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the georgetown herald wednesday maryk 1st 1944 the georgetown herald news op georgetown norval glen williams lime1iouse stewarttown ash grove ballinafad hornby ttrjfta cotta action brampton milton subscription rates canada united states and overseas 2 00 a year single copies 5c advertising rates will be quoted on application telephone n b walter c bighn publisher garfield l mccilvray mary h biehn editor j boley member of tht canadian weekly newspaper association and toe ontarioquebec division of the owjia the editors corner a stfep towards a better community a board of trade was organized in george town last week and judging from the number of busi nessmen and industrialists who attended the meeting webculd say that the importance of forming such an administrative body in the town at this time particu larly has been fully realized so many of us are guilty of sitting back and wondering why something isn t done about this that and the other thing yet much as we d like to see such problems as postwar rehabilitation civic improvement industrial expansion dealt with effectively up to the present there has beep no group organized so that just such problems could be solved and none will gainsay the truth in the old adage that two heads are better than one knowing that nothing could be done with out planned organization and group cooperation a few public spirited citizens fomented the idea of a board of trade and it has certainly caught fire perhaps we might gain the best idea of just what the aims and aspirations of the board are by pointing out the objects of some of the committees formed one of the most important and pressing matters facing the whole country is that of post war rehabilitation a very capable committee has been already appointed to plan for the return of georgtown s boys in service to see that they have jobs to go to and homes in which to establish their families this particular committee will cooperate with the british empire service and federal and provincial boards set up to deal with this problem also there s a mighty big job ahead of this committee a job with which the whole board of trade and citizens of georgetown will cooperate dovetailing in with this committee is the group of men appointed to cooperate with industry with the object of bringing more indus try to georgetown our town will be able to advertise its advantages through ontario house recently estab hshed in london england and steps will definitely be taken to interest british investors as well as canadian a committee has also been appointed to cooperate with the horticultural society in making civic improvements an agricultural committee has been set up with the prime purpose of contacting farmers and gaining bet ter mutual understanding of viewpoints and needs a representative body of the retail merchants and business men of the community will fulfill a role long needed to bring unity of action on many issues which crop up from time to titae parents and young people alike will be glad to hearthat a sports committee for organized re creation has been formed in addition to providing a healthful and supervised outlet for youthful energies there is no doubt that a good town team in any sport is one of the best advertising mediums that a town can have djc another very important part of the board of trade organization was the formation of a ratepayers committee this committee hopes to get the viewpoint of the citizens of town on municipal affairs and as a means to this end will sponsor open forum meetings c for the ratepayers through this committee too will come your ideas on what problems the board of trade could handle your constructive suggestions and en ticisms in this conection the herald will sponsor a question comer to which we invite all citizens aware of the problems to be faced today to submit their questions or suggestions just address it to the ques tion corner the georgetown herald state your ques hon or idea and sign your name your name won t be published of course but it is necessary for our records the board of trade will give their consideration to ill such indications of the trend of thought of th people of georgetown by having a local board of trade it will be able to derive benefit from the co operative ideas and ex penences of all affiliated boards of trade and cham bers of commerce throughout canada such a fusion of the interests of business and industry which receives the whole hearted backing of the community cannot fail to succeed in its aim of making of georgetown a better and happier community canadian independence an opinion the recent speech of lord halifax in toronto has brought the question of canada s relation to the british commonwealth of nations to the forefront of national consciousness the matter has been discuss ed at great length in leading editorials throughout the country and it has been predicted that the issue will be b one of the foremost in the next canadian election consequently it is essential that all canadians try to clarify their thinking on this vital question before the preelection ballynoct muddies the issue the family herald i weekly star summed up our way of thinking when it stated editorially that the word independence is the hinge on which dis cussions turn when canadas nationhood is in question and what is independence it is two things it is a condition which in practice we all visualize clearly and understand both n ourselves and our neighbors we recognize without difficulty all the practical results and appearances of independence or dependence among individuals but the word independence has a second meaning in certain minds or under certain circum stances it is a legal or technical term commonly used to describe a certain type of nationhood the united states gained its independence from great britain by the revolutionary war the southern confederate states failed to gain their independence from the united states of america in their civil war the french revolution did not affect france s independence but it did bring her freedom such exmaples are- clear and obvious the f problem on its technical side only shows itself as such when we ask is france independent today we will ndt try and answer that question whatever answer we gave some technicality loving lawyer could prove us wrong on its practical side there is a problem when we ask ourselves whether our community pride would be higher if we were texans who won independ ence from mexico voluntarily surrendered it to the united states and failed to regain it in the civil war or if we were mexicans who still have it hungary under the austro hungarian dual monarchy before the last war was labelled not lnde pendent yet austria was independent hungary be came independent following the war and today is what a lawyer would answer independent or dinary non legal folk would say helpless under the heel of germany