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rf iblicotion township electors w jfpad m new year day- i three councillors for the d it was a very light vote p ine to bad road condltti the township and onftattb of esquesitigv j cast taeir ballots ttras the first township elect vevthl vmen 002 voters turned in election for deputyreeve pftors at that time j we ywho was given an acclsj l reeve for 1045 won the deputyreeve over 8k and gworge cleave o pouiri subdivisions georgetown herald 3 wednesday january 3rd 1645 200 per annum 5c- a copy rmay ads polls in esquesi jtownship election xs7 h may 8 currle 22 n brown 7 r ol brownrldge 14 51 currle and w a wilson were chosen councillors wdtti w ol brownridge the defeated candidate c howard may warden of halton last year headed the trails on mon day with 353 votes closely followed by ourrie who polled 360 third elected and a newcomer to municipal life is r n who secured 248 votes the fourth candidate w o brownrldge had 146 votes george cleave was given an accla mation for deputyreeve for the new council 14 total m 353 u 360 90 249 16 146 331 1097 lt george ferry wed to oakville girl satu st johns united church tbs jhe scene of a lovely evfe weddmg last saturday december w when carolyn juantta ryanjw toronto of 1944 and 2nd ueut perry were wjd in rev el b eddy officiating is the daughter of mr and ryan of oakville and the eldest son of sgt and ferry of toronto and given in marriage by the bride wore a white sll and lace gown satin head- fingertip veil and carried of red and white roses 1 black was maid of honour wanda locksley and rena bsldesmalds gowned alike in berry red velvet with velvet match and carrying white mi med with red flowers 1 2nd ueut clare buckley est man and 2nd lleuts h c tawr ind b stewart ushers a reception was held at qm h me of tne brides parents mrs ran celving in an aqua blue crept ess with black accessories and oroud sage mrs ferry assisted wexu blue crepe dress with brown tece or- tes and an orchid corsage the couple left for a wedding to the states the bride going in a turquoise blue wool dress muskrat coat and hat and browi former georgetown rectors wipe died suddenly at port exude pte george latimer 18 i killed in action in italy i war brought its tragedy to the home mr donald latimer and the late mrs la with the news on de cember 28th that their son pte george latimer had been killed in action italy before christmas geonge who was eighteen years of age was serving with the irish regiment of canada in italy the sympathy of the community is extended to the la- milytn their sad loss pte latimer was born and educat ed in georgetown he enlisted here in april 1942 with the lome scots and trained at georgetown niagara- onthelake brantford and nanalmo bc he went overseas in june 1043 and while in england was transferred to the irish regiment of canada oeorge was sent to italy last october he had been in battle almost continu ously since the capture of rome his father who is chief of the georgetown fire brigade is a veter an of the last war having served three years a brother sergeantgunner ronald latimer of prince edward island is at present home on leave another brother douglas is attend ing georgetown high school and his only sister joan is in public school mrs hannah elisabeth burt wife archdeacon william burt rector of st pauls church of england port erie died suddenly on saturday de cember 30th at the rectory mrs burt is remembered by many friends in georgetown where archdeacon burt was rector of st georges from 1916 to 1920 surviving besides her husband are three daughters lieut jean burt at tached to a canadian hospital unit in italy lieut patricia burt in charge of a canadian hospital in britain and mrs dr william reid of port erie mrs burt had taken a prominent part in church and patriotic work in fort erie and was a past president of st pauls womens guild the funeral was held yesterday with services from the church and interment in the adjoining churchyard pte reg blair pays supreme sacrifice in italy the sad news was received last fri day by his wife and parents in town that another fine young georgetown soldier had paid the supreme sacrifice in italy pie reg blair was one of the first georgetown men to don uni form erjaatlng in september 1939 shortly after the outbreak of war he trained in winnipeg and went over seas in december of that year with the princess pajs he had been serv ing in italy for the past year and a half in england he met and married the former nancy white of salt deans sussex who with their baby son james reginald came to georgetown last october to make her home with the blairs news of the casualty came at a time when the family was happy in the thought that beg would soon be home on one of the overseas leaves granted to canadians who had five years service overseas t o their credit and it was a distinct shock to everyone when word of his death was received pte blair was born in georgetown in 1924 and would have celebrated his 31 st birthday in march he was prominent in juvenile hockey in the town and played on the team which won the midget championship against copper cliff surviving besides his wife and son are his parents mr and mrs jim blair four sisters flossie mrs l tracey violet mrs wm hewitt pear mrs t wilson jean and a brother james to these harvey nurse first in t husking corn competitioft the weather by h l hut the old