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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday february 7th 1945 200 per annum sc a copy t municipal bids not for sale says council as exmayor makes 11000 purchase offer board of trade asks compiled plan f town teflon bequests veteran as tax collector the municipal building is not tar sale at the present time such was the text of a resolution passed by council at its meeting on monday night the motion came after an ot ter had been received from emayor joseph gibbons to purchase the build ing for 11000 the original price which the town paid the banknf mon tnftl two years ago stormcentre or municipal pontics since that time the buodtng played an important part in the 1m5 mayoralty elections a delegation from the board of trade composed of a r speight w e nodwell walter t evans and sam mackenzie attended the meeting to ask consideration for an expenditure of 1500 for a compiled plan of geor getown e p bowman ontario land surveyor of guerph who has offered to do the work at this price was also present it was pointed out that the last official plan of the town was made in 1854 and that changes since this time render it useless a plan made in 1919 by a former land surveyor mr hlveo is incomplete and unauthentic and the town is badly in need of a map tor further development and proper town planning council decided to withhold a deci sion for further consideration and the question will be threshed out when the budget la drawn up next month tire chief donald latimer appeared before council and asked that proper action be taken to provide adequate fire protection at the north and south ends of main street as well as that new hose be purchased for the bri gade appointments of mr latimer as chief fred mccartney deputy chief and jack tost truck driver for 2mb were ratified t iiac graham farnell was granted leave of absence as hydro commls aioner while on active service harold stalford fred mccartney and william roney representing branch 120 canadian legion asked council that a returned soldier pre ferably a pensioner possessing the necessary qualifications be appointed tax collector council felt that no action should be taken on this until a later date when more local men had returned from overseas and that for the present no change should be made in the appointment hiram kennedy georgetown pioneer dies hiram kennedy georgetowns old est pioneer resident died in peel memorial hospital brampton on tuesday january 30th in his 87th year mr kennedy had enjoyed re markably good health until the last eleven weeks when he suffered a series of four strokes born in erin the son of the late john and sarah kennedy he attended baillnafad school for a time and mov ed to georgetown with his parents at an early age mr john kennedy was one of the firs settlers in georgetown and he played a prominent part in the advancement of the town the late hiram kennedy could recall very clearly the time when there were no brick houses in georgetown he was a marblecutter by trade and after spending years at the trade he be came a drover for the late mr hugh clark upon mr clark s death mr kennedy became a horsetrader he was a methodist in religion the funeral service was held from the home of h c mcclure on thurs day february 1st at 2 o clock by rev r c todd assisted by rev j e ostrom pallbearers were messrs jos gibbon harolo cleave j b wilson william kennedy james kennedy and jack williamson mr kennedy is survived by no close relatives as he was the last living member of the fa mily interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown ethel kemshead joins the whkntt of the three services mr and mrs j j kemsheads family definite ly seem to prefer the navy for with their two sons already in the rcnvr their only daughter reported for duty with the wrens to day making the family unanimously naval before enlisting ethel was employed at alliance paper mills ltd and on monday evening her fellowemployees gathered at the home of mr and mrs kemshead to give her a surprise party at which ethel was presented with a fountain pen she received the gift of a wallet from her employ ers after reporting to toronto ethel will proceed to gait for training on hmos conestoga one brother o s albert kemshead was in the dutch west indies when heard from last and her other brother l o jack is at sea somewhere in the medi terranean united church annual meeting a splendid representation of mem bers and adherents of the united church gathered in the sunday school room for supper at seven o clock on monday evening january 28th and a hot appetizing