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the georgeiown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday january 24th 1945 200 per annum 5c a copy a s nicholson will contest halton conservative seat in federal election j major amott early also noikunee as conservatites meet in milton hon earl rowe guest speaker a s nicholson burlington lumber man and a former lumber controller will represent the progreasive-conser- rauve party as a candidate for halton county in the next federal election mr nicholson was chosen as the of ficial candidate at- a convention held in milton town ball last saturday two other candidates were nomin ated at the meeting major j amott early of georgetown and mr wes beatfcy of acton the latter withdrew his name before the balloting and in the twoman election the burling ton candidate drew a larger vote than major early who then moved that mr nicholson be unanimously chosen as candidate duncan mccallum of nelson town ship president of the halton county progressiveconservauve association was fhnirxtinn for the meeting and introduced the guest speaker hon earl rowe mj for dufferin and simcoe counties the glorious record of our fighting men and the splendid efforts of our war workers have been embarrassed and shamefully prejudiced by the pro crastination and political expediency of the dominion government said mr rowe in his opening remarks it has been the wait and see slo gan of the hon mr mackenzie kings that has kept 60000 men out of war and out of production while young and less trained men died abroad and old and tired men have tolled in theli places at home he said it was this same wait and see policy that prompted me king to fool and humiliate even his own fol lowers by saying immediately after lecelving an overwhelming favorable mandate for conscription that it only meant conscription if necessary but not necessarily conscription while on january 31 we must close the last session of this parliament we must now wait and see what hap pens in the north grey election on february 5th before we will know if it wul open another session he stated some 350 conservatives of whom 210 were official delegates filled the hall for the lmoortant party meeting there were 27 delegates present from georgetown fjo irene mulholland awarded r r c news has been received by her fa mily in town that plying officer irene mulholland a nursing sister with the roa9 f holland was awarded the rqsjfytted cross in the new years hossjtr list p 0 mulholland is ex pecting a posting to canada sometime this spring and hopes to be back home to buy her new easter bonnet she says in her letter tpr bob eason wounded overseas word was received last thursday by his sister mrs r h mitchell that tpr bob eaaon had been slightly wounded in action in italy the na ture of his wounds was not given in the telegram from ottawa tpr eason went overseas with the lome scots in june 1941 and has emce been transferred to the princess louise dragoons he has been in italy for the past six months and just recently was released from hospi tal where he had been suffering from malaria he was an employee of provincial paper coating division prior to enlistment his friends in town are hoping for good news of his condition in the near future pte george latimer son of donald itimer and the late mrs latimer pte george b latimer was reported killed in action in italy before christmas born and educated m georgetown he was 18 years old enlis with the lome scots he went overseas in april 1943 was later transferred to the irish regiment of canada and had been in italy since last october yesterday mr latimer received a comforting let ter fom the padre of the nnlt with whloh george had served he spoke of bis fine reeordas a sold ier and said that he had been in stantly killed by enemy small arms fire while waiting with bis com pany to attack an enemy posi he was laid to rest in a cemetery at viuanova seven miles from ravenna mrs frank sykes heads church organization the daughters of the church st georges held their annual meeting on monday night at the home of the retiring president mrs thos eason jr a successful year in 1944 was reported with the sum of 190 raised and donated to the church and its various organizations in addition to this a ditty bag was oiled and donat ed to the navy league and two quilts were given to the same organization officers for 1945 are as follows honorary president mrs woo thompson president mrs prank sykes vlcepresidentmrs fred mcnally secretary miss muriel webster treasurer mrs joseph gibbons sewing committee miss cicely boomer miss marjorle gault knitting convenor mrs steve ea son the organization is planning to help in a drive for funds this year for needed improvements at the church at the close of the business meet ing refreshments were served by the hostess ven woo thompson closed the meeting with prayer and benediction iojxe needs funds to provide books for armed forces local chapter soliciting donation to help cause the imperial order daughters of the empire service libraries depart ment was organised in 1030 at