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your last chance to donate to the lode book campaign fund to supply books for the armed forces campaign ends jan 31 so get your donation in now and help the local chapter meet their ob jective donations may be given to any member lode or may be left at the herald office your help is needed and will be appreciated minneapolis honeywell furnace controls electric janitor 3050 plus installation 2burner hot plates electric pail heaters new and used motors all kinds of electrical repairs j c clark electrical contractor phone 387j georgetown loc he the daya are lengthening nottco- ably big sale ims wallpaper now on shop earty bladns hardware so to 100 store brampton nerves bother you try a house pocketalee murder story fif teen cents youll feel much better when its finished biff sale congoloum floor cover ings beautiful colors all sizes at city sale prices blalna hardware and so to 1 00 store brampton rev o o cochrane conducted the special service at the united church last sunday evening- when all the prayers offered were for the men and women in the armed forces rev and mrs r 0 todd were un avoidably absent through the serious illness of mrs todds father owing to the death of a member of the lodge the rebekah marathon euchre has been postponed for ont week and will commence on thursday feo ut the bills of the golf links have i been a real paradise for skiers ever since the first snowfall there haal been an unusually steady season for the sport this year specials for this week coopers dri kill 75c pkg table oil cloth 49c yard ironing boards s14b shoe trees 33c pr can openers 19c calv water pails 27c blalns hardware as 5c to i 00 store one of ontarios largest hardwares brampton we are glad to report that dr r paul who has been ill for the past 10 days and unable to be out is now re covering nicely and expects to be able tc resume his practice at the end of the week bingo in the legion hall january 31st 15 games for 25c and two specials sponsored by beaumonts employees help send the boys more parcels annual meeting of the esquesing agricultural society opetmilnff georgetown fair win be held in the municipal building saturday jan 27 at 300 oclock abarp general business and 1944 fair report election of officers for 1945 kvblxyboot wblcokb isom an espsdillr ftnltsd to sttend sad fona s lsdr p w cuaam tu g l uoohvbat b the georgetown herald wednesday january 24th 1945 maps and men by mart coles hcclui syndicate wnu fhttum church news scripture text and the lord was with joseph and his master saw that the lord was with him gen 39 2 3 knox presbyterian church georgetown minister 10 am sunday school 11 am public worship ltanehoue presbyterian chsrafc dm- sunday school bible class 3 pjn public worship st george s church ven woo thompson rector septuageslma sunday holy communion 8 am sunday school 10 am matins and litany 11 ajn even song 7 pjn sl albans church glen williams septuagesim sunday sunday school 2 pm evensong 3 p the united chnroh of canada rev r c todd ba minister miss lynda stewart atom music director 10 ajn sunday school 11 aun public worship 7 pjn evening worship and installation of of ficers of the womens association first baptist church minister rev j e ostrom organist miss m cook sunday jan 28th 11 ajn divine worship more about righteousness 3 pjn bible school 8 45 gospel sing ing 7 pjn evening- gospel service mr ostrom will speak and sing the b y j u meets on monday at 8 pm prayer meeting on wednesday at 8 pm welcome holy croat church rev f v j morgan maw t d ajn 2nd and 4th son days 11 am 1st 3rd and 5th boa- ays st johns church stewarttown rev s r colebrook rector septuagesima sunday 2 pjn sunday school 3 pjn evening prayer fit pauts church norn 730 pjn evening prayer st stephens church hornby 11 15 ajn morning- prayer nerval and union churebsb rev j u self ba uhlan sunday school 10 ajn public wor 11 ajn sunday school 3 pjn fnbuc wexsntp pjn tphe colonels temporary head- quarters were in his hotel bed room at noon ten young men stood before the plain board table that had been brought up from the dining room to serve as a desk one of the young officers wore a captains bars eight those of first lieutenants and one who stood at the extreme left the single bronze bars of a second lieutenant his name on the roster was john sherman but his fellows dubbed him agriciiltur al when they learned that he had been a farmer prior to enlistment the colonel spoke we have been assigned to this sector he moved his pencil across the map which lay before him note the boundaries carefully the offi cers crowded around leavmg john sherman topeer over their anoul- ders as you see continued the colo nel our area is roughly square about fifteen miles on a side be ginning tomorrow i want to move fifteen batteries into position the terrain is hilly there is a good deal of plowed land and there are a number of wooded spots he pushed the chart to one side i want a map showing the hills the groves of trees and all the dirt roads and i want it fast lieuten ant sherman tried to get