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the georgetown herald seventy seventh year of publication weawday jane 20 1945 200 per annum 5c a copy hanges on local school staffs for september term the end of the current school tarn will bring many changes in the staffs of local and district schools la september four new teachers will bo on the staff of the high befool- mr e j keenan of rodney will replace mr walter carpenter as principal mr carpenter took over the prlncinalshlp when lieut j i lam- bert went on active service three years ago and has accepted a posi tion in chatham collegiate as head of the classics department miss rose m- piercy of temtntauning u1 w the place of miss a falrtoam who is laaving to be married shortly miss has taught in georgetown a year miss e penson has been granted a years sickleave and miss e b wilson of brighton has engaged to teach in her place yiipn irene peebles on the staff for the past year has accepted a portion on the fergus high school staff mr h i matthews la also leaving gs mr a c prouse ot claremont has been engaged to replace mr h j heldmann who has been on active service with the rcaf and who is not returning to the teaching proses- don miss e p luke who has been on a years sick leave wul return to the aohool and miss marjorie inman will also remain on the high school staff on the public school staff miss o young is retiring and miss wllma btull of ballinafad will take over her dase i mrs bam barclay died en 13rd miss margaret brown daughter of j year and mrs lester brown norval the weather by h l hutt like many other old tuners we never acquired the habit of wearing pyjamas but keep a couple of old- fashioned night gowns banging la our closet one a warm hanelette for win ter and a light cotton one for sum mer when it comes so far we have had liue use for the latter except for the short summer we had in march and yesterday forenoon while it still rained after on allnight steady down pour we were glad to keep the fire place going for day comfort such is the state of the weather on the 18th of june 1945 in the garden the iris ore still m all their glory and the robblns hop about on the lawn easily getting all the drowned out earthworms they want for their youngsters without hav ing to hunt about with their ear to the ground listening for them this is just another way of saying the weather is still damp and cold and to prove it here are the figures date h and l rain temp lall tues june 13 70 u wed june 13 81 60 thurs june 14 h a frl june 15 73 64 66 sat june 16 76 65 sun june 17 72 60 mon june 18 66 4 83 atlantic to arrive uosoc on hsokday piloting one of the iroquois squadron bomber a back to canada from over seas plying officer brie norrington landed at halifax on june 14th and arrived at his home in dundas ont on monday of this week the trip from england to canada was made in 14 flying hours glad to be home again fjio nor rington was welcomed by his wife and two fhffrn barbara and patricia patricia whom he saw for the first time also by his parents mr and mrs arthur norrington eric has a brother still overseas pte walter j norrington serving lth the argyle southern highlanders in belgium enlisting over fixe years ago pjo norrkurtou received his wings at ha- geravuie as a airplane mechanic la ter remastering he was winged as a pilot and received his commission he had been overseas for a year follow ing instructing students at burtch the norringtons are former resi dents of georgetown and eric attend ed school here church news knox presbyterian church georgetown rev chas c cochrane ba bj3 minister 1000 am sunday school 1100 am public worship limehouse presbyterian church 3 00 public worship the sacrament of baptism will be administered in our mail bag georgetown ontario june 18th hm5 funeral services for mrs joseph scott the entire community was shocked i hear of the sudden passing of sdifcnv mrs joseph scott at her home in j tne georgetown herald limehouse on saturday june 9th at georgotovra ontario the age of fiftysix d biri born at hlllsburg she was the daugh- i we not dxan elaborate- write- ter of john henry tarzwell and eliza beth thompson lillian oertrude- thompson was united in marriage to joseph scott of limehouse la 1913 and excepting for a short time in geor getown had lived there ever since besides the sorrowing husband flvn dilldren remain to mourn the loss of a devoted wife and mother violet mrs tom haines of glen williams earl of georgetown and inez glendon and douglas all at home one bister mrs thomas sykes of georgetown and four brothers robert and earl of acton harry of toronto and george of northern ontario and lour grand children alio survive as well as at tending ulllgently to her home duties mrs scott was a apable glovemaker hi the employ of arnolds and the storey glove qq for some thirty- seven years the funeral service conducted by ven w g q thompson and held from her late residence on tuesday june 12th was one of the most largely attended ever known 16 this district up and prominent posting in the her- ald that we are a nuisance co the town in as much as we make- smoke which is not very nice for some of the residents in- this part of tha town this rmsy be true and we aae sorry to be in this position however we do feel