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entertaining business friends a short drive takes you to pleasant surroundings excellent food terra cotta inn open for luncheon and dinner reservations victor ib r 2 mrs betty farrar gordon graydon dies peel conservative mp wr2by4 we have what you need in lumber and builders supplies fast sameday service ssotoslooowithoatbankabtesecanty up to 24 months to repay phone or top in for fast friendly service 0useh0ld finance 23lh r f c 4m 116 wyndhcm straet phona 793 gutxph ont a1tmahch mimmanasrital mcot- ttet am 3570 s malitsff south second floor phona 1 so brampton ont gordon graydon progressive con servative mp for peel and foreign affairs spokesman for his party in the house of commons died of can cer in toronto general hospital early saturday he was 56 mr graydon was ill during this years federal campaign but carried on as one of the party s chief spea kers in ontario after the elec tion he went into hospital for an exploratory operation an honest friendly and devoted mp mr graydpn was admired by political allies and foes though he never saw service on the govern ment side of the house of com mons in his quiet efficient way he was able to influence cabinet opin ion on such matters as veteran s benefits and labor legislation he was a leading member of ear ly canadian delegations to the uni ted nations and served on the prep aratory commission that convened in london to draft its organization born a ftrm bov at snclgrove lit ntver lost contact with the rural lift and his days away from the house of commons were divided between his brimptou law offic and his model dairy farm through out pel and adjicent counties he was know n for the folksy reports on parliament h wrot for country newspapers spirited in debate he had fre quint friendly but incisive clashes with the late prim minister mac kenzie king who was a personal friend of long standing the most notable exchange came in july 1944 when mr graydon demanded the home defence amy be made avail able for service anywhere on this and subsequent occasions king charged mr graydon was be ing used by john bracken as a sounding board not then elected to a scat in the house bracken uas directing his party from an outside vantage point mr graydon stoutly denied any puppet role and empha sized the words he spoke were his own few doubted him elected as national chairman of the conservative party of canada mr graydon in 1941 tackled one of the most thankless and onerous tasks given a member of his party he was charged with restoring the sagging party no more conscien tious job could have been done in a seven month lour from coast to coast he repaired many a shaky party fence student or reform a conservative of the new sehool he regarded th conservative party as a middle rojd party the conservative party must not tread either the well trodden trail of the left or the well tiodden trail of the right jie frequently declared re form and progress would have to be uppermost if the party expected to win canada s corfidence he warned conservative associations newtyork metropolis a city of absorbing intend new york offer to visitors of al nkfinatiom a variety of activity and a host of sights to see on this dafloht- m trip you have 3 fuf days and 4 nights in new york of america including a visit to g village and chinatown you have your choice of several other features that w9 make your trip bom in teresting and enjoyable 52 76 touno tkip pari from toronto corner cupboard restaurant tr 73051 main street modest about his own qualifica tions he never sought the party leadership though few doubted he could have secured it had he been so inclined i have no personal ambition in this direction was his invariable smiling response to que ries on this subject a bellwether of the party he brought peel county so securely into the conservative fold that in four election campaigns he was able to devote considerable time to neigh boring ridings in efforts to win them to his party never one to shirk his parlia mentary responsibilities his brown tweed suit and ready smile were to be seen al all sessions of the house and in most of the important parl iamentary committees no visitor to ottawa was turned away from ins always open office door tory a a boy politics was in his bjood as a boy he would fiequently find time afler the chores on his fathers chinguacousy fa to join in the olitical discuss chis that were reg ul ir features f the general jtore or to attend th always lively pol itical meetings in brampton it was at a meeting in 1j08 when he was but 12 that he became sold on con sei vatism som inspiring addres ses made by conservative leaders influenced him in their direction he later cam under the spell of samuel charter the grand old tory w irhorsc who represented peel for 17 consecul ve years it was charters who cr arted his way to early v i clones he was sent to ottawa when he was still in his thnties a graduate of victoria college in the university of toronto he re maincd closely associated with his alma mater in after years in 1947 he launched victoria s 2 000 000 building and endowment campaign during his days at college where he studied poli ical science he was i oted as a leading young conserva ttvc and was always conservative house leader in college political de- bats he started his education at a country school louse in chingua cousy township he later attended brampton high school in 1923 he was called to the ontario bar and a year later was awarded his llb during world war 1 he tried to enlist in the army on three differ ent occasions but every time was rejected for physical reasons the same reason was given when he tried to enlist at the outbreak of world war 11 rural home caller in the spring of 1925 after the diath of his father he disposed of the family farm properties and mo ved with his n other to brampton he settled lown tc his law practice in partnership with harold law rence th firm later became known is graydon laurence and cook two years later he married daisy g iff en school teacher and member of a prominent peel county family three daughters were born carol leone and patsv by 1929 mr graydon was secre tary of the peel county conserva tive association and in 1933 became its president the next year he as sumed the leadership of the young conservatives in ontario in 1935 he contested his first federal elec tion and in the course of the cam paign young graydon averaged 100 calls daily on homes throughout the riding altogether he visited 6 712 homes probably an alltime record for a rural riding peel