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the georgetown herald we aug 15 1945 knight errant by r l arvin madeline saw the soldier while she was some distance up tht highway and impulsively she started to slow down but as the car stopped peside him she was a trifle uneasy bhc had never before picked up a hitchhiker she scanned his ace as be tugged at the door handle and a measure of confidence returned hl was lean and brown and hard and reminded her of her brother he wore overseas ribbons too the lieutenant brought into the pomfortable coupe the not unpleas ant odor of a mild soap and good tobacco and also to madelines kstonishment a casual intimacy mat did nothing to improve her allying he sat half faoing her with one arm thrown over the back of the beat and his fingers playsd gently with the collar of her polo coat fene turned toward him reprovingly and saw that his eyes had missed nothing from the tight roll of chestnut hair clear down to her slen her ankles youll do he decided catching lier glance madeline blushed thanks i was pecting a whistle she said tartly youd rate a whistle if youd take e those shell rimmed cheaters fluff out that hairdo into something modern and slip into a jersey that should be more becoming than that gunny sack youre wearing he shot back at her madeline clamped her jaws tightly to regain control of herself then retirement to the front by ken davis nrfuts mr war correspondent i don t want to talk about the fight we had out there today the general does all our talking wasn t much to it anyway you gotta have something to write well how about the tune i yanked a general out of retirement 0 k i am the personal driver see for a general back in the states and a better boss never lived wotta job you stay in the office today rye i may need you the general barks this particular day when x pick him up us omits his usual good morn lng so i figure something is eating him you see this is the day he is tc retire he hasn t been having much luck with his health for quite a while sorta been going downhill ever since his son left for overseas who is the son oh everyone knows the captain a fighter pilot quite a boy too anyway i sneak the morning paper and park in the cornerof the old man 9 office prepared for a dull day but i dont even get it unfolded the air in that office gives you fee willies good morning general booms a voice suddenly and i jump a foot but it s only the colonel not gabriels silver trumpet whats good about it asks the genera last day in the army at sixtyone and right in the middle of the biggest war this country s ever had a pretty kettle of fishl right away the colonel grabs the old oil can now now he meows sir you shouldnt feel like that the colonel mouths after all she wasntt laskeqt youre going to middle- tont- ha nodded and i would that i rere not home to a wife and children madeline chided an obligation yes but not that fcind he stared at the road ahead these was silence for a minute be fore he explained 1 its a long story beautiful may 1m i d have been better off in the untfthejarrifta hadgnlme this fellow saved my life the first rfiay out 1 was a wise guy see a i smart aleck but he shoved me into a hole when those mes started com lng over i made that right a little later by drilling a sniper who had his bead set on him so we got to be buddies v the best kind well i thought his sister must be all right too he hesitated and madeline gave him a look of encouragement i she wasn t the lieutenant closed his eyes and frowned you can judge for yourself i get a letter from thi girl thanking me for saving hei brother sjife then our outfit split up and my buddy and i are sept rated i don t find out anything about her frnm him but i answer her li t ter and awiy we go well at first she s iinusing then she begins t write obut our glittering tanks ii chargf d into battle like avenfi angels of dedth evi that soundi rt kind of cute but after a while evtr thing r ts daffy i don t pet it ii all no madeline prompted ft i twinkling eyes glued to tl c r id no s e wrote bout thi nitl t having a thouind eyes tl i watched ver me i w i her knif1 t errant ind she was my lodyl v imagine it madeline smiled you ve nn np preciat nn of romance bi sides si probabl thought it would be g d for your morale nuts jerries on the run is l my monle needs they were enter ing the town and he leaned towari her eagerly listen beautiful t won t even call up this gal with tru fantastic ideas if you 11 give me a break madeline stopped the car at the curb and faced him with severity bui lieutenant milton lieuten mnt ltpts milton my brother nevei 1 scribed you as a person who rould run out on anyone she waited expectantly but no astonishment was evident only a good natured grin o k mary we re even now ie said softly you knew me when ou picked me up but those initial s on your car door were a deid iveaway too so forget all i said bout your letters how about to- nlght madeline laughed its all right iut first you 11 have to speak to my ven yearold sister her name is wary and shes the one whos all the writing sportlite the sting b gone now from ate hard tough growl youve had a long career you ve done your share the old man is a ramrod sort of guy long lean and as straight as the soldiers hollywood casts as