the outbreak of war to provide recreation al reading for the men and women in the three services and the merchant navy this work is directly under the department of national defence ftt ottawa and the educational and au xiliary services officers for navy army and alrforce work in close co operation with the iod advising as to distribution the work of supplying these books has increased steadily and is a laboi of love for the women of the iodjk its worthiness cannot be doubted three hundred and thirty ships of the royal canadian navy have adopted by chapters of the iojdje from yukon to prince edward island an officer of one of the adopted ships writes the boys read everything from dime novels to the best books written and they have plenty of time for reading the local chapter i ojde are mak ing a canvass in georgetown and dis trict and it is hoped that their ob jective in this campaign to rals money for books for camp libraries may be met and exceeded no matter how small the donation it will be ap preciated by the chapter commissioned a3 pilot officer before death word was received this week that james louth popular young george town airman who lost his life in a raid over germany an january 21st 1944 was commissioned a pilot offi cer just prior to the casualty the late pilot officer louth was the son cf mr and mrs walter louth and hu3rand of the fmbker emily hadley ol glen williams fred sinclair again heads haton garage operators on tuesday evening january 16th halton branch of the ontario oarage operators association held their first meeting of the year and being the first meeting the principal item on the agenda was the installation of the of- v fleers for 1946 when the other items of business were disposed of president fred sinclair introduced the rev r o todd minister of the united church georgetown who wmi the guest speaker for the evening and who to a very gracious and appropriate way installed the officers for the current jwff mr todd gave to the members a menage which was listened to with very keen interest and was very much appreciated tar all the officers installed for the year are as follows president fred 1st vicepresldentr j rlbble oak- vidc 2nd vicepresident j waumsley burlington secretary p tuck nelson treasurer a w benton ume- honse directors i lynn burlington f pctrie pt nelson l manell oakvule a johnson oakville geo dolby milton g r mcduffle milton j whltham acton j hargrave acton a r speight georgetown j c cain georgetown at the close of the business session mr j l mcklndley of burlington provincial council president moved a vote of thanks to rev todd for his efforts on thtlr behalf the ladle of the united chnrch nelson served sandwiches and coffee which brought another profitable evening to a close mrs w sinclair heads knox church wms the women s missionary society of knox presbyterian church held then- first meeting of the year at the home of mrs e hill with a very good at tendance after the worship service and business part of the meeting rev c c cchrane gave a most in teresting talk on his work out west as a student and clearly showed what is our duty to the western people who are lees fortunate than we in not laving supplies the year round and how they appreciate the students when they do have them the fol lowing officers were installed for the coming year presidentsmrs w sinclair vicepresident mrs c c cochrane 2nd vlccpreident mrs m bird secretary ms a hume treasurer ms r poulls glad tidings secretary mrs e hill supply secretary mrs w campbell and mrs cooke home helper secretary miss red- mound and mrs murray welcome and welfare miss young pianist mrs c sinclair press secretary mrs p kersey a hearty vote of thanks was tender ed to mr cochrane for his message and to mrs hill who served a cup of tea with light refreshments rev cochrane closed the meeting with prayer local navy league branch shows fine record at the annual meeting ot the geor getown branch navy league of can ada held thursday night january 18 at the municipal building the finan cial statement for the past year as presented by e v maccormack showed total receipts of 114037 which included donations of 163 39 tag day receipts of 13641 garden party receipts of 32890 general can vass 38677 bank balance of 2880 refund from hydro of 4j and ad vancement from headquarters of 1026 expenses for the year includ ed supplies for wool committee 64ik general expertses 25 75 with the amount of 1001 72 sent in to head quarters and leaving a bank balance of 47 95 january 15th ot this year the ladles committee headed by mrs walter mendhatn with wool con vener mrs genie and ditty bag con vener mrs sam mackenzie reported articles sent to headquarters 1 cro- kinole board 1 vlctrola and 2 books of records several puzzles and games 3 cartons survivors bundles 7 quilts i tuckin 16 scarves 5 turtleneck sweaters 3 sleevless sweaters 30 day- socks 3 pairs sea boot stockings pairs mitts s helmets 2 pairs mine sweeper mitts 9 seamens caps 126 ditty bags comprised ot 56 filled by the local branch at a cost of saou 14 by individuals 2 by the sigma gama girls