rewarded his assiduity with a scat in parliament in 1929 he was secretary of the ottawa convention that chose dr robert manion as the party leader in may 1941 he was elected national chairman of the conservative party of canada his crosscountry survey at this time was for the purpose of making the conservative party a more effective instrument in government from the death of manion to the election of bracken he was the undoubted leader of canadian conservatives commonwealth defended a strong defender of canadas participation in the british com monwealth he suggested la 1948 during parliamentary debate that the reigning monarch be invited to establish parttime residence in the major nations of the commonwealth in 1953 he suggested the goverment ask princess margaret to canada to open parliament he was one of canadas delega tes to the united nations meeting in san francisco in 1945 andln 1946 was a member of its economic and finance committee he trav elled canada expensively on behalf of un x an active church member be sat on many church boards and com mittees he attended grace united church brampton he regarded the number 23 as his lucky number and as he told it there was no doubting its efc acy he left his family farm on july 23 1925 he married the same date two years later he became presi- aent of the young conservatives on jan 23 134 and was reelected on feb 23 1935 he was nomina ted for parliament on march 23 1915 and became the party s nation al chairman on may 23 1941 at the lowes ebbs of his party s fortunes mr graydon was never despondent at these times he ex pressed the conviction it was better to modernize th party than to de sert it for another parliamentary deskmate of hon george drevv conservative leidci gordon gray don felt the opposition could best serve the country by keen criticism and not by viruence st laurent tribute ottawa sept 19 prime minister louis st laurent said today that in the death of gordon graydon progressive conservative member for peel the nation as a whole suf fers a grievous loss mr graydon was not only suc cessful at the polls in his own rid ing from the firs occasion on which he stood fdr election but he always took an active part in national pol itical affairs he has been chairman of the progressive conservative associa tion of canada his party s house leader and in the late stages of the last war lcadet of the opposition mr graydon particular interest was foreign affairs he was pres ent at the conference at san fran cisco which drafted the charter of the united nations parliamentary adviser on several occasions he was a parliamentary advisor to the cana dian delegation to the united nat- tions general assembly in parlia ment he was his party s spokesmen on external affairs and since its es tablishment was vice chairman of the standing parliamentary commit tee on external affairs his advicp whether given in public in speeches in the house of commons or in private talk was sensible sound and moderate naturally there were frequent occasions on which his political op ponents did not agree with him but his convictions did not prevent him from having the warmest and friendliest relations with everyone regardless of paty gordon graydon had a host of friends and ever since i have been in public life 1 have considered it a privilege to be counted amongst them all of us who had the good fortune to know him will miss his cheerful personality and all in par liament will mourn a friend to mrs graydon and her daugh- ers goes out our deepest sympathy the prime minister declared opposition leader drew george drew leader of the pro gressive conservative party said the death of gordon graydon lost this country one of its most devo ted and unselfish servants gordon graydon s untimely death comes as a great shock to all who knew him said mr drew i have lost one of my dearest friends who was my closest associate at all times since i entered the house of com- mbns he was truly a great cana dian and our country has lost one of its most devoted and unselfish public servants few men have gi ven so much of their life to the ad vancement of their own community and their country as a whole since his early youth he has been active in the affairs of the con servative party at all times he encouraged young people to take an active part in political affairs and in that way he brought many men and women into the organiza tion of the party in which he be lieved so completely he was one of those rare human beings with an infinite capacity for friendship which will always be remembered by those who had the privilege of knowing him for years he had been the spokesman of the conservative party on external affairs at all sta ges from the drafting of the united nations charter in 1945 up to the time of his death he had maintain ed a close association with the ac tivities of that great organization the sympathy of all ca will be extended to his wife and daughters who shared in such a large measure his great service to canada finest ever met solon low social credit leader said no patriot worked harder or more consistently for the good of his country then gordon graydon gordon graydon was one of trie finest fellows i ever met as a man as a parliamentarian as m public servant as a lawyer as a friend he the georgetown herald wednesday evening sept 23 1933 page s omvelfl marcr on speedvale ave east st northern city limits tubus- fbl sept 24 2s people will talk cary grant jeanne cralne adultv entertainment sat mon sept 2628 branded alan ladd mona freeman in color tues wed sept 29 30 captain kidd charles laughton ran scott great white hunter gregory peck joan bennett 2 shows nightly ciimrcn under 12 ycrs free rcaf recruiting in the georgetown municipal office tuesday sept 29 1 2 noon 7pm there are excellent career op- portunities today in the royal canadian air force for young men as air crew officers and as aircraft technicians for full details on training pay and other benefits ii your jet age air force see in person rcaf career counsellor georgetown municipal office flowers for every occasion design work a specialty flowers by wire anywhere in the world norton floral trjangle 73582 georgetown eavestrougmng plumbing heating don houston tr 72506 was outstanding said mr low it is a tragedy that he should be taken at so early a time in his life with his b and experi ence his wisdom and bis great love for his fellow men gordon could have continued to do so much tot canada in these times our sympathy coea oat to fate widow and family and bis party and frtenda m this tbetr toour off tremendous loss