year went out in a fog wid the trees covered with a heavy hoar frost for three days in succession the new year came in with a 375 snowr fan to add to the foot or more al- ready on the level many good citizens tous got a chnce to work off the drowsy effect following a heavy fowl dinner snovel- ling paths out to the street the december just past was a regu lar oldtime winter month with the daily average temperature for the- month 7 degrees below normal and a total snowfall of 2185 inches or 8 inches above normal now look out for our usual janu ary thaw fortunately there is little or no frost in the ground and melting snow should soak in quickly without much flooding following are ttie local records for the week prizes presented at noi banquet awards in the husking corn petition were announced at a 1 held for that purpose on- wednesday dec 20th in the pariah sall norvsl the banquet had been scheduled for the previous wednesday but due to the snowstorm and blocked countrr roads it had to be postponed about seventy sat downto tastefuhf decorated tables and a delicious map of cold roast pork scalloped potato and all the trimmings catered to by the nerval womens institute at tractive printed menus and program added to the pleasure of the evmtajr the banquet was sponsored by th esqueslng agricultural society and qmu halton crop improvement association under whose joint auspices e husk ing com competition was held dminc 1944 so successful did the compett- tlrm prove that the banquet was held to mark the occasion and present th fred sharpe wellknown in district dies at barbie wellnown in the georgetown district where he resided until hi- removal to barrle some years ago frederick james sharpe died sudden- j j hls many ble ly at his home there on sunday de- cember 17th a conductor for the canadian national railways mr herald extends heartfelt sympathy in their sad bereavement knox sunday school suffer and the children of knox had their annual chrisdnas concert on friday evening 22nd all sat down to supper prepared and serfe womens association aftjirf concert was held kev c c cochrane program which opened led by marie and marli jean ruddell was chalet evening the numbers bfrn school pupils were excewban as well as the carols ttiroughout the program jts ed very much by the aunlce the concert opened wlhrecl by the primary class taint baird this was fouowotby loguc by the boys of mess kenzles and r alexantrs glasses capt robert mclatjghxjn home from overseas captain robert j mclaughlin eld est son of mr and mrs d r mc laughlin r r no 3 georgetown re- tuned home last wednesday after baving served overseas four years and a month capt mclaughlin arrived in halifax christmas d b it was not until the following tuesday after noon that mr and mrs mclaughlin received word of his arrival back on canadian sou capt mclaughlin who is a graduate of the university of toronto receiv ed his military training at varsity c otc he has been serving in eng land since going overseas home for health reasons capt mclaughlin will be stationed in canada on headquar ters staff jusb before leaving england he had the good fortune to have a re union with his brother pilot officer jim who is instructing with the ra f they were able to spend a week together another brother plying officer bui mclaughlin was killed in action a year ago in march shortly before he was killed bui and bob had spent a holiday together sharpe had come home from work hat morning suffered a heart attack from which he failed to rally and passed away sunday evening bom in 1892 in chlnguacousy township he was one of triplets born to mrs william sharpe and the late mr shame during his residence in this district he was conductor on the hamiltonallandale ckr line and was prominent in railway circles being a member of the brotherhood of rail way trainmen he was a member of the masonic order belonging to lake slmcoe lodge no 377 and corinthian lodge and was also an active member of the auandale bowling green the funeral service was held from the home on december 22nd with rev dr green officiating at the service pallbearers were three fel- lowmembers of the brotherhood railway trainmen harry norton fred hunter and b green and three lodge members russell walker ro bert mcbride and elmer thompson profusion of floral tributes testified to the esteem in which deceased was held in his large circle of friends in terment vas in union cemetery bar rle surviving are his wife the former hazel ferguson two sons lac cecil of st johns quebec and lac ver non of boundary bay bc his mo ther mrs william sharpe a slater mrs george foster cheltenham and brother edward sharpe rochester ny those from a distance attending the funeral included mr and mrs ed sharpe rochester nt mrs wm sharpe and mr and mrs george fos ter cheltenham mrs m tuck to ronto lac cecil sharpe st johns que lac vernon sharpe boundary bay bc mrs vernon sharpe and mr t f grieve georgetown yuletide services in georgetown churches miss hunters class tableau mr kenneth hrriso ed a piano solo and a pino miss virginia chapman aid har- lovely play- uet by singing ht the rlson was wellreceived fhe of the national anthem arou concert to a close a beautlfulry decorated christmas tree then became the centre tion as mr cochrane distributed the gifts and candles and orange to the pupils i bags mdkvvbed pods collected by halton bola and girls date h and l snow- temp fan tues