club 2 by the womens club mrs w o bell 1 by the ner val womens institute 1 by the bon temps bridge club 7 by the local council of women georgetown 4 by the ashgrove wj 6 by the lome scots auxiliary 20 by the limehouse wj 3 by the georgetown wi i by the daughters of st georges church 9 by the rebekah lodge and 1 by our club mrs alex lewis the local league wishes to thank all those who have asslted in any way during the past year by donation or by work in making this past year one of the most successful since the be ginning of this league in town the annual election of officers was held over for the present with present offi cers carrying on mrs george mcmenemy dies in milton hospital the death occurred at milton hospi tal on thursday january 18th wilhelmlna felker beloved wife w i k george mcmenemy in her 72nd year l after a lingering illness deceased was a member of the unit- hushes cleaver unanimous choice of halton county liberals at halton county convention in milton on monday night canadians should see to it that a liberal government is at ottawa when peace comes hsley states there is a more equitable distribu tion of wealth in this country than has ever been achieved before ill its his tory thanks to the tax policies of ttk government hon j l haley told halton riding federal liberal conv tion held in milton monday ntghv to win the peace by making ttatr country the best country in the world in which to live and work and brine a family canadians should see to that a liberal government is at ottawa when peace comes he declar- the weather by h u hutt the weather is not a pleasant topic to write about these dayst so the less said about it the better we would much rather teu about the cardinals blue jays juncos chlc- knaeea hairy and downey woodpeckers and even the starlings and sparrows that come very day to enjoy our hos pitality and give us something cheer ful to watch these are the hardy brave little fellows who in spite of zero temperatures and banks of snow stay with us all winter and we do our best to let them know they are all welcome if we must say something about the weather here are the frigid figures for week date h and l snow- temp fan tues jan 16 16 7 25 wed jan 17 21 v thurs jan 16 21 11 frt jan ib 23 0 sat jan 20 23 5 sun jan 21 28 7 mon jan 22 30 23 10 isaac buluvant weds hamilton girl ferns palms snapdragons and pink carnations decorateo the church of st thomas hamilton on saturday january 20th for the wedding betty jane youngest daughter of mrs c t and the late mr constable of 3 east 25th street mount hamdton and pte w isaac bullivant younger son of mr and mrs thomas bullivant of 32 spring st hamilton formerly of georgetown rev dr r c bla- grove officiated at the wedding cere mony held at 3 30 pm the bride given in marriage by her eldest brother m w constable hamilton was gowned la white bro caded satin with floorlength veil of white net caught with a whlte-fea- the red skull cap she carried a bou quet of better times roses with white the matron of honour was mrs joaun of hamilton sister of the bride who ed church which she attended as long i faoonne with matching as health permitted she was the flnd angertlp daughter of the late mr and mrs i qnd can a b of johanna guests at family reunion a family reunion was held at the old homestead in ertn now owned by john given and his niece janie glv en on sunday jan 21st in honour of the visit of malcolm and mrs given of dellle soak those present ere mr and mrs robt c given daughter mrs h ostrander mr and mrs mark given and family olive jean and lloyd mr and mrs na thaniel given of toronto mr and mrs cecil given f0 stan given mrs d given mrs thomas given and daughters lorraine and patricia mr and mrs john p given and audrey of guelph mr and mrs john w snow and family lydla clarence ellwood annie samuel archie gates evallne mccaig betty mac- caskill robert reek and henry felker and was born near cut- i ford ontario fortyfive years ago she was married to george mcmenemy who survives along with a family of three one son herbert and two dau- i ghters mildred mrs james klrk- i woodboiliiafad and ada mrs gear sinclair milton also five grandchll- i dren one brother win felker of oowanstown nnd one sister mrs henry best of pordwich also survive i the funeral ts held on saturday january 20th from the united church ballinafad where her pastor rev a i o w foreman conducted the ser- i vice during the service mr and mrs l f j shortlu sang a duet some day the silver cord will break interment took place in glen williams cemetery the pallbearers were messrs alex mc kay wm wright henry burns jas mrkechnrf norman sinclair and j mcbrlde the flowerbearers were murray and wllma sinclair jlmmle kirfcwood grandchildren and wm felker nephew wore mr and mrs william kirby glen william redeived word from their son pte mervyn kirby of his arrival overseas prior to enlisting he was mployed at alliance paper mills ltd overseas workshop cbc engineerwar correspondents paul johnson left and harold wads- i worth check equipment in the seas ltnlt workahop hill roses and maiden hair fern miss anne