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the georgetown herald wednesday evening december 28th 1938 sincere good wishes let your new year enter with a fanfare of trumpets greet him with laughter and shouts of glee he is a better brighter and happier new year for all we hope that the joy we derived from serving you during the past year will be duplicated in 1939 we hope our service may merit your highest ap proval we thank you c j buck phone 28w georgetown ikawawatebiftblirambtoaffibtffl ppre food store reason s reetinds at this time we wish to extend to our many customers and friends our best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year for your goodwill and hearty cooperation both of which we appreciate we sincerely thank you and trust that 1939 may bring you success a e farnell phone 75 free delivery flash of lufctninv too quick for eyes to so the lightning flash is tar too quick for the human eye to actually see but it is so bright that it bums a distorted image on tbe retina which is taken for the real hash prob ably most flashes endure less than a thousandth of a second although multiple flashes a series of flashes along the same general path taken by the rest may continue for as long as a second really lightning is never zigzagged as it is generally supposed to be the bolt as record ed by cameras is usually a streak sometimes straight but often curved and frequently branching out like the roots of a tree- the commonly described sheet lightning is not a sheet or even a broad band at all it is just an or dinary flash which hidden by the density of the cloud in jwhich it oc curs lights up a section of the cloud in a sheet states a writer in the boston herald since lightning takes the shortest path possible it usually strikes the tallest object in the vicinity church steeples are ideal targets for lightning but lacking them a big barn a tall house or even a tree will serve the lightning crashes through them and the destruction it does depends upon the resistance the object offers to the passage of the energy a metal object such as a steel flagpole is not harmed in the least as it allows the light ning free passage but a wooden flagpole a building or even a tree does try to stop the lightning and as a result is blown to bits liter ally exploded often heat is gen erated by the battle between wood and lightning and the wood is set afire mrs samuel wsjker an family wish to thank rev w q o thompson st georges obuxch choir daughters of the church ayjjl georges sunday school womans auxiliary verdun renekah lodge qrion lodge no 108 unknown friend the office staff of smith stone and an friends who by acts of kindness and floral tributes were so helpful to them in theu- recent bereavement ow snapshot cuil a local camera club exchange of ideas on pleturetaklnn leads to better pictures and more thin- every town should have a camera club several thousand have organized on this continent alone some clubs have hundreds of members others only toor or five bat no matter how small the club fs of valae in many instances the camera club is part of a larger group such as a boy scout troop or womans club often tbe club is able to have regular meeting rooms and members chip lb to flt out a darkroom with belter equip ment than each could afford by him self t organisation of the club la quite simple camera fans simply get to- getheft arrange for regular meet ings and plan a series of programs literature and suggestions forpro- gram material are obtained from va rioussources often from manufac turers of cameras and film who have special departments to supply such in every town where there axe several camera fans there should ob a local camera club such clubs sure of value to anyone who takes grictnre and wants to improve his pletorehaking the camera club brings snap- shooton together it enables them to exchange ideas and swap experl- ences they can work together on problem hear useful discussions and organise special events such as picture parties hikes or excursions contact with other cameraans helps each member for there is al- irays something new to be learned in the club one member may know a greatdeal about taking snap- shots at bight beean advise others esb ughtyng film and exposure for n snapsh anoth me stay own a miniature camera and specialise in offguard snap or hamantoterest pictures of children at play still another may know something about porta pictures or bower pi thus each member can eontrlbau some knowledge which wflu help all the others make better snapshots oaato or tjeunks king ukadersbip- endorsed by ontario liberals continued from page 1 influx of immigration on the other there is the menace of the overcrowd ed and land hungry sections ofthe world and the t moral force for peace which countries like canada would have if they were more fully populated and had their economic strength more fully developed the british partner- hi the commonwealth is not seeking to impose its will in the slightest way on its partner na tions it is simply pointing its finger at the shifting political stormclouds in the worlds sky and suggesting that when the dominions- consider the time ripe the migration problem can be discussed among the partner looking ahead ys the rays of the new year sun spread to all corners of the universe so do our sincere good wishes go forth to search out all friends and patrons who have contributed to our welfare and progress looking ahead we wish years and years of happy new years for all d brill co the corner store phohe 167 georgeto ice is now in the making at georgetowns ice palace there were no glass mirrors before 1550 it was not until after the year 1550 that glass was in use for mirrors before that date highly polished metals were used relates a writer in the los angeles times until the time of charles ii the manufacture of mirrors was in the hands of the venetians who guard ed the secrets of their glass fac tories very jealously but about the middle of the seven teenth century the english were making marked improvement in mirrormaking and set out to cap ture from the venetians some of the world trade they had enjoyed the first plates for mirrors were said to have been made at lam bert in 1673 and from this time on were in general use in england mirrors in america were listed as early as 1680 and were undoubtedly of english make as they followed the prevailing furniture fas off that time as all glass was first blown asa sphere it was impossible to roaka big sheets for this reason early mirrors were invariably rectangu lar large mirrors were made in two pieces the plates were bent straight after being blown after 1750 the plate was molded not blown the glass was thin and uneven and the bevels were pressed instead of bete- ground which gava s rounded edge and a flat angle bolton and brampton open hocket season hebe next tuesday night bolton and brampton intermediates open the hockey season in georgetown next tuesday night january 3rd when they stage the first league game of the local group then on friday january 6th georgetowns own boy swing into action under tbe direction of mr moolnnls coach of the team when they meet their brampton urate bar moolnnls has coached teams in and around port arthur and is going to try and help georgetown produce another good mtenmedlate team this winter ice is now in the making at the arena and we betteve a practice will be held by the teams tonight to wear off th rough spots ii th weather holdsout the ice should be in good shape for next weeks i discovery of coal there is strong reason to believe that the first discovery of coal on this continent was made in illinois by the early french explorers some time between 1673 and 1680 it is remarkable states james mac farlane in coal regions of amer ica that the first discovery of coal in america of which there la any account in a printed book was made so far in the interior as hli- nois by father hennepin more than 250 years ago hennepins map accompanying the edition of ms journal published in 1693 locates sv coal mine in the bluffs of the illinois river near ottawa where an in ferior quality of bitumuious coal comes to the surface referring to this- record left by hennepin r c taylor another authority in eco nomic geology states this is the earliest notice on record of the ex istence of coal in america araetabr popsusx arid practical are eam- tabsiskt to th past few years material without charge for elob use picture exhibitions or criti cism nights are usually planned and whenever possible tours hikes or ether special picture jaunts are arranged under the stimulus ot these activities it is small wonder that pictures improve and the sump- shooter gata more fun and benefit from his camera hobby 2u john van guilder paying mtaftngroyalttes in the long past as their nanw suggests mining royalties were paid to the reigning monarch this applied to mined products of all kinds as well as coal says london answers magazine then the pri vate owners of land began to ob ject to this as they claimed that royalties for coat produced from their estates should belong to them about the middle of the sixteenth century a law case was brought to settle this and the judges decreed that while gold and silver mines belonged to the king all other min erals including coal were the prop erty of the owner of the land the rate of the royalty payable varies in different districts sagsfigs msrshtfl of french origin marshall of old french origin is one of the occupation a m manager of the horse the marshal rose gradually k in impor tance and dignity as the importhncet of- cavalry increased until he be came one of the judges in courts of chivalry and now the highest french military officer is called marshal or marechal in the french spelling a t w the english and germans adapted to m rnarshal when used as a name the word has two r i asu hamuom canada kentner son j b mackenzie son