closer but the broad back of captain jorg blocked the way and the captain s elbow dug the lieutenant in the ribs now gentlemen i shall not judge your success by anything but results if you can find a print showing the region i have indicated complete in detail bring that in or a fair copy but captain jorg believes and i aree with him that the quickest way to get the data is to estimate the tract ourselves any questions no one answered very well gentlemen carry on five cars with drivers have been allotted to you for the lfternoon divide as you think bst report to me here immediately after evening miss colonel shore smiled to idd a sporting feature i will grant j three day leave to the man or roup bringing in the most useful nstrument the young men saluted ind nini of them hurried from the r im itinnd lieutenant john sherman imained his face flushed with em irassment sir may i see the jpt a- certainly it was an ordinary government urviy the locality to which the i lonel had refi rred was marked in d john copied the section and ownship numbers in the zone salut id and stumbled from the room by the tune he reached the street i ur of the jeeps had left the fifth with two men in the rear seat was list starting from the curb do i o with you john asked not as i understand it agricul tur il said one of the passengers captain jorg is alone in one car uid i heard him say that he would t paper md pencils and come back pick you up you re both from the same town arent you better than that said the other they both get letters frorr the same trl be nice if jorg and agricul tural win the leave they can visit h r together the little car whirled ff john waited for thirty minuter he did not expect captain jorg to re turn and soon was convinced that i i whole thing was a trick jorg ad prevented him from seeing the np jorg had arranged that the ther lieutenants would pair off and ave him without transportation j rg hod made sure that if he did not win the leave there would be chance whatever for john to do a jeep empty except for a cor n who was driving pulled up hn forgot the formality that gov tind between officers and enlisted nin any chance of your driving i this afternoon i ve territory to a sure the corpora looked astonished i en amused these shavetails they iidn t know nothing sorry sir lie said this car isn t free the eu tenant would have to have an ier anyway then he added sar e istically perhaps the lieutenant mid catch a bus john thanked urn for the suggestion and rushed to the bus station that evening the same ten off cers stood before colonel shore a i lie of sketches lay before him cap tain jorg hod an air of confi dencc second lieutenant jonn sher man looked anything but happy gentlemen said the colonel i hwe examined all of these consid ring the speed with which you worked they are quite good cap tain jorg s especially but the olonel pulled a large sheet of thin piper from the ottom of the pile this one turned m by lieutenant sherman is by far the most com plete lieutenant sherman explained that through his carelessness he was left without a conveyance said the colonel but in the emergency he used his head once a farmer it oc curred to him that the local center of the agricultural department would have air maps which of course are in detail he went to the county seat by bus and made a trac ing since i wanted results irre- pective oi method the three day eave is properly awarded to lieu tenant sherman thank you tantie me n that will be all new mission alex mcdonald who recently re turned to canada- following- service in the engineering division of cbcs overseas unit hw been given a new aaslitiiiient by toe cbc be win work for the umj auxiliary aervlces an equipment for radio program attribution to troops overseas mcdonald wfll shortly go back to the european theatre to su the setting up of kqutrcd equipment ballinafad the good neighbours club met on thursday jan 11th at the home of ml and mrs frank smith six tables of euchre were played with pr to those scoring highest a collection was taken and the sum of 10 reaha- ed which whl be donated to the fond for boxes for the boys overseas cedarvale mr and mrs clarence mcmillan of scot5guard sak are visiting friends here miss adeline cunningham is spend ing some time with mr and mrs h bennett near sllvercreek f o ross ferguson has been award ed the dfc overseas a brother of mrs r smith congratulations ross the monthly meeting or the cedar- vale w i was held at the home of mrs cunning am on wedresday af- einoon january 17th mrs cunningham president occupi ed the chair and opened the meeting with the singing of the opening ode and repeating the lords prayer in unison mrs widdls read the scripture les son the m nutes of the last meeting ere read and approved several let ters of thanks were rend from boys overseas who had received boxes at christmas the roll call was where my grandparents lived mrs wood as then chalrlady for the following program reacirg a bridge builder by mrs c hurren miss ada currie gave an interesting paper on histori cal research reading there will lways