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noted church leader telb work of united church elders salada ounge peei insurance travel real estate walter t evans co mill street phone 183w georgetown ontario serving your community for over 30 year d the voice of broadway by dorothy kilgallen i in tfca lmilitli w wiisi r w tw jrama i c for home delivery of the telegram please contact the tety carrier salesman on youjtreet wnte the telegram bay and mdmda sts toronto or telephone waveriey 6011 the telegram daily pins weekend a presbytery request for a repre sentation of six elders from each pastoral charge resulted in a total attendance of a hundred and fif teen at the halton banquet rally milton all but three unttett churches in halton presbytery responded ap propriately whilst ihe double charge at burlington port nelson sent a quota of fourteen the result was a demonstration of strength and spiritual solidarity that will live long in the minds of those attending and may prove to be thfi opening of a new chapter in local united church history the highlight of the evening winch commenced with a toanqilet was an impressive address on the work of elders given by the no ted church leader the very rever end dr george c pigeon first and most distinguished moderator of the united church of canada after giving an account of the fcjew testament origin of the office of steward elder and minister dr pldgeon pointed out thai only when elders are fully bearing their share of the pastoral and spiritual admin istration of the church is the min ister able to devote himself effec tively to prayer and the ministry of the word he emphasized the importation of the ordination and induction of elders elders hold office by the choice of the people of the church but they are set apart for supenn- tendence of the spiritual life of the church in an act of ordination by the minister q ordain a man remains spiritually an elder although later he may be voted out of office it reelected he will not be reordained but simply inducted the spiritual quality of the church depends on the ciders said the ex moderator they are the continuing leadershi for ministers come and go but the elders remain a part of the continuing life of the community therefore their influ ence is correspondingly important the elders exercise their leader ship through their care for the work and life of the w orshipping com munity being responsible for the initiative in all aspects of its work whether in christian education choir and worship the use of the buildings prayer holy fcotnmun ion or visitation additional to that of the minister they are likewise responsible tor the essential details of membership and worship the membership roll is in their charge the final legal test of member ship resting on the session record the minutes of reception and re moval being entered in the min ute signed bj the minister and validated by presbytery a care fully kept and purged roll is a first necessity to guard and preserve the rights of those worshipping in the chuvcb dr pldgeon proceeded to give an account of the elder s share in the sacraments of baptism and holy communion in baptism the water joutpoured means something the grace of god communicated this communication must be fulfilled by god through the parents who should be professing and practicing chris tians holy communion is the crowning act of worship in which we com memorate the death of jesus and acknowledge that through the death and whole work of christ his grace is communicated to those prepared to receive h by the way the ser vice is conducted we must set forth its meaning all our history is be hind us then we gather there apd partlcuarly man s most solemn moments of selfdedication at death and on the battlefield it is our sublimest moment but the sub lime is always nextdoor to the ridiculous a mishap occurring at a moment of tension very readily spoils the service for those taking part by careful selfpreparation the elder is able to help to make the moment great the doctor concluded with a pointer to the changes in church life tn europe and the growing ev idence that wi are at the thresh- hold of a new era in church his tory when a great movement of spiritual leadership this time among the laity will again bring in the new day for evangelism irr moving the vote ofthanks to th speaker rev w a dempsey milgrove fitly summed up the feel ing of all present in saying they had been given a vision of the privilege that is ours as workers in cod s service dr pidgeon had spoken like st paul of old the eiders among you 1 exhort who also am an elder the address was followed by a division of those present into ele ven discussion groups who directed their attention for half an hour to ten questions taken from dr j h riddells book the eldership to which elders were referred the discussion leaders included the fol lowing elders j l mckindley and a r oliver of burlington tom ball and eric wilde of watcrdown dr george king of milton stan turner of trafalgar alex maclarcn mrs beaumont and graham i- ar nell of georgetown j w hollings worth of kilbride and mr george langton rev g e almack carlisle act ed as an able mc for the occasion nd was responsible for the general in diiflments in collaboration with the- presbytery evangelism and so- fratf spires heeds anglers hunters in the clubhouse which was built apd paid for last year members of georgetown anglers and hunters club held their annual meeting last thursday fred spires is the new president and stan lyon vice president dir ectors of ihe association are gordon spence harry adams and jack crichton jim carney is secretary and bob jepson treasurer the club which has a large mem bership of district sportsmen ac quired property on the acton cross road adjoining the ballantine prop erty for their clubhouse and work on its construction was mostly done bjf the members themselves ihe georgetown hbkauk wednesday evening feb 4th 1933 page 1 davidson is chairman school area board chairman of esquesing school area board this year is r l dav idson acton mr davidson succeeds hector bird who headed the board last year members of the board who will serve under him are mr bird john bingham r j cunningham and william dobbie this year the school area has the problem of providing accommoda tion for increasing numbers of pub lic scnoor- pupils in norval and in stew arftown at present students in thehree senior grades hi these communities are being brought by bus to georgetown where mr wil liam kinrade teaches them in the new howard wrigglesworth school while a few dublin district pupils arc being taught in aoton next year the georgetown ac commodation will not be available according to georgetown school board members and there is some talk of building an addition or a new school at norval no definite action has yol been taken by the sthool board tn the matter jess railways at montreal mr breau new i agent canadian national at montreal mr brass brmgfl37 years of railway pa expenenos to ha new post one of the basest on the canadian national cial service committee the ban quet toast to the church moved by j l mckindley was answered by the chairman of presbytery rev john m smith georgetown the milton 9t paul s united mr and mrs club are to be congratulated on their excellent catering arrange ments under their presidents mr and mrs michael edwith at the concluding session after reassembly and questions mr andrew ord of aberfoyle moved a general xote of thank which mr j s torry freel ton olunleered to convey in writ mg one elder frtlty summed up the evening as he remarked on jump ing out of the car at home i think minister your elders are going to do more for you after this harry j nevdf who has been appointed manager of the tourist and convention bureau canad national railways he will have system juris diction and his headquarters in mont real formerly general passenger agent for the c n r- mr nevre is widely known throughout canada and the united states two masonic lodges instal 1953 officers walter rigg and william cromar hcad the two georgetown masonic lodges this year and were installed in office at the january meetings mr rigg is worshipful master of credit lodge afam and serving with him on the lodge directorate are jack lucas ipm leslie clark senior warden walter fidler jun ior warden archdeacon w g o thompson chaplain everett cole tieisurrr r rn bdtkin secretary charles renvuk assistant secre- t iry dcnney ci tries director of ceremonies thomas niven senior deacon james f evans junior deacon james mccaig inner guard james linton tjler graham far- nell senior stew ard jack addy junior steward alf goodwin org anic sam mackenzie john d kcl 1 mditors at the regular convocation of halton chapter roval arch mas ons rt ex comp george c brown and past zs of the chapter officia ted at the installation of mr cro- mar as 1st principal other lodge officials are jack addy ips albert hunter 2nd principal james mc- c dig 3rd principal john d kelly treasurer charles wray scribe e william b hamilton scribe n lewis tratey ps jack armstrong ss irwin noble js leslie el lis master of 4th ycil alex reader 3rd v cil sam penrice 2nd v eil clifford buit 1st veil charles ren- w ick sentinel alf goodwin organ ist e comps garfield and hyatt miclure of peel chapter bramp- toii ilso took part in the installa tion pitmonj for expert eye care consult o t walker optometrist 3 main st north brampton over abell s drug store phone office 599 res 830 hours 9am to 6 p m daily evenings by appointment 7t hartt in georgetown exetudvely mx silvers