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the georgetown herald wednesday june 13 1945 who is this man drew by gordon sinclair famous writer world traveller and radio commentator who is well known throughout the province so all rirht the man is premierflt ontario and got that way on his first try at the age of 49 but that 9 not enough you want to know more ibout george alexander drew and this is the stor the premier who stanrja bdc tmot two and wtighs 230 pounds was born and raised in gudph of a family long promi nent in the roytl city he is a hard ni in to shush whin lie has something to sa rnd that wm indicited even during his terms at upper canada college although still a compantively younff roan drew lias been a soldier low xi years more than two thirds of rd me he enlisted with tht loth battery m gudph when a high school lad of 16 that was in 1911 and three years later when the first world war spread dwr europe the 16th was one of the firs batteries to go active and george drew from toronto s varsity campus wan the youngest officer eariyto mobilize this battery he was also one of the first to fight and the very week george drew went overseas his father died thai made george absentee head of the family which included an onl brother and three sisters john that only brother was tilled while on active duty with the royal canadian navy during the present war during the early battles in france in may 1916 george drew was severely wounded he was invalided home to canada but instead of accepting his discharge he was named to comrrund the 6th battery of the canadian field artillciy and was soon promoted to the rank f colonel a colonel at 23 he bad already been pr and decor ted on the battlefield colonel drew has kept up hn interest in the exservice men and women from then until now and that interest is reciprocated cpn smythe for example a twowit nrtillery officer made his first political speech an endorsement for drew after that last wir had endrd in victory drew picked up his icjidiinn eturlii gnduated from viraity w i called to the bar thin returned to gueli h to practice law and ran for council dnw served four ycirs in the cniimil of guflph and w n then elected m ir of projects that would be undertaken that iear today on the ere of great expan sion in ontario he knows of vast dvll jkins to be undertaken here at home j george drew is the biggest raan and lie first war veteran to be premier of jiuino in fact b of the 12 mem in the in ont irio s 78 years of history there has been only one premier who was younger thru drew and none wfkose utpcrnnce h covered such a wide field george drew is soldier author lawyer speaker and bears masry another label at ability come to think of it hes also a good cook and oao of tbe things he hope to see and taste fa the past war ontario i ore some native ontario dishesv- here in ootar we grow the fines natural food product earth but we dont seem to haver osrj specialised ontario dish the premier hopes- to u that and be plana to improve taetotniat accommo dation throughout the province so that ontario will truly be the traveller s paradise it has often been called after the premier is reelected there wit be a ministry dealing with tourist maodsrs from which all of hs borne towner and visitor alike are sure to benefit in at least three ways also as youwr already br told higbssars wuj be wiriferr extended and improved one thing ive often marvelled at in relation to public figures is hen they can stand che banquet circuit 7os know how it is with mayors and ministers and premiers its often one head table after another ail around the proviooe and at head tables the food is often of a same- g d s fu m his digestion in fact is about as good as you ii find anywhere in ontario and if he ust half tried the premier could weigh 300 pounds or even more one thing he really hatn i lettuce in sandwiches sornrthirib that givei him quiet pleasure i the ilrrl mini to to int m fix of l c delimit l clomd tin ginil ing dubs re a blot oi the liiimto suburban n- 20 j mthiiugh hiilrit irm will i ver rertm ir m ins ust v ir wotmli im drew i i mrng ntiniiwr in dub in he middli ntiitiri tt f ciborn li w in tmt t i tu nn ii in uulll halton garage operators favour industrial standards for trade highlight of the annual dinner meeting of the halton garage oper ators held fit the estnmlnet in bur lington on juno 5th was a unanimous declaration in favour oi seeking legis lation regarding hours of sale under the industrial standards act on june 1st government