and both would be right because the word independence can mean two extremely differen things and can also mean every shade be tween the extremes in our everyday lives we find difficulty in certain cases m judging the reality of independence even in its non technical sense a young man who works for his farmer father living at home and not getting re gular fixed wages would not be called independent vt hen he marries takes the neighboring farm and works for himself we call him independent and it he goes broke or gets sick and his father has to help support him we could not say whether he was inde p ndt nt or not all this has a bearing on canada we are a common senst people more interested in practice than theory it is the present opinion of the majority of ca nadians and of the tamiy herald and weekly star that in the technical sense canada is only separated from the theoretical independence of the united states and mexico hungary and poland by a thread 1 hat thread is our voluntary allegiance to king george vi who is also king of the united kingdom australia and the other dominions it is the presi nt opinion of most canadians that this thread holds us to many things infinitely more va luable than anything we could gam by breaking it we feel that our national pride is far healthier and less spurious as a free member of the british com monwealth than it would be if we were in the position of mexico panama poland hungary belgium rou mania denmary in theory independence in practice dependent on the actions of a neighbor we do not feel that canada s present position is any less proud or honorable or free than that of a young married man with his own farm who is lucky enough to have some sturdy grown up brothers and a fine old fa ther all well established in his neighborhood fc contest for old timers we always liki to receive letters from out readers for they showabove all else that an interest is being tiken in the piper some of these communica tions are signed ind some are not the particular letter we hive in mind it th momen was anonymous and the writer seemed most inxious to remain so evidently the poem published a few weeks ago about oldtime ashgrove people brought back fond memories to the writer who we may assume is also in oldtimer trwhacussmg the publicity given men and women in the over eighty honour group he says hi often thinks of the time about ten vears ago when an old but nevertheless vigorous male resident of the georgetown vicinity wrote in to the georgetown herald stating that he could step higher punch harder smoke faster yell louder spit farther than anyone his age the writer said he thought sure his bluff would be called but it wasn t he believed the challenge was still open and the old timer in question still willing even anxious foiv tr dut following up this train of thought our corres ponded thought it would be a good publicity idea for some georgetown organization to put on a competi tion forsjld people men and women over 75 allowing 5 points per year for age while we dont think he meant a competition along the lines of the step higher punch harder variety one which turned to a competi tion m songs stones recitations etc would probably create a goodiieal of interest and give the oldtimers another story to add to their repertoire directory f r watson dxb mds georgetown office hours 0 to 5 thursday afternoons dr j burns milne dental surgeon georgetown phone 80 dr clifford red udj9- dxjb dentist phone 410 main street georgetown dr s e magwood veterinary surgeon phone 11 office between division court clerks office and the new municipal build a the oar tier of main andtuql street oakvoxe monument works w r edwards designs submitted good display of monuments on band your patronage solicited phone 636w oakvxlle 5 efaner c thompson insurance service fire auto windstorm c p railway and allied steamship summer excursions phone llffw or j georgetown monuments markers and lettering pollock ingham galt designs on requestphone 2048 inspect our work m oreenwood cemetery leroy dale kc m sybil bennett ba banisters and solicitors mill street georgetown phone 19 nielsen the chiropractor drugless therapist 31st year at practice lady attendant hours 25 89 pan closed thursday over dominionstore georgetown phone 150w kenneth m langdon banister solicitor notary public first mortgage money to loan office gregory theatre bmg mill street phone 88 oeorgetown cn r timetable daylight saving time ootno bast passengei 7 01 ajn passenger and mall 10j0 ajn passenger and mall 7jh pm passenger sunday only 841 gun passenger dally 926 pjn ibis train was formerly the dyer but now stops going west passenger and mall 8 40 ajn passenger sa only 123 pjn passenger dairy except saturday and sunday 635 pjn dairy except sunday 733 pjn passenger sundays only 1153 pjn dailj except su iday 1259 ajn going north passenger and mall 850 am going south passenger and mail 7 08 pjn depot ticket office phone 20w radlo repairing we specialize in this work 16 years experience j sanford son frank fetch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 391 georgetown po box 413 gray coach lines timetable now in ef daylight saving time leave oeorgetown for toronto 224 pjn 844 pjn 934 pjb to 1009 pjtt for london y 1035 8jn z 7 16 pan y 230 pm b 820 pjn 40 pjn xb li 10 pjn b sun and holidays only x to guelph dally to kit chener sun and hoi to kitchener z to stratford bos depot phone 89 terra ootta duncan of toronto with terra cotta mr and mrs spent sunday friends r and mrs joseph tfcbrldc ce leerated their 44th wedding annher sary recently congratulations we are pleased to learr that miss frances rutledge is now able to be around again after her recent acci dent cutting cedar posts seams to be the general order of the day mrs orr of toronto arrived here last week and expects to take up her re here again we kfedly wel come mrs orr back toour burgh once we are sorry to learn that mr w p hunter ol the 6th line is laic up with an abscess on his eye at present and we sincerely hope that his itght will soon be restored again as usual quite a number of real estate trans actions are the topics of the day a present furtiitr particulars later mr und mrs c higglns and famhyl in end moving into mr davldgesj residence on main street shortly mr and mrs kidd and family ofl injlewood were pleasant visitors in ourj hamlet last week master stuart puckering of toronto spent the nock end with mr and mrs i icam and family stuart says that terra cottar is good enough for 1 a numberjr crows have been t in our hamlet during the past i well just another harbinger ol a mr j eaves has been sick list during the past week and i hope soon to hear of his oomplete l eovery the wedding bells are ringing 1 in our hamlet again may the i wdrk continue mr j edge is on the present we also hope soon to hear his complete ib our genial merchant mrs k reports trade quite brisk at presenll with fresh good arriving dally