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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday april 25th 1945 2 00 per annum 5c a copy georgetown serviceman may win new home in victory loan draw a group of hamilton business flim have announced ft unique draw in con nection with the 8th victory loan drive unjer the plan some servtoe- man from hamilton wentworth or halton county will be presented with a now brick home rita is the story as outlined by bjamttton loan headquarters every purchaser of a victory bond in ha milton wentworth and halton will be permitted to nominate on a special card provided for the purpose a a- member of the alued armed forces general service bj an honourably discharged veteran of this war or c the nextofkin of one who made the supreme sacrifice in this war district residents may fill out a earn by calling tt georgetown loan head quarters in the waterworks bntkang any time before may 12th nomina tion cards will be sent to hamilton where a committee of the donors will meet sometime before june 2nd and oraw the winning card dr c v wluxufs father dies lccol the rev george h wth- fcuna dj father of dr c v will- lame who was chaplain in the first great war and ecttve aoto cross worker in this war died sudddy on april 12th at his borne in hamilton he was 78 and had spent 51 years in the ministry in numerous charges amce coming to canada in 1891 ltcol williams was bom in wales and was educated in leeds public and was in the ministry in before coming to this country during the first great war be was principal protestant chaplain for md2 and also a recruiting dir ector towards the close of the war he served in france and england since the outbreak of this war the retired clergyman liad been the direct or of the red gross soldiers welfare committee here and had been espec laity active in arrangements for meet ing returning and wounded servicemen and war brides he also pfoyed leading role in victory bond camp aigns and other community affairs until his retirement from themlni- stry in 1936 the deceased served in the following places wegtport out gspe oeorgevlue bast hatley and bedford que toronto sherbourae and metropolitan united winnipeg broadway united and ryerean un ited in hamilton ltcol williams is survived by his widow six sons dr claude williams of georgetown major harold will lams copt arthur wunams and f capt ralph williams all on active service in holland bertram williams of toronto and dr percy williams of hamilton and a daughter mrs harris redmond of toronto ftk harvey davidson one of cjreorgetowns yosng who gave his life m the ugh fr freedom pte harvey davidson a mine explosion son of mr and mrs ken davidson harvey was 1 years of ace and had been over seas only state last jansary several district girls and boys were among the prizewinners in the peel county music festival held last week in port credit thelma hunter daughter of mr and mrs oliver hun ter norval won gold and suver medals for piano solo in under 10 and under 9 year class georgetown gold medal lata included hugo tapp piano solo june clarke and islay mcclure piano duet silver medal ken harrison and social and personal mr w a joyce of vancouver and i mr and mrs barney wright of ha milton were sunday visitors with mr and mre c e berxington on the occasion of her seventh birthday last saturday sandra fox entertained a group of her little friends which included dianne and freddie harrison linda mlno wayne preston dorothy and evie hiller jane and pearl glazier and george and bob webster mrs sam walker was hostess to the rebekah war services group at their meeting on monday night social con venors for the evening were mrs e dron mrs s groat and mrs harold cleave a number from town attended che annual recital of the leslie bell sin gers which was held in eaton auditor ium toronto on april 11 12 and 13 miss betty speight daughter of mr and mrs a r speight is a member of the choir mr and mrs a c welt and mr and mrs a h mccallum of fenelon fulls were week end visitors with mr and mrs g w mcoauum his many friends will be glad to hear that mr victor king is doing as well as can be expected after his oper ation in gait general hospital last week- archdeacon and mrs w g o thompson attended the funeral of the rev allan ballard in grimsby last fri day afternoon rev ballard who has been rector at grimsby for years was a former rector at grand valley mrs gordon sutherland of london is visiting in town with major and keeper at a doctor s rest home near orono her ewer son cpl bui pres ton is taking a course with the ro ap at clinton and jtrmnle is work ing at the orono farm with his moth- on friday evening april 13th the members of the georgetown fire bri gade entertained their wlwes the mem bers of the town council and their wives and other guests to a delicious chicken supper in the legion hall a very happy time was spent around the tables when after a brief welcome speech by fire