dec 28 21 3 wed dec 27 21 3 1 thus dec 28 24 9 3 pri dec 28 14 9 xt sat dec 80 23 2 sim dec 31 32 22 mon jan 1 32 25 375 special music and services in geor getown churches marked the yule- tide season people turned out large numbers to join in prayer and choral oralse at st georges anglican chruch t midnight choral communion servic was held christmas eve a large con- cregatlon filled the church which was beautifully decorated with christmas evergreen and polnsettlas mrs thos given was soloist in the special an them by the choir during the service the names of au those on the church honour roll were rehearsed and prayers offered the evening service at the united church on christmas eve took the form of a musical pageant the mes- iltih comes this was a series of j r cov at sup cov tableaux during which rev r c frldnv jnri 26 a coy at sup coy todd read the scripture prophecies i n coy at b cv leading up to the birtli of christ and monday jan 29 a coy at b coy beautiful army hockey schedule as we announced two weeks acto the cnorts committee of the 2nd bn r torne scots has organized a hockey vpme comprised of teams from the various romnanles a cov foakvfllev tl coy fport credit c gov foeortre- wnl artfcm and mjntonl d cav forantrevine and shelbnrne- the ffiiltwinft is the schedule pyirtav jan 5 siiddort co mramntoni at a coy oakville c cov foeonretown acton and milton at tt cov port credits mondav jan 8 a cov at d cov rrrnneevllle b coy at supoort cor thurwiav jan it d cov at o cov fridav jan 12 surroort cov at r cov mondav jan 15 d cov at a coy c coy at sudoort oov wednes jan 17 b gov at d coy thursday jan 18 a coy at c cov monday jan 22 c cov at a cov recently we were interested to learn from agricultural representative j whitelock that halton public school children collected 1800 bags of mllk- xeed pods this achievement culmin ates the programme announced last august by the agricultural suppues board at ottawa the milkweed floss atten- u being used ac a substitute for kapok stlky seedpod fibre normally used mrmallysecumidfronxjava butwith joan chaplin gerard wucox jane st georges church j league hold christ party st qeorges church boysj were entertained by uielr leaf and mrs clifford reid at a party for them christmu nil around a beautiful liflated oorated christmas tree i were sung soloists norton billy doher and billy hewitt and m an interesting time wa of the boys telling vrt brought them the was read from a chflaft vera of the boys each uon of it after tbpq down to ate gaily room table the hningfc being nt by candles joyed oranges eanou b and lots of icecream oiler in life jackets kapok is christmas recital the pupils of helen blackburn held a successful piano recital in the audi torium of the public school on mon day december 18th the pupils were claudia milne sue crabtree dianne hillock bemlce wuson ruth mc bride jean muckart patay willson patsy schrag marie armstrong mari lyn chaplin mabel shepherd annie chalker marlene bludd bonnie car lisle sylvia barrow mary arnold bobby lucas ross preston lorraine emmerson bobby lavoie fred warnes tht country now in the hands of the japanese other sources of supply of chls material and other substitutes had to be found the material col lected by halton boys and girls la sufficient to fill 900 life jackets the programme in halton was un der tilurecuon of chas howltt public school inspector for halton wjo together with teachers and boys and girls are to be congratulated the result of their efforts it also of interest to learn that of tbs rural schools in the county that at tansley of which balsa bessie alder- son is teacher made de greatest con tribution gathering 1bh saoka of pods whiip in the urban centres of the county the milton pabba scbool of which 8 w foster is gathered a total of 143 aael a oarload of this material totalling slightly over 4000 sacks ni reomuy shipped from muton to the stats of michigan where it is being nubsed in the manufacture of life jackets milne bill arnold owen davis pau line tyers joan bradley margaret bradley joyce hill margaret sargent gladys ruddeu jimmy kirkwood violet shepherd ruby mltcheu jean tyler ann crabtree joyce mcmillan betty king shirley harrison joan lavoie kathleen thompson eleanor cummdna efthel kemshead tnerese wilcox mra b armstrong mrs t golden mrs j brltton the beautiful christmas story christmas carols and hymns in which eonbtegaitlon and cast joined wer interspersed throughout the pagasn the beginning of the pageant jane milne dressed in white placed the bible before mr todd taking part in the presentation were the re gular choir and the junior choir messrs bob and jhn burns and ross petch were the three shepherds and the three wise men were imperson ated by messrs s faram jack mac- laren and bud tost mlss erma mc- cumber played the part of mary mother of christ joseph was pro- trayed by norman long mary dob- son took the part of an angel mr howard lilllco that of a martyr and mrs robert jones that of a sinner halfway through the pageant joan dobbie dressed in white carried a large cross and placed it behind the manger miss lynda stewart presided at the organ assisted by mrs r h wright at the piano mlas ruth evans soloist the church was filled to pacity for this beautiful and inspiring presentation last sunday night in the united church a special carol service was held a large congregation joined in the singing of twelve christmas