restrictions on hourh of sale lor gasoline and mo tor oil was removed and the evening at burlington gave halton dealers an opportunity to talk ovei the situation seaker at the dinner was ed wadham of toronto who was introduced by a r speight of georgetown mr wadham tpoke at some length on various plans for re stricting hours of sale and gave as his opinion that the industrial standards act was uie only logical machinery for enforcement under the act dis tricts large or small can be net up and garage operators write their own ticket and have it supported by law mr waahoms idea was that county boundaries are most satisfactory but that this can be further broken down into townships or municipalities if desired aim of such a plan is to give the maximum public service consist ent with fair working conditions in the trade and provide a harmonious consumerdealer relationship reports were given by secretary prank tuck of nelson and treasurer art benton limehouse and george davi president erf wentworth county braflch spoke or behalf of the visi tors president fred sinclair george town introduced four new members lome peters and cecil hardle ctf georgetown a o patterson silver- creek and george mjcleod bronte the latter two were former members who were returning to the garage business after being in war industry and with the armed forces respect- tively i 0 lynn of burlington mov ed the vote of thanks to the speaker and officially welcomed the gathering to burlington taking temporary action on a co operative basis the eight georgetown garage operators have set up a sche dule of closing hours for the town they will be open dally from 7 am to 7 p m and on saturdays in the evening they will also be open evenings on the day preceding a holi day cm sunday one garage will re main open all day and signs will be displayed in all garages announcing which outlet will be open on the next sunday terracotta rpr and mrs maflfwood vb of georgetown have rented a cottage from mr w p hunter on the credit valley flats and have moved into it we kindly welcome thorn to our vil lage limehouse reai estate is still booming in terra ootta mrs w j rutledge has pin- chased mr jas mackies house and lot on church st and mr mackle has purchased a residence in georgetown and intends moving there shortly we mbdm are sorry to lose such kind and estl- oljl w t mable citizens from our midt but our intended for last week we are all pleased to welcome nor- on mcdonald home from overseas looking quite fit norman was a pris oner of war for several months the w i ladies are grateful for the response given their recent salvage drive the proceeds of which went to their war wark fund mr w o brownrldge reports see ing six deer near the village he was motoring through last week about thirtyfive persons attended a community meeting at the home of mr and mrs klrkpatrick on monday evening this meeting was held for the purpose of arranging a welcome home to those local men who have re turned from the services mrs oisby convened a wj euchre and dance at the local school on fri day evening which proved quite a suc cess winners at cards were mrs franls brown and a w benton in stead of free lunch a booth was in the room which greatly helped to increase the war work fund music was prov ided by messrs kay summers and bennett with jos mcdonald floor manager this week umber from limehouse attended the centennial services of knox ch urch acton on sunday nine limehouse ladles attended tbe w m s sectional meeting at union church last wednesday mr a w benton gave the limehouse wm3 report mrs s oisby the mission band report and mrs a j smethurst the closing prayer mr and mrs jno campell visited the devereaux recently miss shirley wright won her prov incial honour pin a silver cake plate and was one of the three highest hs- queslng girls who jointly won the sil ver cup when the club girls held then- achievement day in milton on satur day mrs harry smethurst mrs pat tr- nor and little daughter visited mrs smethurst recently the first being gu est soloist at limehouse presbyterian church services on sunday mr and mrs tom sharpe of burl ington spent the weekend with the hamiltons six boys of this community were officially welcomed home from the ar my and air force when a euchre and dance was held in limehouse school on friday evening they included sam directory j f r watson djdjb- mdr hotm 9 to 8 except ttiuraday dr j burns milne dbntal scbocom xbat oe dr phone mala clifford reid ljj8- d job dentist 410 open sweatings btreet georgetown