chief don latimer the following were called upon for short addresses mayor harold cleave reeve r maadonald chief w g mar shall hydro supt w g mccallum councillors g mcgttvray s w orr and t l lyons sgt thomas given fireman andy ritchie and deputy- chief fred mccartney bill mcdonald and his rhythm rubes supplied the music for the darclng another very enjoyable evening was spent with the firemen as tpr tom dickenson m m twice wounded home fromltaly pupils under the leadership of mrs george robertson supervisor of mu sic in nassagaweya township schools a cordial invitation is extended to all dedication of halton county forest planting by nassaga weya public school pupils is in italy where he has charge of civilian administration in one of the occupied areas mrs kathleen preston and son james of orono were visitors in town on saturday formerly proprietress of darryl dawson piano duet cup geor the empire lunch in town mrs pres- getown high school double trio ton is at present employed as house- the new halton county forest on the geo finney property recently purchased by the halton county co uncil is scheduled far the afternoon of friday april 37th this property is located on lot 18 of the otb concess ion of ttssmninnyiii township and nearby schools of esquesing to attend the ceremony at 1 80 the pupils will be given a demonstration on tree pl anting by i c marrttt zone forester of gait following this the pupils will perform some planting and at three o clock reeve alex near of nassaga- fteya township and chairman of the f a l ma su i county reforestation committee will conduct the dedication ceremonies dr c n heslop warden of halton and w h porter editor of the farm ers advocate and secretary of the ontario conservation and reforesta tion committee will be the main speakers the programme will also include some vocal numbers by the pte william isley slightly wounded i pte william isley 20 son of mr and mrs henry isley of the 8th line erin has been slightly wounded while serving in germany with the 39th loyal edmonton regiment acc u official word lust received pte iiey has been overseas about six months enlisting in january 1944 with a canadian tank corps he trained at brantjford london woodstock camp borden and debert ns before go ing overseas last november be served in italy then belgium and holland he just recently went to germany and lias been training as a stretcherbear er with the edmonton regiment since serving on the we3tern front a live of glen wthama pte isley i employed in georgetown prior to his enlistment he just recently went to germany and further word received by mr and mrs isley stated he suffered flesh wounds id the amp and fractured left shoulder blade mr and mrs w t barnard milton received word that their nephew wal ter j norrlngton of the argylls had been taken hi while in germany was flown to a hospital behind the lines where he says be received excel lent treatment at first he was in a british hospital and aftrwards trans ferred to a canadian hospital bus says the red cross is doing a swell job over there and supplies the sol dler with almost anything they might need pte norman mcdonald gnb edwin smith liberated from german prison camp the rapidly advancing allied armies brought good news to two georgetown homes over the weekend when official word came that pte norman mcdon aid and onr edwin h smith prts onersof war in germany were now safe m allied hands pte norman mcdonald son of mrs emily mcdonald and the late mr mcdonald rr4 acton was listed as missing last october nth and several weeks later reported to be a prisoner ofmr in germany a former em ployee of smith stone l he enlisted in the iping of 1942 with the 48th highlanders and later transferred to the r h l i he went oversea hi january 1944 one or a family or ten pte mcdonald has a brother pte clifford overseas with the lome scots william in georgetown ken and ruseell in milton and archie sandy and joe at home there are also two sisters mrs wes little of everett and mrs edwin currie milton pw n mcdonald was reported as being hi allied hands on april 13th a telegram to his parent mr and mrs g d sndth main street inform ed them that onr edwin h smitfi their son had been liberated from stalag 9 c prison camp he was taken prisoner at dieppe after being wounded in both legs gnr smith s parents moved to georgetown from orllua after he werrt overseas in auk ust 141 with ue r c a enlisting originallyxwlth the orillia grej and simcoe foresters in 1940 be later transferred to the 16th ut a a b y there are two brothers gilber of midland sgt hilton smith overseas england 3 sisters mrs h arm strong london m3 it c ortllia jjtjs darkne b mccjennan hmcs corrjwalhv njs the family rec etved bbe happy nvrws or gnr smiths release on 8uncw night province of ontario general election june 4th 1945 important notice to prospective candidates returning officers for all electoral districts in ontario are authorized