepbum mar it 900 verdun rebekah lodge port proceeds of birthday euchre march 6th 1500 total march 35th 1378171 the georgetown herald soldiers comforts fund forwarded to aeorsctown soldiers comforts committee caih on hand acknow ledged mrs j m buck verdun rebekah lodge part proceeds of birth day euchre march oth i335jm 6007 500 1000 total march 35th f 30051 the weather by ii l huu aaorcung to the calendar winter ended last friday and aprlng begat on ualurday the 3ut we have heard many kindly remarks on the general cliaractrr of the pt winter but we think the moat eloquent wu that of a clturn aho remarked that his auto matic i heater had cost htm just u7 00 li j this winter than last a lor the beginning of tprtng we are rrmlnded of the occasion when w utr akrd to addrcu tlte lions club and as a special favor to us one of our mot intimate friends woo is atlu doing big rwnt in town was called upon to introduce the speaker which he did in the following eloquent words xknurrom i have known the speak er a long time the lea said about lum he better 1ft him apeak for himself if this is really spring ve cannot d brtter than quote bui the leu said about it the better pouowlng are the local records dite if and l preciplla- tvtnp tlon tus star 17 m vtrd star u t7 m tliura uar 18 17 30 rn uar is o hat uar ii 37 31 so hun uar 33 13 j7 36 mon mar 33 3s imcrhonglvltn wtjjdino w torovto laht hatubdav a wedding of local inter tit took place in toronto tail saturday march jht when bltabelh qutn xingeat daughter of mr and mr h c oueo uf the ocortetown dtrtct became the bride of claude it hnrrmm aon of ur a emrrton and the late mr emrrbon of somrrmt england rev d t l mckcrrol offlcuted at the ceremony social and personal mr a ii feuer of 0rn sound sprnt the aeek end at hi home in town mrs r shaw of inglraood open i a day laal mrek in ton mith mn d kldd mrs w p leo of mitchell la spending a few da in town with mr and mr a c welk mr and mxa ttom ailrn and daugh- t r joan of orvhama called on hi mother mho la lit in brd on tuesday mluti penny penfovd evelyn kalne oct roulhlcr and martha uley nurw- intralnmg at bt joseph a hospital ouolph pent sunda aflcrnoon at the home of mr and mrs john ilolden captain and mrs j t blehn of bamla lilted last wedneaday with mr and mrs walter blehn capt blehn la stationed at camp borden uilh the rcamc a probcntatlon and shower for misb helen humberstone a bride of next week wua held on monday evening by the offloe ataff of smith si stone ltd at the home of mlaa elale buuocx court whilst waa plajtd with mr oliver oarey the winner and a de lightful lunch waa served by the hoa- tomi the brtdetobe waa preaented with an automatic toaater and elec tric coffee- maker and received many lovely shower fflfta in addition to thcae keep the herald active aervee ha uptodate by tnlociulng this office immediately of changea la addreaa and addluona te th uat lions entertain wivet at annual udses hi the unnual ladle night of the oicrgetown ltona club wu held on unrnlay thtvlnz at the mcotbbon ho uir lion ptttident r licata waj m the chair and extended aruurhe to the visitors a toast to the liona club was tlen by e mcwhlner and rrponded to by it c mcclure who pointed out the good work that the orgunixauoo u doing through th lion urltiih child war victims pund there are 000 uona ctuba in oanada the united htatee ha all cuba puerto iuctj mrxloo and the ihiuppuif and they puy a largr iart in patriotic work ol j mlrintmft proposed a toast to the ladira spraksng partlcuiajiy of ihe ork ltey mrr doing for th lied ctou mrs j ii markrnce rrthrd to the tout and thanked the dub for the ruoyabte evening uy had provided tor ifea ladlex lloo ralph rosa then rrdted the laird of cockprn the enurtalnmrnt for the earning waa provided by a trio of children from llamlltoo vic and clara warbutton in comic songs and dancra and betty titompfcrn acrobatic and toe dancer at the ooncluuon of the performance w v or an i prwnied them wtih a wrxrt of fruit iron the club mcuuan hlhhionakv at annual meettno op ftosftloh to uotmh tw annual meeting of the oeorge- uwn branch of the miaatoo to le pers wu bald tn the sunday school room of the united church on pri- day uar uui at 3 pm with the pnaidrnt mm a reeve in the chair the devotional port was taken by ikt ii c tudd and rev chu c collirane mr cochrane gaw a very brief but potent addrcu on chrula 1m u ling poer mr todd then intro duced rav w h coulna the specla apeaaker of the meeting mr ool- hni on furlough la a missionary in nutru undtr the budan interior mia hion and gave an inspiring talk on hu aork in nigeria west africa and un ajtklolgypuan sudan rev w o o thomikbon osmued mr collins u uif apfitvctauon of the entire meet- iiik mi j l ofctrom sang a very pt saing solo accompanied by ml uum on uir violui and uiaas young ti ihe piuno mr thompson look the chair for the