meal prepared by the women s association served by mem bers of the young peoples union af ter supper the minister led in worship mr p harrison was elected secretary for the meeting and rev r c todd chairman elected as stewards for three years were messrs fred baird howard lillico e l arnold and g farnell for two years g w mclli tock nnd for one year tl os ljons messrs w t evans w h km 1 r md a h baird wen elected 1 ier for a five year term reports of work done in 1944 were receiv ed from the different church organlzatlor s win h also o itlined plans for id45 an excellent report from tht committee of stewards showed a substantial inrreiisc in fin anclal support of thcch re lth a sub- u t4 tl b 1 in cr cl budget th r lldinr fund co in rr portr t the b ii fund amounts in cash and promises to ap- pcxlmalcly 13 400 with a number of canvassers yet to be heard from the minister reported 10 infant baptisms and 8 marriage four mem bers wore removed from the congrega helton insurance company has successful year mr e f ford hornby was elected president at the annual meeting on monday lit acton of the halton union farmers muual fire insurance co mr leslie kerns of freeman was elected vicepresident on the board of directors mr arnold marshall of moffat is a new member succeeding mr geo fii ney who has removed from the district the financial statement and audl- tcrs report presented at the meeting showed the company in its fiftyfifth j ear to have had success and expan sion losses paid auring the year irrounted to s22 849 48 the total assets of the company are lven as 104 474 54 with a surplus of issets over liabilities of 7460078 which is an increase of 7 084 40 dur ing the year the book value of bonds and debentures held b the company is 86 000 at the end of the year the com pany had direct policies in force of 2703 for an amount of 1 1920 640 mrs w h allan dies in esquesing mrs w h allan died suddenly in esquesing township near muton on jauarj 26th 1945 in her 63rd year she was hannah harriet neilson be loved wife of w h allan mrs allan was born at floss m grey county in 1882 a daughter of the late mr and mrs daniel neilson she had been a resident of esquesing township for 65 years besides her husband two daughters mrs c agnen campbellviue and mrs b j parsons aiderwood and one son daniel at home survive three brothers andrew john and william neilson all of esquesing and two sisters mrs pearson milton and mrs askin toronto also survive also five grandchildren she was a member of boston pres- byterian church for many years she was a liberal in politics rhc funeral was held in muton on january 29th interment was in ever green cemetery milton pallbearers v ei e her three brothers and three nephews archie and chester service and robert neilson glen williams boy missing overseas word was received by his parents mr and mrs w h beaumont glen williams that sgt lawrence herbert beaumont was missing overseas fol lowing air operations lawrence was a navigatorbomber and had enlisted three years ago when just 17 years of age it is hoped that the family may receive more encouraging news shortly united church wjuls ofucerb installed the following officers of the united church woman s missionary society were installed at a special service in the church on sunday evening jan 28th by rev r c todd honoiury presidents mrs h l hutt precedent mrs a m nielsen 1st vice president mrs c hayes 2nd vicepresident miss a staun ton 3rd vice presidentsmrs r c todd secretary mrs c adams treasurer mrs v macdonald corresponding secretary mrs a vannatter christian stewardship and finance secretary mrs h clarke temperance secretary mrs h wrlggleswortb literature secretary mrs h l hutt supply secretary mr j gbseve missionary monthly secretary mrs near community friendhlp secretary mrs r h wright associate members secretary mr r jones press secretary miss a staunton music convenor mrs a vannatter pianist mrs r h wright mission circle advisory president mrs h wriggleswoi th c g i t leader mrs o jeffrey mission band supt mrs a speight reception committee appointed to meetretwningsoverseas troops stewarttown mrs mary bally has received a tele gram from ottawa notifying her that her son flying officer norman god win bally is missing overseas after air operatlons over enemy territory 1344 fire i osses lowest in town s history the annual meeting ol the george- own fire brigade was held in the mu ncipal building last thursday eveni it may r harold cleave presld ing a revue of the years work re- vealtd t georgetown s loss through fire had bt en the lightest in the owns uistorv with onlj one blaze