elmer c thompton insurance service plre auto wtod o p railway and allied 80m11bxi kxotjbsdoks phone llw or j monuments mpjtam and lc1tbuw pollock ingham oali dealcos on bapiesnioog kmi lavaet oar mvfc in groempood nielsen the chlropractoil drugleu therapist hit tau m fiuttoa ihr attendant bran 1 l i pub clomd tbtmdjv ovtb dominion btchu georgetown an us dr s e magwood vfcrbinabt buboum phona 11 ollloe between dmataa onkc ctenva office end tat mew wnti buudtac et tbe oar- ner ef ilaln and hill stteeta oakville monument works w r wwarta designs htaittted good display of licbtraanto hand you pataxaiffe 10 mafclml oaxriita leroy dole kc m sybil bennett bla oaorgetown ronald latimer ronald davfes and william summers each was pre- a ta 0j our cittens attended winnm j wcn mrs acoa and mr a w benton after luncto dancing was enjoyed for several hours miss ethel brownrldge is visiting her sister mrs prank brown since her return from ouelph hospital iritutum to thr ml triumi ls i it laft conhict which n con i nw1 t lin rcai is a siit io ill k iiu it i the cimmonweilth nr tr miiis 1 n in i9m alter a to r i of consrviiv governments had ruli d for if j r iti ontirid clitwe i i ilnril icidcr i aftcrwirds net kin to rtriin llu ir lost position the crnirrvitlvii ntmct inw thur i tkiniwr ind he hi id this rxwt until 1937 when enl kowc led the purty and month mr ror rnd wit inn returned to the utl iwa scene t nrv leader vnn needi or ontario ind on the first ballot george ircv v chox n some of the nocilled old iinrtl of the party had not wanted lrvw but his bkijority was tremendou- up to this time drew had nover soiirht a sent in the leginlaturc but now he nri lor the riding of simcoe knst wr kctel and led the opposition m the lptlntutf tjrrtil the summer of 1941 when he took full com mand once more drew was elected i- the people on hia first try as hi h nf lecoine councillor of gudph mayor of udpti leader of hlb party and member of the legfalature on his first nttempt no drew now reached the highest office within the lift of his province throughout hio public life george drew tas steadily and constantly spoken o himself as canadian first and native of ontario second never he declired would he attempt to advance the enuse of fab province nt the expense of the dominion nauonnl unity he li moat and wu be mairnained this same brond patriotic vie tbe new premjato the motherli fteroto election and there he has energetically for post war prosperity mocbored to continuing british connec tions he made n lntemrje study of agrlcattttre as a irwlt of which ontario has made more ispbl progress in hii cwast moothi in offlcethon at any thsetabtatory tsrnriag mt took ttin i tin r- tiim u nd h i hn ny la tbe first week of nfcajt j raimd comple mlliury pnyit time r neat an niu il n i vr mid blorc dnw ih i dioit ult to nhiimi l vi nntf wurtimotiit i t t under the defence of nnd rtgtih tiun for dimlosing th it a c iti ulnn oroi ib sent to hong kong tth iniufthitnt tmininr tin- rtutjie an we ail know cre quickl and thoroushly drew 1b nn anglican who sometimes rendb the lesson in hla guelph church hn wife is the dhurhlrr of i dwnrd johnon who was cnmai s most noted tenor and ha for many ye iri been general manager of the metropoiitan opera house the drews were nurtied in 1916 ami have a aon edward and t diurhter sandra the drews have one of the tngfiest private libraries in any ontirio home and mrs drew whose people nre oi k oeer stock epeaks five innkuigea ese are being passed nlong to edwara altbohgh sandra la still having trouble with english edward is also studying the violin this is george drew i know yon a llkehua the wedalng at onion chuch on saturday afternoon and all report a very pleasant time mr and mrs walter hayward and master a hayward of ouelph spent t w en with t gotta- friends mr leslie icam our enterprising merchant reports trade exdecdlnsjry briik at present mr and mrs w j vander vuet and daughter of toronto spent the week end at their home here we are sorry to learn thai scarlet fetr has broken out in our hamlet master billy iiljlo is confined to ills room v1u1 it but glad to learn h doiiig a5 wtll as can be expected we i ilstj hojjc lliat all precautionary meas- i urt s will be taken to keep lhs dread- cd diieise from spreading ind we al so htie soon to hear oi ills complete u cot cry mrs j eavei we are sorrj to learn is now it lh confined to her room we il hope soon to h nr of nor recovery mi s wllma hunur toronto spent b ntij with hrr brothi fv mr w f hmuir of the lib line wc