u- uon of ofnrers and tiie fouowing wire teclrd ltealknt mrs a rroe vicepresident mrs wm sinclair warur mrs w v or ant ucuurct mrs a oritrandir re pre sen u live to local ouuncil mrs b pruncia ttu mrrling u cloned alui benc- dituoit b hi thompson red ctlobtt s1utmlnt rhc fouowuig large shipment of cioitiing and other supplies for british oivluana has cone forward to uic uurclioum tn toronto this ship- nuni toniisjiico the sewing cooimit- ut a quota and uork 11l betfln ou tin ik out right away 10 unit no u consisting of 1 coat uc 16 1 skirt 1 blous 1 pullover l pr knickers m children s drciic and pan tics 107 prs boys pyjamas ai 13 0 layette 3 baby jftcluu t baby bonnet j px mitt size b and 13 4 tunic and pontics size 4 1 blouse sue 10 37 qullta 1 col quilt t blanket 1 inull afghan 2 large afghana next friday april 3rd is easter friday a public holiday medical officer of health report issued for 1941 advocate garbage dupoal syuso recretioo buildtnj good year for community health s a has been the custom in past yeara wr are nprinung thu aeek a detailed report submitted rrcenuy to the ooun- il by uir medical officer of health lv c v wullams the rrorl glt a ciruu- and 4cur picture of the in tilth utuauon in oeorge losn during 1m1 and every cluien is urged to rittd it carefully tn order that he may acquaint himself 1ui commun ity health activitlm td uve chairman and mrenbers local board of health of the municipality of oeocgrtovn otntjemrn 1 beg to autocrat herewith my iin renrt upon uie health and sanitary conditions of the municipality for the ar ending december 31 imj our populsuoii as shown by the aseaiaora rrluma is 2490 accrding to the rvcords of the dtrlaioo rrtjlalrar ihrre occurred during the year 7 btrthi of which none were atillblrtha death from ail causes numbered 17 there occurred no deaths under one year and no maternal deaths for your tnfonna- tion i prtttcnt the following main items of inlereat with regard to the 1aading cauacs of dttsth at all agw tlkatw mui 10 dattlhi rwuilting from dlitiim of the heart ftnd blood vtfacls 3 death rc caused by cancer 1 death from pmumonls 3 were due to aoctdent excepting death caused by fto the average age at death was 70 years 9 were males sod females the above statistics apply only to birtha and death occurring in the municipality those occurring outside of the municipality e g- in hospital are uud in the rounlclpaliy where the look tvace ptaanclal ruteaaeat itieventte total revenue received b the local board of uasiih from various sourcea was nil exfcfutttmra th total spent during the year was 1 amount paid for salaries wu as follows medical oriicrr of health xb 00 public health health nurse nil milk and sanitary inspector 1300 00 other salaries nil total for salaries kb 00 2 ekpense medical officer of health health officers convention 3 days ho 00 3 amount of total expenditure for sanitary uork nil mi total amount rptnt on treatment and control of com munlcohle dlwac nil beanm ma ry ef p of the local naallh procrasbsbs in this section x wish to speak of the work accomplished during the year in general terms only u more detail- ed accounts of specific projecta and problems follow in the course of the vport under the statutes certain du ties are required of the local board of health and i shall deal with these first a sanitation in general sanl- tary conditions in ocortretown ore fair oorudderlng the age of the high school and public school buildings an effort has been mode particularly to the case of the public school to bring them up to modern standards of heat ing ventilation ftnd provision of proper sanitary convenience domestic sanitation is steadily im proving the many new homes are well appointed while older homes are being improved the outdooor privies are gradually being eliminated house holders are being increasingly disturb ed by the problem of disposal of sewage material under present economic con ditlona it will be necessary to carry on as well as possible with such temporary expedients as septic tanks and oess- pools cwna directors visit rcaf station representing the several hundred nonananera which comprise the weekly press of canada directors ot the can adian weekly newspaper association during their annual session in ottawa took time o to visit a royal cana dian air porco training station at nearby uplands here they saw young fighter pilots in training and watched at close range the operation of one phase of the vast british com monwealth air training plan the publishers were shown around the station by squadron leader bevies right ohio plying instructor on extremo left is b j darnan ot ala meda bask while walter legge of oronhy quebec president of the owna is at centre next to him is harmon e rice of htintsvule out immediate past president roaj official photograph the unhealthy and unaesthetlc eors- dluoo and