re- ult ni in damices to jie extent of 75 00 ail oificers were returned by ac- rli nation and it ui be don latu mcrs fifth year as fire chief drpu chief fred mrcarney tre lsurer harry saving s re ar wm hde i k driver jark tost capt no 1 j dentine r t no 2 h hilts no 1 f gilmer i no 2 a ritchie t d i torier o herrington joseph mclaughlin palled by death joseph mclaughlin a wellknown resident of nerval died at his home in that village on monday january 29 mi mclaughlin wis born in the fifth line west chlnguacousy in 1857 he was a son of the i ite joseph mclaugh lin and isabelle hamilton a presby- erian in religion he had always beer actively interested in norval presby terian church and it was his fore sight and initiative that played a great pari in the building of the present edifice in its construction he was very active mr mclaughlin was on t 10 board of elders for many year he retired from farming twenty- five years ago and moved to norval in politics he was a liberal mr mc laughlin was twiee married his first wife being miss deborah mcmastcr of orangeville he is survived his wife tcjimerlv annie nixu one daughter grace norval and one fos ler son jack garwood detroit mich 1i10 two brothers h irrv mclaughlin i cleveland ohio and rrtd mclaug iltn norval a public serviee was hi id in neural prosbv terian church wednesday after noon conducted bj rev l j self interment was in hillcrest cimetrrj rti pallbearers were six nephews hi mil ton charles stewart claude wilbur and will ed md 1 ithlin tit 1 rl bv tinr or othfw there were two adult bap asms all ten were admi ed to membership by profession of faith fourteen wei received by crtiflrate of membership from other congroka tions the increase in m n nprship was nine thanks was tendered to the ladles for the supper with which the meeting began and resolutions to the minister ms family and church employees were expressed by those present the meeting adjourned to be called again shortly by the minister to consider m full the report of the buldlng fimd committee comedian jimmy durante is cre dited with ttxto bit of wisdom owe 90 youre piker owe 60009 youre ft bmjuermin owe swofxmiot youre tycoon owe ou2tid0ocum youts gorennnitim 1 georgetown native retires as toronto police chief george 8 guthrie a georgetown native submitted his resignation as t trv chvf of pnlict to the toronto rp commlsinn hit week and re o 1 nsion liter 4f vears iter ee wl h the police forre the re- tmatlon become effective august 1st but he is being given six months re- ti ing allowance mr guthrie and his brother nat who retired a few years ago as cmef of detectives on the toronto force are two georgetown men who have gone far in their chosen profession both retain a keen interest in the old home town and mr nat guthrie baa for many years donated prlaes and- odf- ed the baby show held in with th georgetown fan pair mrs mar1 brown bt ried at norval i in ler eifhtv sevnlh vear mrs mary brown widow of the late james blown iasscd iwaj on mon janu ary 22nd at the home of her daugh ter mrs d h lindsay acton mrs brown had been gradually falling in health for the past few months born at lot 2 concession 6 chin- uacous township mrs brown was 1 daughter of tin late henry may and marj bell it was this home stead that was settled by her grand- tither george may well over a hun dred years ago a famllv ol three sons and one daughter remain u revere the mem- crv ind mourn the passing of a be loved mother col g o brown and norm 111 il brown of georgetown george c brown or norval and mrs d h llndsnv 1 gertrude of acton one brother henry may of bramp ton also remains the funeral was held on wednes- dn tftcrnoon with service at the home of mr and mrs d h llnd- nj re a w fu btir was assisted by rev r wilson of orangeville 1 form r pastor of the norval united chin 1 in term lit wis at norvv c met rv tin pillbearrrs were m t ande 1 m i how ird may i iwteiicr mij arth ir m ij james miv and w j beatty iown vitai statistk s foit 1144 vital statistics for the year 1944 in georgetow n show i ti t here w ere 4 births 21 marriakes and 13 deaths compirlng these figures with 1943 this jeir t icre were 6 less births in town dunni the voir ixetl the same number of marriages and 10 less deaths english war guest returns home v one of georgetown s engli war- guests eric saunders left for his home in england last week after hav ing lived in georgetown for the past five years eric is a nephew of mrs b francis and he and his brother robert made their home with her un til a short time ago for the past year eric has been em- played at the paper division of pro vincial