by paragraph 22 of the active service voting regulations 1945 to accept nomination papers of candidates in the pending ontario general election at any time after they receive the writ of election make sure of active service vote in order to be sure of having their names available to active service voters candidates should file their nomination papers with the returning officer for their electoral district not later than monday may 7th 1945 every effort will be made to make available to acfive service voters the names of candidates who file their papers after may 7th but owing to the pressure of the war service in the use of cable and telegraph wires no assur ance can be given that such names will be available for active service voters on polling days file your nomination papers with the appropriate returning officer before may 7th next and make sure your name will be on the list of candidates supplied for themse of active service voters alex c leivis chief election officer ontario the welcome sign was out in stew- arttown last wednesday when ths community greeted tpr thomas b4- win dickenson home after 3u yeacs service in england and italy bom in acton 21 years ago tpr dickenson moved with his parents mrs ethel dickenson and the 1st william dickenson to stewarttown at an early age tfrihirtjtig in 1910 with the governor generals horse guards he trained in toronto camp bordep and hamilton and went overseas w september 1941 he later transferred to the canadian armoured corps and was twice wounded while serving jn italy receiving slight wounds last sep tember and more serious injuries on december 16th which included shrap nel wounds m the leg and thigh on may 34 of last year bis gallant action in mwnn a machinegun and saving the ttves of several of his com rades was recognized in the granting of the military medal tpr dickenson was hospttahzed in italy and england after his last in juries and after spending a 30day leave at home he will report to chris tie street hosplta for further treat ment he was met at union station by i several friends and relatives in- chkkrsr his mother sister christina brother john mr and mrs john stan- dish and mr and mrs udell of tow- rortto his brother pte harry dick enson was killed at dieppe rile weather by h l hutt spring came in with a rush this year with summer temperatures dur ing the latter part of march and fore part of april vegetation also came on with a rush so that the season was from three to four weeks ahead o normal just how much it wras ad vanced might be learned from the ar rival of the spring birds the little house wren for instance whose usual arrival from the south is about the 7th of may surprised us this spring with his cheery song on the 13th of april but the cool weather of the past week with couple of nights of hard frost and a threeinch snowfall last saturday atferooon- has stowed vegetation down to a stand stth it has been a rather anxious week for fruit growers for as prof palmer of the vfneland fruit station reports the fate of the niagara fruit crop has been hanging in the balance and it will be ten days or more before we can tell definitely what harm has- been done the snowfall did no harm in fact mas welcomed as equivalent to a 21 spring shower here are the official rec for the week temp pttation tues april 17 wed april 18 m 48 45 38 48 raba 10 thurs apr 19 fri april 20 snt april 21 50 52 40 rain 36 41 38 snow snow zsr sun april 23 mon april 23 49 48 33 33 snow mcdonald crawford wedding at presbyterian manse a very pretty but quiet wedding took piace at the presbyterian manse by ren c c cochrane on saturday april 14th when helen crawford daughter of mr and mrs root cr awford of powassan and alex mcdon ald second son of mrs and the late angus mcdonald of rim acton were married the bridesmaid was miss evelyn eduards of rocfcwood the grooms- iran was the groom s brother mr joseph mcdonald the bride was attired in a blue street length dress with hat and accessories to match and a corsage of rervoses the brides maid was attired in a beige street- length dress with black accessories and corsage of plnkgoses the grooms gift to the bride wss a silver locket and to the groomsman a leather billfold the brides gift to the bridesmaid was a pearl neckbes at the reception held at the horns of the grooms mother mrs mcdonald received the guests attired in a rose crepe dress and matching flower oop- sage at the sumptuous wediflng up per tea was poured by mrs w 3 mcdonald and mrs edwin currie of milton assisted by daughters mrs t hepburn and miss doris and miss ma rian sutt of milton the toast to tfa bride ras proposed by rev c c co chrane the cake was cut by mfs doris weiler of long branch after the reception a dance was held with music by w summers garnet kay russell and wtn mcdon ald jr the happy couple left smsa showers of confetti and good wish to mount forest snd durham tm travelling the bride chanted to brown tailored suu