car ols the anthem night of nights by john adamson was sung by the choir rev todd gave a short talk christmas carol and o cov at d cov thursday feb 1 sup cov at c coy mnndaw pw r a cktv a orw wednesday feb t son oar at u thuw feb bl otff at c coy the local team c coy made up players from acton milton and georgetown had its first practice last wednesday nlrtit at which there were about fifteen keen juckschasera any six of whom win make their op ponents step among the george town bovs trying out are m lorusso a ritchie n long j burns g scott j mcciure l brandford k hot h crichton mr j l mcdonald of acton is the manger of the team with a rrtchle of georgetown assistant manager the final practice for c coy team wffl be wednesday jan 3 at 7 pjii come and see our team in the making their first game wfll be in oakville on friday jan 5th the first home game win be in george town on thursday jan 11th nt 815 keep this date open for the first local hockey game of the season harvey nurse of r r 2 georgo town won the canadian industries ltd special award to take flirt piao in the competition this prise m 5000 worth of cxl products other prlzeswlnnerfi in order of merit were t j brownridge 250q cash fw ruddell sons 1500 k c lindsay 1000 m t mcnabb sons 1000- w h reid fc sons 750 spencer wilson 625 edwin harrop 626 francis thompson 500 j alexan- der sons 500 the outstanding fact about this competition which ws held to ascertain whether husklnbt com could be grown successfully fa halton county was that the flrst- prise winners yield averaged b073 bushels to the acre and yields of four others averaged over 70 bushels per acre president craig reid of the esques lng agricultural society presided at the banquet table and after bin open ing remarks and the smglng of god save the king announced the fol lowing program of speakers mtcr- spersed by accordlan selections by young guelph artist agricultural representative j whitelock gave the highlights of tb competition and brought greetings from mr j a carron sup of ball pairs association who was unable to attend on hie postponed date mr emshe of nerval presented the oil drise m the absence of his father ir b7 leslie emslie who also was un able to be present the principal speaker of the even- inff was mr wutjam wallace of woodslee himself a practical husfcinff corn irrower ha kent county mr wnhace droved a very interesting waker wenversed m his subteet teat aw the halton growers many nefp- 1 hint on the wowing curing and rketintr of husking corn bis introduced bv the president of the- wnlfnn cmn tmnrovement association r edwin harron prof tamps lanehland of the dwp of fipu husbandry oac guelph xikp briefly on husking corn pte aubrey kerr seriously wounderj the herald british war victims fond ponrdfld to toronto bvenlug ifetobrvn tann cmh an hftnd tcknow- todgw mm christmu cheer for brltbb children om j crofeal oo total jan 3rd cjuaiulurflnd organ solo were also presented knox presbyterian church was rul ed on christmas sunday to hear speci al music by the choir and the christ mas message of the minister rev c c cochrane miss mouy hepburn was soloist singing my aift and the holy city christmas services at the baptist church also featured cautlful music and inspirirg sermons by the pas tor rev j e ostrom in the morn- ving the choir sang peace on earth and at the evening aervlce the an them was haheluja at the christ mas eve service mrs oatrom sang o holy night- and with mr oatrom a lovely duet lohristmas nlgbf to brahma luhahy tune after cm church service her and mb ostrom held an informal carol service at taebr home on new years eve a watch- night service at the paxsonag at 11j5 was wellattended at holy cross r c church a mrs r kerr norval received word last week that her son pte aubrey ladles double kerr had been seriously wounded on ts respptntloti f awards were mado v mr gnrfleld mcoirvray secretary nf ie esoneslntt arr1eutntal society whnip onlnlon it was that hfl ttl nrortretown wfclr board done i 1sp dtirlne the oast year than i or this comnetitlon it would eertatn- iv would have been a worthwhile ef fort in the llrht of its benefit to hal- pnitntv farmers the stnoln of auwlang j rotrm another verv pleasant e in the life of the agricultural bbcte- mpi to a close thote at the head table tnclursed president cralor reid president edwin hnrron mr harvey nurse mr wtn wnnnce mr j e whitelock prof tmitrhland mavor harold cleave mr clarence hodge editor fbtmerb msv- cmirine mr emslie and mr o mo- flilvray december 17th while servtng in ttaly with the hastings and prince edward regiment just a few days before came word that he had been slightly wounded on december 13tb but re mained on duty pte kerr was back action after being twice wounded before on may 3rd and september 5th training at toronto brantford and camp borden pte kerr went over seas in june ims and bas been in italy since january 1044 prior to enlistment he was employed at the credit quarries his friends in the district are hopeful that good news of his condition win soon be received midnight mass was held on christmas ere when a large eongregation as sembled tben again on christmas and new years day atmices wsf conducted by the priest rev v j morgan christmas cheer for chtldren previously acknow ledged mrs m bally a friend 4 0884 100 5 the georgetown herald soldiers comf fond forward to sokflers comforts nr fftbt cash on bana ir- r j total jan srd