paper ltd prior to that he attended georgetown high school erics father is on the general post office staff in london england liv ing in pinchley mr and mrs saun ders have often written to mrs fran cis during the last five years saying that although they missed their boys very much they were very thankful to have them safe from the horror and death that the german blfts and ro bot bombs had wrought in their area last year mr and mrs saunders spoke to their sons over the radio the elder of the two boys robert still remains in georgetown and is em ployed at the paper mill of provincial paper ltd card of thanks i wish to express my rfneere thanks to an those who were so kind to eota and expression of sympathy mt the aad time of mr bfavm fr death mrs loy shortm fire brigade busy during week the georgetown fire orlgade was called to foul- ilres in lesthin seven days last week making it about the busiest week on record on january 30th at nbout 8 pm chrence fat walters 1930 chevro let caught fir- at his home on the ninth line the fire brigade used snow and extinguishers to put out the blaze but the body of the car was pretty well destroyed while washing clothes in naphtha gasoline at her home on february 1st mrs clarence carey suffered two badly burned arms and scorched hair and face when the gas exploded her son face and hair were also scorch ed dr c v wquams gave her medi cal attention the fire brigade quick ly erttrmrta the name ab record took and power mower wre completely destroyed when fire damaged the cemetery tool house and office on fehroary 3rd the ore tftrtad at around b0 pjtl bat the aiwumu were rmn dy a froaen hyckmnt this necessitated letting oat ewer 1400 met of4wse to conotet tt with the mxt hydruit n lr nixon s the tool house was a frame gullding bout 12 ft bj 16 ft on sunday afternooi georgetown fire ilrikid w is ill d id assist b imiton in fiithting a fire on main st w lit 1 did 000 i x 17 mtmlxri and fire cief latimer went i i wn wrston 1- ire dept and a fire fiuitini d tithnvntt from no 2 crtc ilso isil ed li brimpton briside l ho lire swept through boylcs druj more i one f tin tow 1 uniu busl 11c il k tor a tune t was feared ic bl 17 would sprcid to the royal link b hiding to the south and an- uier billding u the norui but thev i scaped with minor damage mrs harry sproujc a sister of mr nelson tuck georgetown who was 111 in bed in her apartment above the drug store was assisted to the street by her husband and firemen and taken to the home of friends the drug store was completely gut ted by the flames which originated in the basement considerable damage was caused in the following establish ments cpr ucket office james bowie bookstore mr bowies apart ment above the store dr ei rob insons dental office ebon the bank and the prermctal police office 1 active service notes we are glad to learn that pte jack brill son of mr and mrs david brill has recovered from wounds suffered in action in france and is now on con valescent leave from an english hos pital sgmn stan allen serving with the canadian troops in holland has sent home two pair of wooden shoes for his children bob and june mrs allen has loaned us a pair and they are on display in the herald window this week lac wllf mlno with the rcaf in india writes to say how much he en- joyed reading some heralds which mrs mino had enclosed in a recent parcel wilf was hospitalzed lor several veeks with pneumonia but is up and around again now ac1 alva grieve son of mr and mrs t f grieve was recently flown to hospital in england after being hospitalized in brussels for some time with an ear infection he was pleased to find that the padre at the hospital was capt the rev d d davidson former pastor of knok presbyterian church in georgetown news has been received of a former glen williams man sgt frank mc master who has been serving in france with the american army wounded twice in action sgt mc- master is in an english hospital being treated for wounds in the back and arm enlisting 18 months ago he had been in france for six months sgt mcmaster is the proud possessor of he order of the purple heart and cluster as well as the infantry com- btt medal his friends in this dls tnct send their wishes for a safe tc- every the belgian black market is much 11 ore furious than one would suppose liom reading our report of a letter from lieut piu barber in last weeks herald paul said ltfis wtre selling ur 60 1 uojscu ratici than 60c as we 1 i tej it lieut barber who 1 ted wiui the lome scots in gcor ujwn his been transferred to the q leen s own rifles chief petty officer john i emmcr m 11 has returned