situation of the municipal utrtiage dump together with the ta dicnmlnat dumping of garbage wujs uakrqurnt propa of rata in soma duuicu can be permanrnuy corraotsat by the development of a municipal garbage collection and 1 syttaoa tkich a tyitrm could be used to adraa uir at the aame time for the racisms tlon of salvage material as fata paper mrtal etc the costs sould be levtad atpluut bout owners and paid with us tain tins cost would be lass than is paid now for individual tt a complete plan was outlined to use town council last pall but no acuoa lias been laken itrcrrauonal families are noteworthy by thru- paucity to a tmit extaas utrar aie provided in srnooai and churchta the provision of a iimiwe lor or games hobbles lector theatricals etc would be a great aaact lurucularly for he youth of the town the totalitarian itatre are wtl advan ced in usch forms of social service aocl llnd that they pay dividends lnduulal aanltatlon except for tha problem of rtlnpoaal of certain dint- rtsl waste which will not be solved aithout sffacr installation directors of moat of our industrial plants seem to be aware of their rcaporuihuhy for good aanltatlon there are atlll isolated cases vhrrr toltrt facultlni tn plants bar not kept pace with improvement us machinery and other appolntmenta plants handling milk snd associated product are under constant auper- vulon and correct minor inadequacies ahrn dltvctcd to do so their sanitary condition is good u ucenuino op doattotno houuli no llceiuc are required in tlroritrtoan c oovtroi op communio able ducahoj in oetrolai tlu local hoard of health dralth with one outbreak of dlarase an epldemlo of uumpa commrnred in the pall of 1040 and rruchrd tu peak during the month or march 1941 when 47 new casm acre reported the tut case was in august in all 168 mumps acre re- reported in 1m1 oontrol waa itl and not ery effectlie on account of tha nature ol the disease sllld cases were often obscure and were overlooked far noxmts but were just u nmiintfa as the more severe the is alas communicable before signs appear ap ircclatlon is due most parents tha ihibllc 8chool nurse and leachera ca account of their vigilance in dctectlns early casta except for this epldexolc oeorgetown au fortunate in experiencing a relatlvs recdorn from communicable scarlet fver and diphtheria prevalent in mxme dlstncta two of scarlet pevrr were brought te oeorgetown from outside bu rtrompt mrasurea were taken to prevent unread and were successful in each case ths record of no cases of diphtheria alnos 1030 is very gratifying the incidence of chlckenpox and measus aas unusually low one death from measles la to be noted mfliw should not be regarded too lightly tuberculosis in oeorgetown wu con fined to 3 casea only as with all com municable diseases ccxnplacency must be avoided only by early detection adequate treatment and supervision off contacts can it be kept under control typhoid fever undulant jvassr septic sore throat have not been iw ported for several yeara pasteurisa tion of milk and a safe water supply te a great extent prevent the spread of these tllf nmalrpfrs can be completely con trolled by universal vaccination tha increasingly larger attendance at th pubuo school clinic is most satisfac tory a few cases ot psittacosis were found in toronto tn 1m1 this disease can he communicated to humans from pxlt- taclne birds accordingly registration ot all parrots parakeets and love birds is required ot owners nine such birds sere reported no oases ot psittacosis occurred in oeorgetown in 1041 communicable diseases i prevalence cerebrospinal men ingitis nil chlckenpox 3 cases 0e years 10 cases a 14 years 4 cases ib and over total 17 no deaths diph theria nil german measles r cases 014 years 2 cases over 15 total 7 no deaths measles 1 case s 14 years i cose and 1 death is years and over mumps 11 caws 04 years 134 eases 5 14 years 33 cases 15 and over total ibs no death paratyphoid fever nil poliomyelitis nil puerperal septicaemia nil scarlet fever 3 cases 15 years and over total 3 no deaths septic bore throat nil smallpox nll tuberculosis all forms 3 cases is years and over total 3 1 death tf photd fever an whooping cough 1 case 04 years total 1 no deaths tjn- dulont fever nil gonorrhoea esses reported direct ontario department of health syphilis reported direct to ontario department of health of tho above cases and deaths nons were nonresidents 3 prevention a general oanv- pnlcn of immunisation was carried on in the municipality during the past year as a result 70 school children 4 a ere immunised atntnst dlptherls ot these 34 were ot proschool age as of schoolage and a further ib who had beep treated in infancy wen ttran a single reinforcing dose ot toxoid this campaign involved the riving of 174 inoculations ninetyone per cent of the publlo school children are now continued on page b