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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday march 28th ims 2 00 per annum 3c a copy red cross drive almost through be generous a b delly beaumont i survives trentonian sinking 1 jn official announcement from na- lal headquarters on monday told of the loss of the oorvett trentonian as y result of enemy action many people tn the cjlen district have abeady beard the news for one ol the crew i members ajb d s deby beau- nont has been borne on survivors leave for the past few weeks with ills f parents mr and mrs mathew beau- y moat of olen mranams ry thb corvette was tbe fourth lost i since tday and the tenth since tbe eftntveafc of war it was on daylight convoy duty when a wellplaoed en- ttnt torpedo struck and the ship sank in ten minutes survivors were pick ed up by bjoyal navy motor launches tbe only crew member reported killed to action was lt o k stephen of toronto and five ratings are also list ed as missing the 95 remaining fmoaber of tbe crew were saved ab beaumont was in the water some five hours before being picked up and rescue came none too noon aa ho say exposure was gradually weakening wm and he couldnt have held out much longer prior to enlistment he was an outstanding athlete and pro minent in toronto amateur hookey circles h arthur george clark buried at norval a former resident of this district ar- tbnr oeorge coark died at his home tat frenchmans bay pickering town- suo on tuesday march 30th he was in nis 76th year a son of john dark and jane ourrle pioneers of minguacouay township he was bom on the fatm first taken up by bis grandfather when be came to this country on the 3rd line west lot it mr clark married ellen jane cook daughter of the late mr and mrs daniel oook 10th line esqueslng who survives her husbard after their marriage they farmed in chinal guaoousy until about 1900 when they moved to toronto for a short time and then to their present resid in pickering township there are tnro brothers surviving mr clark lewis of norval and fred of british columbia a niece mrs alex mcklnney r r 2 brampton and two nephews harold logons norval and clarence lyons cheltenham also survive a funral service was held at the vfibtinit wiinfmj home ptefcertng on thursday evening march 22nd and a further service in mount pleasant united church friday march 23rd rev p j dunjop and rev j a leece conducted tbe service in mount pleas ant interment was in norval ceme tery h l hurt speaks to junior red crow a meedng of the georgetown pub- he school branch ol the junior red cross was held on friday march 23 at 3 p m in the assembly room the president pauline herrlngton oocupl ed the chair the meeting opened with a few remarks by the president concerning junior red cross actlvi ties during which she outlined wine of the services which the funds sup port a brief business period follow od report by the secretary treasurer and circulation manager were read and deal with the treasurer s re port showed that 11024 had been raised this year of which 98 96 had been paid out through donations and incidental expenditures following the business session a brief programme was presented this consisted of songs from grades i ii and vtxi a recitation from grade 6 a health play from grade v entitled the defeat ol king disease and a brief address bv prof h l hutt in his talk mr hutt told about some ol his many hobbles the ac counts at which proved very interest log and instructive as he described various hobbles he recommended se veral to the boys and girls encourag ing them to select at least one during their lifetime some of those suggest ed were stamp collecting coin col lectlng keeping of a dlar contain ing especlill some interesting facts about nature keeping a garden the growing rf flowers observing weather conditio the pupils and staff al ways enjoy a jsit from mr htrtt and look forward to having a visit from him again the meeting closed with the singing of the national anthem the weather br h u hutt the usual salutation these days is isnt this wonderful weather and well they might exclaim when toe temperature mondavi the 30tb of march rose to 80 in the shade the next question asked is th it going to lastf we are not a forecaster end have learned the most uncertain things are the weather and a horse race the only dope we have on it is what we get from the frogs and birds and vegetation and they all say don t be a ninny enjoy it when you can and be thankful the frogs have been piping night and day for nearly two weeks and yesterday they were in full chorus the old baso pxofundos booming so joyous ly they nearly drowned out the tenors and sopranos the winter birds are so busy with their spring courting they have no time to com and look at their winter feeding ground even the cheeky english sparrow and greedy blue jays are ashamed to look for more grain and the early summer birds such as nickers and mourning doves are back nearly three weeks earner than last year and to cap tbe climax chris our priegarden neigh bour has his beets carrots lettuce and garden peas sown and early po- tatoes planted but not any more of the latter than the stair and parlour carpet will cover in case frosts coma again when the tops are too high to cover with earth following