to his post after a 14 d ly furlough in town with his f imily johimj has recently received 1 promotion and is now an electrical artificer 2 pr joe h ill whe has sen ed in lulj for the 4 m mtlis recently pli l 1 1 jive in rome and sent some lively fls 1 ome to hls parents bro thir and sister from that ancient l included in the parcel were a bt n u ii fill cameo brooch bracelet piius of italiii embroidery and a pipe yn other georiietown family has re ceived a pai eel from their son in italy pte walter brandford mr and mrs j brandford were delighted with their parcel which among other tl ings contained part of a german parachute and a cushion top souvenir of florence italy walter has been in italy since june 1m1 pjo jim kelly who has been spending a leave with his wife in winnipeg has been again pasted over seas jhn was freed by the allied armies after baring hidden in enemy occupied territory for many months after his plane was shot down by the germans j at a meetinepbf the georgetown rehabilitation council last wednesday a committee was appointed to be in charge of meeting district servicemen returning to canada from duty over seas under the chairmanship of mayor harold cleave committee mem bers are mrs thos grieve mrs fred anthony k r macdonald and harry hale friends and relatives are re quested to contact the chairman as soon as details of the arrival are known and the committee will mak the necessary arrangements for meew ing the men president of the council ltcol d b s cousens repoited having made satisfactory contacts regarding rehabi litation of those men from the dis trict who have been discharged from the forces mayor cleave reported that the reception committee had vlsl- tea several eturned solders already wrule the chairman of the handicap ped cases dr c v williams said that all patients seemed to be well taken care of and there were no problems in this regard at present mrs w mendham chairman of the women a committee reported having visited five bereaved families since the last meeting of the council mrs mendham was appointed secretary- treasurer to replace mrs sam macfcen- rte former airporcemen wtllv operate ba station in georgetown after a vacancy of a couple of years during which time the premises have been used by weston s bakery as a storehouse the b a service station on the nighway will soon be reopened two former aeroengine n with the rcaf will be in charge of tow station harry graham who is in town making arrangements for the re opening is a native of chatham nb he was discharged after 23 months service with the rcaf on atlantis submarine patromn canada and new- fundland harry is the lucky member of the crew of a lancaster bomber which crashed killing five tid seri ously injuring a sixth member harry himself spent some time in hospital with injuries he is married and the father of a sixmonth old son prank his partner daniel banks okp to join him in town soon h the rank of flightengineer mr banks served for some time with the alrforce at no 6 rd trenton he is a native of oharlottetown prj- mrs banks is a scottish girl who has been in canada only a couple of years both young men intend mahns then- home in town and we welcome them as reslderts with the hope that their venture into business wfll be ft calvin clark opens main street electrical stork the ranks of main street merchants were augmented on saturday by the opening of an electrical store by j calvin clark in the premises formerly tenanted by the lee sing laundry mr clark has been a resident of town for the past five years since dlspos- irg of his interests in the georgetown flour and peed mill to mr whuam brvdon he has been soing electrical 1 pair work and contracting and the new elec rical shop will be operated m onjunrtton with this end of the busl- what make drunkardst what cures yale university scientists seek to flrd out william seabrook starting in the american weekly with this sundays feb 11 issue of the de- it sunday times tells how a clmto is treating an odd assortment of al coholics and reveals amazing facts that have been unearthed get sun days detroit times miss christina dick died in balttmob a native of brampton miss chrst- tina dick died at john hopxtdw hos pital baltimore md tor th past thirty years site had been to charge of the nurses residence survivin are one brother crown attorney w i dick of milton and a sister iam elizabeth dick of the johns hopkht staff cheltenham nattvti is tkaju9 old on jan 98th mrs alex oaleorated her loofch home in port elgin tenham late mr and ida uatookn pioneerjteitissh sssusrs gre au of j gordon atbsr was btoajbttr of waft