bullivant sister of the groom was bridesmaid dressed in blue fa- conne matching headdress and car rying brlarcllff roses and maiden air tern both attendants pearls the gift of the bride groomsman was arthur bullivant brother of the groom and ushers were wllam marshall brotherinlaw of the groom ana robert james om- therlnlaw of the bride organist was miss peene and the soloist miss joan richards sang through the years and because a reception followed at rycroft inn in hamilton with g5 guests in at tendance the brides mother presid ing wearing twotone mauve sisc dress and matching accessories and a corsage of lelstra hubbard roses she was assisted by the grooms mother who chose turquoise blue facanne with matching accessories and a corsage of rapture roses for going away the bride wore dress of heavenly blue wool with brown hat and coat matching accessories and kolinsky furs the latter the grooms gift to his bride following a honeymoon trip to niagara falls the groom wld return to the military school of instruction calgary the bride will live in hamilton for the duration guests attended from toronto georgetown and brampton ed hughes cleaver member for hal ton for the past 10 years was unani mously nominated to contest the ridma in the coming federal election des pite bad roads the convention was among sho best attended m years presiding at the convention was leroy dale kc chairman of the haltos county liberal association if we are to achieve anything after the war we must have unity in ttnw country and the liberal party alon has thrown itself wholeheartedly against all religious and racial ap- peals said mr hsley there ara those who are seeking to make capital out of class consciousness only tta ligeral party has its roots in sb classes all regions and all races of this counby the liberal government has bo- hievea its fair distribution of the no tional income by elimination of pro- fiteemg by steeply graded lncomst taxes excess profit taxes and sodss legislation said mr haley the only way to maintain prospsrs- ty in any class after the war is by high employment to provide pimdatav ing power he declared he named four points on which the government is going to assure this development at export trade domestic consumption private industry and government spending outlining what he had done for bfc country mr cleaver said that post war projects being pushed included waterfront improvements at oajcvfos and bronte postal delivery in oafefftds and burlington and uptodate post- offices at several centres in fh county mr cleaver said the voters were faced with the alternatives of electa ing the ocf with its inexperienced professors and students the conserva tives representing big business or the liberal government with lte record at achievement and its roots in at classes and creed and regions ashgrove meeting the christian fellowship of the yj u was held sunday even ing january 21st at the home of mr and mrs c b dick with douglas currie in charge of the program the meeting opened with hymn 238 and prayer by rev j o totton the scripture was read by clayton dick and betty ruddell gave a very helpful worship story the topic fol lowing the new years theme of the program was given by mrs p wuson and entitled lifes values- the meeting dosed with hymn 230 and the mlspah benediction mrs john hunter and douglas currte are attending the annor parmer conference being held in goelpb r korral institute and junior parmaca mm robt lirtangtiltn is ttds week with fa tfaoa guren arts and crafts jelect officers the business meeting of the arts as crafts for the year 1944 was held at the home of mrs c brandford on thursday january 18th many of ttu local members and those from were in attendance the president mrs mover the meeting with a review of the year work which proved to have been s jma of considerable progress throughotxs the organization mrs mover thank ed the commltteerand all wno assisted for their excellent bn of trie november exhibit held in the moolb- bon store she then spoke of wis growing interest shown in batm especially in the public schools of tfas fall fair convention to be held istar in toronto the george group of handlcrafters having been asked ts send a small exhibit reports were read and office tar the coming year elected they are as follows president mrs m h meyer vice president mrs anne lawscat representative and 2nd vicepresi dent mrs beatty acton secretarymrs j m bruyns treasurer- mrs j b mime assistant secretary mrs h e bat- kin librarian mrs j thompson the meeting ended with gedbrsl discussion and tea served by the hos- plans postponed for mew industry locating hers is learned from reliable somas that a toronto glove firm wtdoa has been considering opeams a smal branch tn ge has imhiiihiihwi plans for the present the w had req information at tbe jan uary cwmefl meeting about a suuaas location and was mf armed that ths old town hn nught bs araoahls su the firm dsojdsd postponing- plans la view of aa alterations wtxkb wwud bm ft hs made to the bofidtar eosijdsd wjfta tsv ports that flte supply of ksbev s not plsnttful m o