are the official figures for last week date h l rain terno fain tues mar 20 53 4 mot wad mar 21 43 32 jo thurs mar 22 41 29 fit mar 23 i s3 sat mar 24 60 i sun mar 28 63 29 mbn mar 26 80 34 overseas padre speaks at united church oapt j t fraser of the reoondi tlonlng dept in brampton spoke to a large congregation in the united church sunday evening rev r c todd conducted the service whichwas especially for relatives and friends of the men and women whosvs names are on the honour rout the roll was read and prayer was made for each the flowers in the church were in memory of carl hyde recently killed on active service and placed there by memheift of his family ulss ruth brans rendered s beautiful solo open the gates of the temple the of fertory was played by mr a t far- am as a violin solo the palme capt fraser himself a casualty spoke of the problems of the men away from home particularly those of returning service personnel point ing out the necessity of giving them comradeship and a cause towards which to direct the restless energy generated by the tension under which they have lived they have been fighting wholeheartedly in a cause h he said and they will need cause when they come home their cause and the cause of the church are close ly related let the church enlist them in the fight to eradicate the sin and evil in our midst which cause war and vlce p of which was spent injustice let the church gve them member of the local lovne scots re comradeship in many cases he serve prior to his activr army service said the therapeutics of religion will be needed to heal wounded minds in cases of moral failure there is noth ing hke the great christian doctrine of forgiveness of sins if any have failed morally let them know that the soul with the broken pinion can soar as high again g h s glee club concert nets 50 for red cross pte ed shortill home from italy on rotation leave another georgetown soldier return ed home from overseas last week in rad trvt17 afn f en over 50 was realised and turned the person of pte ed b shortill who cpl cai hyufc ituotli oter q j q a arrived at toronto union station early in germany ft c concert sponsored by tbe thursday morning for tbe next thir i students- of georgetown high school ty days he will spend a thirtyday the sad news was received last week and jj m church last thurs- leave with relatives in toronto and that cpl carl alfred hyde had been gy txigtit an excellent program of georgetown after which he reports to killed in action in germany he was chorus numbers solos duets no 2 district depot toronto in ms 30th year sympathy of tbs go ojjd instrumental and pte shortill is one of those who was community is extended to his wife the granted the five year rotation leave former agnes wey and their children for servlre overseas he enlisted on anne and rodney also to his parents september 18th 1939 and was one of mr and mrs a hyde and family a group of georgetown men recruited before enlisting with tbe engineers by the princess patricia canadian on july l 1940 opl hyde was employ- light infantry after a short period i edby g r muekart plumbing and of training in winnipeg he arrived in heating contractors he trained at active service notes pte herb preston who transferred recently from the roap to the army is now in training in camp borden iran francis talt youngest grand son of mrs frank bexmle of lindsay and georgeto is reported muring in an air raid over germany on mar 10 he had been overseas since the early pan of 1944 his ekler brother john bumie talt has recently returned to canada with a heart condition after three years service overseas sgxnn clifford davison serving with the canadian forces in germany has sent home a swastika armband to his brother harold and it is on ens play in tbe herald window this week among georgetown men home on leave last week were pte walter cook slmcoe cadet bill kelly brockvllle l cpl howard hillock camp borden pte wm f smith bowman ville george f nixon or mlddletown connecticut son of j fred nixon formerly of ashgrove has been pro moted lo the rank of lieutenantcol oncl he is in command of islst quartermaster battalion or the am rican forces somewhere in prance we are pleased to learn that the aounds received in action on the wes tern front by pte wheldon emmerson were not of a serious natare and he is well on the way to recovery wren barbara cousens is home on leave from syaney ns with her par ente lt col and mrs g b s oou sens bdr bill anderson is home on leave from prince albert sask lac albert whitney has arrived aerseas according to word just re ceived bv his parents gdsmn jack whitney has returned o windsor having completely recup erated from his recent operation fred spires names new plant newspaper at cknlth a stone ltd was run last month to find the sulble name for the ne newspaper from tbe 71 entries the contest fred spires suggestion was voted tbe best and as a prise received j ten dollar war savings certificate the name submitted fred was the stamp the letters of the word stamp are formed by the first letters of au the manufaetnrlns departments in the plant u shipping toolroom assembly mffikmng and pottery tbe whole design of toe ntastbead makes a very attractive heading for the newspaper hritadts great war m1nihtkk bbss i