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the georgetown herald wednesday may 16th 1945 he righteous cause of freedom has prevailed in europe as it must throughout the world when final victory is won to our men and women in every branch of the service all glory and all praise to the memory of those who died our reverent prayers to those at home who have given so much to bring about victory our humble thanks 4 the house of seagram legion notes wflu comrades this past week so many t happened that it is ra thex difficult to give prominence to au events that have taken place but one that struck your publicity reporter more t all others was the v e day celebration within an hour after the good news of cessation of hostilities in europe the legion club room was tbe scene of the largest gathering or ever witnessed the rooms golly decorated with sags and on the blackboard a notice to all members to assemble for the psflade at 130 pjn appeared and gaiety reigned tbe response from the veterans to stand tbe panda was freest tw witnessed and on the call of the flat president harold btakord mar- hat of the panda th timl ladies amqterr rt otttdas and boy vttta ttw otw p bud r of ab lrican and canadian flags moved off to uie high school lor the religious ceremony the lome scots band jolnoa in and all attended the v e day ccremon a the high school after the service before the parade was dismissed uie newlj elected pre sident comrade s p chapman thanked all who assisted by their pre sence in the parade to make it such a huge success legion members uere then invited to the club rooms for coffee and sand niches mayor harold cqeave hon orary president of the legion and comrade byd orr addressed the ga thering mayor cleave on behalf of the town thanked the legion mem- ben for the wonderful turnout after wioh the old veterans broke oat in a hearty singsons of noiufati famous in the teat war pop 10016 m of tbe local branch tfaj s a day of xmal osmbra- mc the old assy fine possibly could tears streamed down their cheeks when their thoughts were for their beloved eons lying at re t on the battlefields of europe we as comrades of the last war know the terrible agony all our com rades were going through at this ga mitring and our heartfelt sympathy goes to all our members whose sons ircriflced thedr lives in this conflict and can only add that at the going down of the sun and in the morning ue shall remember them congratulations to comrade john hepburn who celebrated bis 60th birthday last week and is still a very active member of the local branch comrade sam tennant chairman of entertainment informed as that his committee to composed of the fodow- ing comrades b hadkiy el knight a henney j murphy j ritchie and h savings wttto ottua to bt added at a later date bam also m the fact that an open boose party will soon be sm tor al members and their vtssa bingo fare please note that start m inben that comnde boley should i i hope to roil to your table tor 14 log this week comrade tennant will be issued with i parol roller skates nn notes as b4 jb start the blngos at 8 30 p m sharp so to be ued siturdaj night so as to if the bmg feins want to get in on enable him to gnu er information the firs game bhej should be at the from thr iml members for legion l glon bj 8 30 pjn sharp i notes in more efficient manner the imperial section of the legion held their annual mixed party in the legion hall last friday evening the president of the imperial section comrade j murphy welcomed all those present and turned over the evening s proceedings to comrade harry hale who acted as masterof ceremonies the following took par in the program the rhythm rubes orchestra miss jean haxley vocal solos accompanied by mrs j eanmer son mrs c day vocal solo andy dowhurst sam olsby comrade bill young violin solo mrs hewitt assist ing at tbsplano mrs braishy and president chapman addressed the ca therine and a delightful touch was sewed by mrs o parton sirs kern- ahead and acrs grieve danrtng fol lowed i of the oomradi dick mitchell and mrs morrow supplied the music for hie lirge gather np thai enoyed dancing on v e da evening comrade andj dewhurst appearing as an artist at the impel j section party last friday was dlsappolnted ttheiibe returned to the dressing room to find that che premises were locked and he had to parade around the leg ion hall in his theatre outfit until comrade thompson was called from his home to unlock the office and re turn andys dothes wally remain ed at the parly after the incident priaewbmer for ittet week was comnde johnny oliver who after es annnfaat the catch of boot bnxsjbt j to the legion by comrade- bu took on saturday axpawkoad bffl icatrt eat these fish thay turn pox so tsstfl m fokwer georgetown resident dies in toronto william geer for marry yean a re sident of georgetown died in st ms haels hospital toronto on may mb after a short illness he ill in ml eeth year andthe last nmaftofcif member of his family vsnenns w g o thompson conducted tbe tmss- skie servloe in g on 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