thut before too much adverse criticism is handed out for public con- sumptjsn that we are at least deserv ing of some consideration we fed that jibe least the councl could do would he to consult us now that the war rush la somewhat oven and ask ix- are trying to do anything to better conditions instead oh taking the- stand that this firm refused to co-op- ert in the matter thiols not traai and as a matter of fact we have been experimenting for some cjme with the object of bettering conditions along the amoke line however we are not the onh ones who make smoke or who create a nuisance as may readily be seen if one would take the thne to check up on a fair heels mr will be the new teacher at s 8 14 ballinafad the former teacher miss bety mccaskill is leaving to be mar ried mary elisabeth oxley beloved wife of samuel barclay died at her home on wednesday night june 13th aged 73 years born in hexham england mrs barclay was the daughter of the late mr and mrs george oxley she and her husband and son jack came to canada 40 years ago and resided in glen williams she has lived here ever since the late mrs barclay was born a roman catholic and her chief interest in life was her religion her husband is left to mourn her loss also a daughter mary and son jack georgetown 3 stepsons david glen williams sam of mlmlco ro bert of georgetown also one step daughter mary of mlmlco the funeral was held from her re sidence michael street to holy cross chuch for requiem mass conducted by rev v j morgan at 10 oclock saturday june 16th pallbearers were robert muir harry perry david barlay sam barclay james boyle and roy wiggins interment was in greenwood cemetery lvxe cripps one of first canadians to go into north of holland lyle ctipps son of mr and mrs darwin a ciipps acton who is well- known here and la glen williams where he attended public school for a time was one of the first canadians to go into northern holland he has written his mother about how be spent vb dayf after such a long nard fight and how the dutch wel comed their liberators here is his let ter dear home polk ve day was grand here in hol land after such a long struggle would liked to have been in e canada but as it was we had a fair day here we moved about one hun dred miles up to the north of holland where we- are rounding up the jerries that are all through the country we were the first canadians to be up m north holland amsterdam and hoar union- norval s s picnic and a few more small towns and wesure got a ro j i norval and union sunday school streets were jammed from one side of fee street to the other and we could saturday junft m w n barely reep through the crowds my mt down m ztv3s were j r snowing the adjutant with me and major q girls 6 8 1st irene hunter 2nd helen arnott boys 6 b 1st don evans 2nd ross cunningham girls 9 10 1st thelma hunter 2nd helen palmer boys 9 10 1st james cunn- ingrham 2nd james ismond girls 11 13 1st shirley mcnally 2nd marilyn cunningham boys 11 13 1st jack stoddart 2nd roy anderson girls 14 1st marilyn cunningham 2nd lena palmer boys 14 ib 1st bill cunn ingham 2nd bob davis girls shoe race under 10 1st alleen hunter 2nd helen arnott boys shoe race under 10 1st dan ander son 2nd ross cunningham under la girls peanut race 1st shirley mc nally 2nd marilyn cunningham boyb jick race under 15 1st bus pendley 2nd hugh cunningham girls back ward race under 20 1st mary ismond 2nd lena palmer crooners race 1st marg brown and donald ismond 2nd mary ismond and bob davis boys obstacle race under 20 1st b davis 2rd russ fendley ladies tune rhines was ahead of me in his jeep so every now and then the crowd would block the jeep and crawl all over it and i had a dozen or so on and in my truck they were throwing flowers flags and streamers and anything they could get so our trucks looked like christinas trees when we finally got to our destination m haarlem the band was out in front of us leading us up the street to the square where they stopped and played till our convoy all went by never in my life have i seen- such a of people everyone wanted you come to their house for a party which the boys would have enjoyed too talk about girls hundreds of them and pretty as a picture if they had let the boys loose they would never have found them for a few days it sure gives you a wonderful feeling to be caned their liberators would have liked to have had a camera to take some pictures of the huge crowds as it is something we will never for get sincerely lyle a crlpps pte james buck home from overseas st george church w g o thompson rector nativity of st john baptist and fourth sunday af ter trinity holy communion 8 am sunday school 10 am ma tins ii am even song 7 pm st albans church glen wuuam nativity of st john baptist and fourth sunday after trinity anniversary of the opening of st albans church matins 930 am with dedication of altar candlesticks in memory of joseph beaumont sunday school 1030 am there is a coiuriderable lot of refuse mr sam olsby sang nonlght there nettr us whldh ate a lot of during the service xff great num- an wtor8 for ber or friends who called also showed toub 1 also o the hjgh esteem in which mrs scott adlan probably make was held pallbearers were messrs i mu we do but of course thosias haines aured sykes thomas