undersliiiu that mr c faliep- hord is tohib into the poultry business quite txunsivelj we wish him every tctv jn his new venture mrt fetch of toronto is spending a few daji at her new home here we arc pleaied to learn that mr j rives is now able to be around again usual mr albert dawson has resigned his position at the interprovlncial brick plant at cheltenham and has secur ed a lucrative position with the oeor- getown lumber co and expectb to mov e to georgetown shortly suc cess to you albert there was a large turnout at the church services at terra ootta unit ed church on sunday afternoon the services were ably conducted by misses oarstead and pardo miss carstea and miss pnrdo are our new s s teachers succeeding miss pearl ken nedy our former terra ootta s s teacher we wish these young ladles every success in their gospel bervicea here and also hope that everyone will turnout and thus encourage them in their good work mrs harold hancock of suvercreek spent the week end with her daughter mrs c shepherd of this place mr rawln as purchased a lot from mr p thompson at georgetown and has erected a home on it kenneth m banister ballcttar notary rmi first uortcage lfooaj to loan offloe qretforj ttomtra bmg mill straat a birthday pakttf dennis hancock who was 3 years old on tuesday june 5th celebrated 11h birthday by a pnrtj for his play mates those nt the partj included wayne norton kenneth beam doug- 1 ii ward brian puckering keith peston gordon hancock elizabeth ward carolyn hancock marjoiie hancock gail hancock ind dennis s two utile cousins who haie just ar rived troni england bernard jr and bobbi poole afer spending an afternoon of fun ind game together the children sat dowr to a 1 ght lunch with birthday t ike ice enw and a favour for each i id j a woloughby wlauachby farm a htlan otrfxob t0komto 1m yonce street adoooom largaat and oldest in panada bstabuabed forty ye oonault our active city depart ment for that home to to ouy tom ukwiion i row loeal repreaeatettts radio repairing we specialize in this work 1 tea j sanfordson tendeils for coal and coke federal buildings province of ontario sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned and endorsed tender for coal will be received until 3 pjn edst wednesday jane 27 1m for the supply of coal and coke for the dominion buildings throughout the protirffl of ontario forms of tender with specifications and conditions attached can be ob tained from the purchasing agent department of public works ottawa and the supervising architect so ade laide st east toronto ont tenders should be made on the forms supplied by the department and in accordance with departmental ap ncatlona and conditions attached thereto coal dealers licence num bers must be given when tendering the department reserves the right to demand from any successful ten derer before awarding the order security deposit hi the form of a t titled cheque on a chartered bank to oanada made payable to the a of the hbnoarable the minister pubuo works equal to 10 per oant of the amount of the tendtor or bm bonds of the dominion of panada or your eyes most of ns work our eyes to the limit we work long hoara at the factory store office or at studies at nlrht we read sew go to a movie or play cards what is the answert eye strain and fatigue we tan help yon make an appointment wtth ns lod newest style of flaases 4 etty prleea consult 0 t walker r0 ktesght specialist who will be at his office owsr the bell telephone orx main street oeorgetown the second wednesday of each mrsith or you may consult o t waste at his ocpee in brampton hhonk oeorgetown 07 brampton bm frank petch probapt 8awta phone 1 pjo bob 41 qualified 1 for better osus foundation garments keasonably priced anyone wishing a fitting or further information phone w or call at the house mbs w kendhah ouelph st of the canadian national railway company and its constituent lee unocodltionauy guaranteed as to principal and interest by the dondnton of oanada or the aforementioned bonds and a certified chequ h r qutred to make op an odd amount such securltr 1h serve as a guaran tee far the proper fulfilment of tbe contract by order j m department of puhtto wocta ottawa may m walter t evans a company twentyfive years established fbotbction and 8ervi0s plre life automobile insdrance windstorm a sickness travel agency ocean steamship and inland lakes member toronto baal astaae board phone 183 office mam t k roliv chum rose eww -met-tor-britln- tk dajr place next aabmlay wtlli the ments- tooborgetawn la ura cbartesttoe