david lloyd oeorge britain s prime minister m the first great war died at his welsh home on march 26 after i an illness of a few months one of the old country s topranking statesman 1 he had ja in parliament for 4 of his england on the last day of 1939 and was in training in the old country until the invasion of slcuy in july 1943 since when he has been with the canadian forces in italy he has many pleasant recollections of time spent in england and speaks highly of the warm welcome accorded canadian soldiers by the british more reticent on discussing life in italy he sums lt up in the phrase fm glad to be back hi canada pte shortill is uv possessor of the canadian efficiency decoration awar ded to him for 18 years of army ser- it was some time since he had seen any familiar faces in italy and he recalls that the last such meeting was last november when he met a number in cluding bruce harley fred tost jack watson and bill collier camp borden until august 140 when he went overseas he has served in england france belgium holland and germany opl hyde is survived also by three brothers and one sister william and walter georgetown wlnnifred to ronto and lac ernest rcap ottawa mhdier writes re town controversy large crowd enjoys agricultural society social evening a large crowd of district residents a euchre and dance in norval test thursday w esqueamg agricultural sodeoj were m tables of euchre after refreshments were served and enjoyed to bardens orches- ormlg ztetd president of the society welcomed the guests and an nounced that net poceeds of ikjoo would he turned over to the red cross bo heg the current campaign for funds euchre prise winners tlons was enjoyed by tbe auoaence mr walter carpenter principal was chairman for the evening and tbe school music was under the direction of mrs j morrison the former thelma capps selections by tbe glee club chorus included such well- known favourites as xfeecho stovaklan dance song fair land of fre and come to the fair vocal sokdsts in the program were norman lang give me a stdp darrell dawson lores a merchant june clarke when irish eyes are snnhng mar- son hepburn homing and uary moyer bless this house ross fetch anu james bums played the beautiful the holy city as a eup honium duet margaret bradleys piano solos bauadt by chopin and the danse negre were much ap preciated joan lavtde and pauline norton sang very sweetly santa lucia ami smilln tono as doryne mulhollands recitations well done especially tbe one entitled the las hymn elocution numbers by ruth armstrong of brampton were bank of also enjoyed the pognun came to fitting conclusion with a medley of war songs by the chorus which the audience joined them in rf kenneth harrison and mrs j mor rison wre pianists for the evening before th- national anthem was sung joan lavole presented mrs morrison with a lovely bouquet on behalf of th memben of the glee club italy 19th feb 1945 dear madam edltor i recently received copies of tbe pre election and postelection editions of the herald and was much interested in the discussion which took place on the merits of the municipality taking over the arena and tbe former montreal building there seems to be a good deal of doubt as to the soundness transactions to my mind both were very wise moves the arena as it now stands can be put to many valuable uses as a recreational centre for the young and old of our town and un der tbe present capable management should afford much pleasure to au the new municipal building is cer tainly a far more fitting place in which council ingettpgatpan wactwlnjlgcd ib nt previous cramped and unpretentious i location our town is one in wfak we have the deepest pide and it is only right ufrt we should provide suitable jcaoe for its business to be conducted the thought has just struck me that a sjnple solution for obtaining lmt morning where he wtti an opinior on this matter would be to a islt f conduot a niiniature oulup pair on ljll camp the comer of main and mb1 street on bo lor to goliig cerseaslln h bousneld hornby miss edith squireb a saturday night when the week and 5sf lztv 7 m pte ted rogers back in canada tpr e j ted pos veteran of years- service ov with tbe tank corps arrived in georgetown mr john sebertid and mrs t giflm shoppers are out m force hcm or 1 lf and mrs fourth arise k king who were tiad uwopeonls warito aakeaoa jms by tor normandy soon after d day further new8abofrr cpu hkdley shaw keceeved from ottawa encouraging news was received re cently from ottawa by mrs hedley shaw whose husband cpl hedley years and seived ai prime minister snaw wrs reported missing in action n the coalition government from 1916 1 februai ovr sidney reeve home in toronto after 5 years overseas gnr sidney reeve who has been srrving in englind with the rca for the past five years arrived home in toronto on st patricks day and is spending a thirty day leave there with ha wife end familj gnr reeve has two sons ronnlt age 14 a id norman ronnie who just recently under word was to be considered unofficial but authorities wrote that they had good reason to believe he was a oris- onerof war local woman bereft of brother in alberta th sari news was received recently bj mrs w o marshall that aer bro iler georg k robertson passed a a on friday march 16th at