j too big to be rnter- iered with it must also benmembered that this is a factory district and factory conditions win always be in evidence we feel also that some of the critic ism is far fetched especially m view of the that the town is planning to open a new subdivision right under our smoke stacks this seems absurd if this la such a terrible part of oie wn to live in norval fresbytertan cnnreb rev j l self minister 107th anniversary services ii am and 730 pm guest preacher- dr a o cochrane port credit union church services suspended the united church of piiii rev r c todd bjl minister miss lynda stewart atom music director sylfes roland haines sam gisby and arthur benton interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown the numerous and beautiful floral tributes were received from the fa mily trudy and gary scott john and bud haines social committee local 474 local 474 alliance paper mill girls of storey glove co girls lookout club limehouse presbyter- ian church the neighbours wilfred lavcie and son and employees mak ing dept of storey glove co girls pipe band st albans ladles guild thursday afternoon knitting club two tributes from boys of pinal as sembly vac maud and ed and fa mily bob and gladys lane mr and mrs art scott and family aunt ellen and uncle alex mr and mrs ed beerman and family mr and mrs adam hall mr and mrs john scott and family arthur and marie beau mont mr and mrs d b rachlln the haines family annie and harry jack doris and alf sykes bob and margaret earl and mabel blrthe hall and family mr and mrs thos sykes one from the following glen williams ladles- mrs p wagstaffe mrs h preston mrs g preston mrs j crawford mrs robert mcmaster aunt kate nellie and harvey mr and mrs john woods mr and mrs a w norton and mr and mrs ron ald latimer ac1 alxa gb3eve and pte velbvqn makchment home fbom overseas two georgetown servicemen ufrrac home fro overseas this week la m persons of ac1 alva orieve and pte wefljurn marrittnent aiol grieve is the son of mr and mrs thomas gdevc and pte marchrnent whose mafiher resides hi toronto is the son of the late james maiehment ahrm anived home on monday and wel- baiin on sunday pte marchrnent baa seen plenty of action having landed with the asw snalt troops on sicily in 1943 and fol- towed through up italy until the canadians were transferred to the north western front he etdlstet originally with the h l l of can ada from gait la 1041 and proceeded overseas with them the same year pte marcument la on a 30day rotation leave prior to enlisting be was em ployed at brill hosiery ac alva grieve has been oversees iirjee february 1944 and has seen ser vice in england france belgium and holland he was in hospital for some time in england and by coincidence it was the same hospital in which bis father a veteran of the last war was confined the ladyastor hospital having enlisted in august 1943 ahm trained at lachlne and trenton and was posted at yarmouth njs prior to going overseas he is home on 31 days leave we wish to thank the twegram writers who gave us so nrtjch promin ence on the nuisance question a abort time ago 3 ail we ask is a square deal from the council and we will do our best to meet them in every way yours very truly georgetown clay products ltd- per w o bell 10 am sunday school ii am public worship the st johns ambu lance corps will be guests at this service 7 pm sangservlce sermon topic when is the church a free church god never expects any more from any man than his best social and personal rev j e ostrom attended the arnual meeting of the baptist con vention of ontario and quebec be- i wc1c m tl t im irf tnr7 tw zl k where they attended the christen mg held in walmer road baptist mrs e mcouigan and mrs win b anderson were in gait over the 1 church toronto from m to friday inclusive last week douglas and ralph peck sons of mr and mrs walter peck are in halifax ns this week to attend the wedding of their brother petty officer roy peck mrs dave duncan of schrelber is visiting at the home of mrs m robtn- i mr and mrs alex fraser of nia gara falls are holidaying in town mr roy foulis of dorval que spent the week end with his parents mr and mrs r b foulis these were carried bythe foliowlna i- andmrs arthur lewis anil first baptist church minister rev j e ostrom organist miss m cook sunday june 24th 9 45 am bible school 11 ajn morning worship g45 p m gospel songs 7 pjn even ing service mr ostrom will speak and sing the young people meet on monday n 8 pm the midweek service on wednesday at s pm remember the lords day tokeepjt j holy weloome i friends art lane alex currie jos mcdonald ken mcdonald archie mc donald john newton bui shclbourne stuart wright harvey norton jim noble ernie miller fred brooks wm mitchell pete hill thomas kennedy charlie meredith raymond tarawell and harold scott songs fob the troops patricia bailey who added a couple i of years to her age tn order to make ing of judith elizabeth daughter of lac and mrs leslie oliver and grea granddaughter of mrs mcouigan siaiday visitors at the home of mr and mrs chas e day victoria st were mr george day norval mrs george pritchard miss eva day mr and mrs gordon day and daughter pat mr and mrs victor day and mb bob all of toronto mrs 8 o ms- kenxie and lac bob mackensls