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the gecrgewwa herald weamajny june 20 1945 umehouse attended xqr last week tbe june wi meeting was held at mfcs jstnleson on thursday with hie program in charge ot mrs 8met- burst the historical research convenor the meeting opened by singing one wte slver to gross followed by a thanksgiving prayer the rou oall a item at interest about gibraltar school at umehoune brought stories pot accidents fights co sayings twelve former pupils axe in the ser vices fiftysix pupils handled by one teacher and a fortyyearold picture of teacher and pupils was on display mrs a w benton read current events mrs w mitchell the motto dare to do right dare to be true the failures of others can never save ywi and mrs smethurst an interest ing tale about early days in sodam r known as haltonvllle tn nassaga- weya mesdames noble and meredith obliged with a suitable vocal duet seeing nellie home a number of business items were transacted including the ordering of cigh cases of jam for overseas a donation of 0 to the georgetown re habilitation committee and the short course he furnishing of the liv ingroom was chosen for the autumn stewarttown branch to be invited mesdames wright and mitchell were appointed the financial commit tee for june those appointed to compile a tweedsmulr village history included mesdames smethurst mit chell kirkpatxick and ellertjy the members appointed mrs e sanford and mrs e miller as delegates to i your favourite orchestra mart kenney and his western gentleman hittonville park thursday june 28th art hallman norma locke the quartette the lilting melodies of today played and sung by your no 1 radio band admission 1 per person dancing 9 to 1 ltcot john r barber word of whose promotion from the rank of major was received last week lt col barber la the first georgetown man in the war to reach this rank in world war 2 the memorial hall tommittee the hostess served refreshments tallowing the national anthem the sympathy ol the entire com munity is extended to mr jos scott and family at the time ol uie sudden passing of mrs scott on saturday mrs edwards and little daughter ol paris is visiting her cousin mrs spltzer mrs r lane is spending a low days in toronto mrs fred brown is under the doc tors care at present we hope that she will soon be well again mites into monstebs a very powerful electron microscope capable of magnifying 50000 timtt has been installed in mtogill university and will be used in scientific study re lated directly to the war effort the only other machine of its type in canadta is at the national research council at ottawa the instrument which neighs ap is contained in a console cabinet standing about six and a half feet high engineers who installed the microscope described it as a great instrument rem 19a 9 9t hand milking is on the way out freedom from the tiring and tiresome job of hand milking twice a day has been gained by thousands of farm families through the use of a modem milking machine one person can milk up to 20 cows in an hour with a milking machine it keeps a good hand milker busy to milk 7 to 9 cows in the same time this saving of time and labor is important especially when good farm help is hard to get but at anytime milking is a disliked chore that the family is glad to have taken off their hands the hours of time saved with a milking machine does mean something in dollars and cents but it means a lot more in making farm life easier and more pleasant everybody welcomes the relief from the milking time blues that a milking machine brings the modem practical and economi cal way to do things ts to use machines instead of muscles wherever possible that is why hand milking is out for dairymen who have experienced the comfort and convenience of a mechani cal milker among the time arid labor saving machines your local masseyharris dealer has to offer is the riteway milker the modern milker with the natural action ask him for particulars about this machine that does so much to make dairy farming easier and more profitable masseyharris company limited builders of good farm implements since 1847 that canadas capacity to produce aluminum is now greater than the capacity of the entire wtairrtm in our mail bag i belgium mar 25 i04s dear editor for the first time in many months i receucd a copy of the herald wrap- pod around a box ol chocolates sent bj mi wife to choose between these two gifts is a very hard job although chocolates are to be eaten and papers are not tfcen again you can read papers and not chocolates so there isnt a great deal of difference my latest letters have told me ot the sad news concerning hedley shaw trhiftrt was i s it notmtawn fco he met vj tenters night while on fiiol in holland we made contact om a amall canal and i recognised bis voice it was a thrill for both of us out there to meet that way we spoke for a few seconds in whupsri nd then patted ttoftwtantry w yesterday nonrfnc b3u huutr to this pot and c ooutm w bare spent into lime together discussing everything in gtneral georgetovn is the main sub ject though my mail is coming through very good and i hae received several par cels from the different clubs and or ganizations all of which i am very grateful to receive in another two weeks or so i should be back in al shape again as ions as you are still breathing you are al joke all joking aride from the mom ent i was wounded x have received the finest care possible tfa jjaosdtan nursing bisters arc doing a wonderful j66 afld we that have had them help us in so many little ways know it and appreciate it i have written much mora than i intended to so i will dose nopir to receive more heralds la tfa lutm toon truly wheldon glen williams intended for last week mrs bernard pople and children bernard and robert moved to lb ronto last week where they will join pte poole who is stationed there at present quests of mrs laura poole on sun day were mr and mrs james wn dell of detroit and mr and mrs tys poole and son leroy of lambeth a was grand visit as mrs poole bad not seen her sister for some tkne al present were pte and ms bernard poole and sons a and mrs hu hancock and son and mrs joe norton and son oont ftktfrt that georgetown ms flr will to bald on friday and 8a yto- tbe dbmnlon u never so ibsd to overflowtae with sad ii jot csttand to tft psr