be gardens by mrs w cox the meeting was then brought to a close by the national anthem dtuth notices aujbn in ouelnh general hospital on saturday january 30th 1mb william james allen beloved hus band of mary moore in hit 09th blackburn suddenly in george town on sunday january 21st 1045 ehm ooldlna arnold dearly be loved wife of p f blackburn brown at che home of her daugh ter mrs d h lindsay park ave acton onc on monday january 22 1945 mary may brown widow of the late james brown and mother of colonel o o brown georgetown george o brown norral norman h brown georgetown and mrs jd h undbay gertrude acton in her 67th year the late mrs brown is resting- at the home of her daughter for funeral service on wednesday at 2 00 oclock interment at norval cemetery mcds3tmidsuddenly on tuesday january 23rd ims at toronto wes tern hospttal isabel mblntyre mc- dermld daughter of mrs j mc- dermld georgetown and sister of rev john a mcdermld br the funeral will be held from the family residence on thursday janu ary 25th at 2 30 oclock interment in greenwood cemetery georgetown mcmhnemt in milton hospital on thursday january 18th 1945 wii- helmlna peeker beloved wife of george mcmenemy aged 71 years bf mpfotttalf uotvbidi land mernott f officer jama loath t the gerrlo of his ootmby aist 1944 ever remembered by badley tjouthted loving memory officer james louth who lost with the rgaf january ever reniernbered by alice owen and alex louth i in loving memory husband r056777 pilot officer louth who lost bis life jan 1944 on a raid over a wonderful husband true a beautiful memory he left i have lost but heaven has one of the best this earth always will be re his loving wife emily wyiite xn loving memory a dear husband wlluatn john who passed away january 26 peacefully sleeping resting at i his weary trials and troubles an in silence he soffered hi patten till god called him home to suf more ever remembered by bis mr and mrs mark clark ban ceived a letter from then son leo clark telling of spendtng znas in india glen williams archdeacon woo thompson presided at the vestry meeting of st alban s church held in the parish hall on tuesday evening there was a good representation of the congrega tion to hear the reports of the or ganizations m merryday people s warden presented the financial state ment for the year showing no debts outstanding and a balance of 103 00 on hand mrs arthur beaumont read the report of the ladles guild which showed the past year was one of the most successful in the guilds history mr arthur beaumont was reelect ed rectors warden and mr merry- day was elected people s warden by acclamation the sidesmen were re elected also the board of manage ment with the addition of mrs j eason the azchdeacon thanked the wardens and the congregation for their kind cooperation during the past year and highly commended the people a warden and the guild on their excellent reports the sincere sympathy of the village- is extended to the family of the late william allen who passed away in guelph general hospital on satur day following a short illness mr a beaumont mr m beaumont and mr e bludd attended the con servative county convention at milton on saturday afternoon miss mary austin of kinmount was a week end visitor at the home of mr and mrs j r williams herbert preston who recently trans ferred from the rcaf to the army spent a week end leave at his home- mr and mrs w everson and wayne mrs j a williams miss d duncan all of toronto and mrs c hyde and rodney were visitors on sunday at the home of mr andmrs c ann card of thanks i wish to expi deepest ithanks to the many friends whose kindness to myself and the children has bean much appreciated at the time of onr sad bereavement the flowers from the baptist sunday school 1 t b lodge no 393 remembrances from the soldiers comforts commit tee and the cards tetters and expres sions of sympathy have done much to ease our sadness youll enjoy our orange pekoe blend salada ice for sal huttonville park power cutter and loading device for information and rates write- g t vivian brampton or phone 575 or 357 r 33 brampton come and hear the work of the red cross on the battlefields of europe major edith r dick of milton ontario formerly principal matron of no 10 canadian hospital unit will tell her experiences of her hospital work in and france in the summer and autumn of 1944 and pecially as it affects the red cross at a meeting to held at the public library georgetown at 8 p wednesday january 24th 1945 everyone is cordially invited to attend this meeting we are especially anxious that the women of george town will attend as matters of special importance il connection with the red crois work in this communil will be discussed leroy dale kc president georgetown red cross society look at it this way d ram belang- to a literary guild or it yam probably pay an average of one dallar a have one book to shew for it tarn can rent 15 clam a books one at a thai beams lending- ltbrarr and the meat ft can and tf we get enough regmtar readers its eft thatngmre ftyoemx pousse- boob and gifts phtm 31