georgetown and master paul mso- kenzie brampton mr frank force of thorold were visi tors last week with miss margaret murray lieut col and mr w l flnlay and mjr j 8 wilkinson are guests of one firm belief that life mr nd mrs j a grelg wlldwood i lng lodce the officers are on leave from mix well take yourself i perl eff all layers of egotism and self- pity cut out all feeds of unkind thoughts and unhappy emotlona remove sll prejudices and to this add wortii lrr overseas having served in italy snd on the continent as members or the dental corps for the pest five years miss ann rickey spent the week end nt her summer cottage near mea- ford a number of friends held a surprise party for mr and mrs wlham loran t their home on friday june 15th to celebnte their srolden wedding an niversary the herald joins tfielr rnny friends in extendlim congratu- limors en the happy occasion with one practical ideal that you stw somebody season with a sense of humor ana optimism sweeten with love then add one strong detennlnatfasi to live at your highest every hour ot the way come what may let eitervesie for three hundred snf sixtyfive days garnish with smiles and plw words mr and mrs frank kentner and serve with gentleness and courage crtlllanne of toronto were week end tiirsti nt the home of mr and mrs vance kentner dianne and freddie harrison chil dren of tpr and mrs fred cput harrison held a birthday party last saturday afternoon when their little niests enjoyed games and a birthday supper those present included don ald and jitck livingstone barbara thompson sandra pox june eason tjettv eason claire bradley claudette birth notice 1st mrs ed townscnd 2nd mrs c korzack mr and mrs alex kor- anderson young relay race 1st pat w are happy to announce the robinson and bob davis 2nd ethel birth c sheir son robert john at l f 1 j- ul an rjdda11 brown and bui cunlngham married peel memorial hospital may 21st mens race 1st albert hunter 2nd nelson robinson bean guessing con- i test let ellsworth arnott 2nd ismond result of baseball game 20 lnnlga union 50 norval 49 i active service notes pte james bltck son of mr and mrs george bllck glen williams ar- hocne from four years service eas on sunday morning 16th pte blick enlisted with the lome spots in june 1941 and went over- ma almost immediately he has mrs a h feller has received word served in italy belgium and holland nal e phew fit ueut ronald jim is home on a 30 day rotation ulk son ot mr and mrs oeorge lake leave one of the flrst thmgs he men- langstafl ha been awarded the tloned on his arrival home was how d norton mr and mrs jack norton nee oertrude hilts glen williams wish to announce the birth of a son george windsor on the kings since become one of the bestknown cadet bill pulling of west point radio personalities in canada now and cadet verne pulling of howe because there are thousands of conad- military school tjsa were week- lan boys still on duty overseas she to m guests at the home of then- going over with a concertparty to ran ctpa rents mr and mm fred ing for them she hopes to and one thompson 1 pte walter cook from camp ipper- sh is home on leave much he appreciated receiving par eels from the organizations at home plor to enlisting pte blick was em- ployed at dominion seed house for britain tag day on sat- jlnvs father is a veteran of the last urday sponsored by the countess of war and his sister sarah is with tne strathmore chapter iode under wrpsb m scouand lne convenorshlp of mrs charles rue birthday june 14th in peel manor- 1 brother in an audience in holland and lal hospital brampton death notice barclay in georgetown on wed nesday june 13th 1945 mary hlfsa- beth oxley beloved wife of samuel barclay aged t3 years ik memoriam bowman in loving memory of a very dear son and brother john who died in pmnce june s3 1944 the lord glveth and the lord taketh away blessed be the name of the lord ever reithsnbered by father mo ther sister and brother another stationed in germany mr and mrs w a lavole of queen street are celebrating their 1 25th wedding annrversaw on wednes- rffiv june 20th a flight of r a f rivers over the t mr c e herringlon was honoured north polo in may 1945 disclosed thatl being elected prerident of the on- the matrnetlv pole had shtrted its pos- j tflrio poultry association at their it ion by 300 miles thus rendering all meeting at the oac in guelph on present navigation charts obsolete i june 15th mr w o marshall georgetown assessor attended the assessors con- the increase in the yields of grain nt niagara falls which was crops by the use of fertilizers is e- held on june 13th th and 15th mr pendent to a large extent on the mols- deans and miss margaret makt- ture conent of the soil at seeding delegates from the county time and on the amount and distrain- mr oawn clark has- returned hon of the rainfall during the grow- home after spending a week wtthre- ing season i jga m tavistock and ftocfcwood vote ths effect author unknown farmers in khaki canadas sons of the soil now bearlnc arms overseas are betns kept in touch with agricultural atters at home by means of osow powerful short wave station sacfcvide nb fergus mutese former bc farmer and now as sist and supervisor of the fuwa broadcast department 1 the mass who reports to them each weak