his home at high river alberta born in erin township he was a son of tne late mr and mrs george ro- went an operation for appendicitis is bertson also surviving are three other at presen in georgetown visiting with sisters mrs william graham mrs his grandparents mr and mrs art john shortt and miss florence ro- reeve bertson all of erin disastrous fire in georgetowns namesake a letter received this week from his son capt a m bruyns by mr a g m bruyns tells of a disastrous fire which swept through the business district of georgetown british guiana two banks and a large department store were among the buildings des trojed capt bruyns who was badlj injured in an accident last october 1st is now n hospital in miami and lt will be several months yet before he is com iletelj r overed at time of the ac cldent he was serving with the dutch orces a piramartbo dnficn guiana his injur es included both legs and both arms broken 5500 already subscribed in red cross campaign georgexwn and districts contribu tion to the national red cross cam palgn has now reached a total of 5500 in the third and final week of the drive the objective for our area is 6000 and leroy dale kjc presl dent of the red cross and chairman of the drive is confident that the s 000 mark will be reached and pass ed the western front is in the throes of the most decisive and bloody battles ol the war give generously to the red cross so that the life giving sup plies of blood plasma and medical aid ma be adeq late for this greatest of all emergencies among the larger donations received are the following u e fleck t 25 00 f r watson 20410 mrs j r g sutherland 3000 smith stone 500 00 miss m- ruston 2000 ladies auxiliary canadian legion 25 00 brewers warehouse 25 00 georgetown high school glee club 5016 mrs l j bell 26j0o a maclaren 25 00 ioxe 25 00 o h maj 25 00 g c brown 2000 mrs ralph ross 50 00 ralph ross 5000 esquesing agricultural society 86 00 misses a and k ryan 2000 j d godfrej 2000 k c mcmillan 20 00 misses and james emslle 20 00 u w h kcntner t 100 00 a question snob as t yon feel sa the municipal building and arena ques u wouwnot onltsetuttne comralesclng in england since problem but also give an insight as injured in a motorcycle accident in prance and received a badly broken has to the interest taken in the important municipal issues very truly yours stewarttown the members of st john s church voted to sen cigarettes to the boys overseas and chocolates to the one girl it is hoped they will arrive in time for easter miss eleanor smith went to clifford last thursday to assist on the com mencement piogram at the high school there she was th week end guest of miss kelsey formerly a teach r at stewarttown the w a meeting last week was a quilting at the home of mrs john bird miss margaret bird has returned to clarkson after visiting with mr and mrs john bird for a couple of weeks congratulations to stoker and mrs stewart simpson formerly joan young who were married last satur day mrs roy smith was matron of honour and mr douglas lawson was best man rhe eastertide services a st johns church are oood friday service at pm easter sunday holy com munion 9 ajn children s service with presentation of lenten boxes 2 pm evensong with easter hymns and ser- i 3 pjn tpr rogers father is also a veteran of the war having served overseas for some time he returned to canada about the same time ted left for over- eeas and is hack at work in town af ter receiving his honourable discharge from tbe forces prior to enlistment tpr rogers was employed at the al liance paper mibs ltd glen williams jimmy cain who has been a pati ent in uie hospital for sick children toronto or the past two weeks re- urned to his home on sunday mrs l bulllvant and miss anne buluvant of hamilton are staying here guests at the home of mr rs rooert mcmenemj miss rose marie robhwn who is a pauent in gil e i ph general hospital is now improving nicely mr and mrs david stamp and marion spent the week end with re- atlves in toronto s terracotta real estate is sure on the move in terra cotta this spring mr j e ruuedge we understand has purchased the 50acre farm on the town line from mr john gordon stringer bet ter known as the old stringer home stead having been in that name for over 100 years the consideration we learn wis s1800 success to you ted mr j eaves we are sorry -to- learn had to be taken to toronto hospital for treatment we are also pleased to learn that he had a very successful operation and at present writing is making good progress towards re covery his many friends here hope soon to bear of his complete recovery seeding will soon be the order of tbe dfcy mr r j stringer has moved into mr oeorge tbwassnds house on maple ave- this week miss laughton of toronto spent the week end at her home here mr and mrs james mckv of to- onto spent tbe week end at their old home here mrs mackie had the mis fortune of falling on the ice and frac turing her wrist we also hope that she will soon be able to be around again as usual mr chulle mcnauy attended the funeral of his uncle the late mr l briton of toronto mr briton was favourably known here and we au extend our sincerest sympathy to tbe bereaved family and friends the misses wrigbte of toronto spent the week end at their cottages here i