door men his hair is snow white but his eyebrows and military mustache are iron gray colonel stark he says deadly low look at these blasted baubles v me world war 1 mexican border service american defense a bloody desk general his voice rises a note my father was a fighting soldier in the civil war an uncle was cited at san juan hill in the spanish business and here i am an old man washed up a failure the colonel stands still as a statue stark the general goes on wearily sit down i ve got to talk to someone you see i quarreled with my son i sent him over to fly tgainst those germans with anger in my heart and on my lips nc doubt he hates me i ve neei heard from turn he s all i hive stark since his mother died ihn i years ago none of thest armj d tors read minds that s v by they re sending me to the boneynrd my body s all right the sting is gom now from his hard tough growl so is his suddm inger his unhidden tears mike me jant to crawl under something i look at the morning paper and t ire it is right smack in my face i itt ut a yelp which i can t hold in 1 1 though i know i am taking my ife in my hands the old man has forgotten i am m the room it s 11 right general i cry waving the sheet like mad it s all right i don t wait for them to bust me down to a guardhouse veteran i just commence reading loud capt ted homer identified to day as the pilot who two da ago shot down six of seven german bombers while flying cover for fort resses has been recommended for the congressional medal of honor i never could have done it except for father the intrepid flier con fessed with a boyish grin two or three times i thought i was gone but i just reminded myself of what the old man would do to me if 1 let those germans get awav with it that did the trick quicker than a buck private grabs his pay the general jumps up ind snatches the paper from my hands his face looks like he has a light bulb- inside his head so brilliant is his color that s about all i guess word about his kid fixed the old boy up all right and he came out of retirement like one of those bazooka shells the boys used up there today who was the general didn t i tell you mr correspondent why major general joshua m homer gt course the guy who u funning the show on this island by j stamp nortonvilie 10 norval b once again lad luck ai unkind to the norwil lacrosse club on tues day july 31st in noi val a good crowd mttilssid one of the best la crosse games that lias bitn played so far in the recrtation cuitre from the faceofl in the first period until the final whistle was blown it was touch and go to whose game it would end up as first nbrtonville would take the lead then norval would tie it up or visa verso finally with the score tied 8 all nortonvlue banged home a nice clean goal with merely one and onehalf minutes left in the final frame this sewed the game up there and then the norval lads never gave up until the stop it whistle echoed across the playing field there are two more home games to be played before the plaj offs commence dome on dawn and cheer the lads to a well deserved and delayed victory possibly the reason youve not been down to see the games is the fact that you dont know exactly where the arena is situ ated right behind the norval public school yeah i know where the school being as the businessmen have i dropped out of the softball league the remaining teams plan to play their future games as soon as possible be cause the days are shorter now and will be from now on we expect the remaining games will be all played by the middle of this month playoffs to follow right awaj i coach jimmj sargent has a smart hardball team consisting of the j local lads of public s hool aye so far ins learn has onl lost one game i oelieve that n gainst tin men of smith stone i cirtamh would like to see the lads plaj agaliiit somt nam trom toronto s ich as tht baxtont or the pirates both talented juvenile hard ball teams from hit citj i know the kids would like to meet some real op- po luon and it would draw a good crowd of conn transportation dlf acuities for the toronto lads would po up and thej would have to hae at least one meal in georgetown bit whj couldn t this be irrnnyed a collection could be taken up at the game to contribute towards the cost of the lnds commg out this would be a chance to set just how good our georgetowrt lads are ind how much jimmy has taught them which im sure is a great deal o give these teams 4 points apiece though they had played two games w ith the businessmen here is the standing up to date including the said 4 points given to huttonviue and smith at stone we put these points down as games played and won league standing up until saturday aug 11th huttqiwille 8 3 1 2 8 alliance 6 3 1 1 smith sc sume 5 3 1 1 t big seven lineup ab hits pc ohaplin cook 13 10 760 3 2 666 ritchie 13 8 615 mcmurchy 14 8 j71 scott 14 8 671 spires 6 3 500 denny 2 1 600 nottval 6 inglewood 5 on august 10 a good crowd wit nessed a snappy game- of lacrosse down in the noval recreation centre and saw the up andcomlng norval team take the inglewood ohio for the second time this week this puts norval boys quite comfortable in the leaguestanding which i hope to have for you next week playoffs will start very soon til net week js the georgetown herald news of oeobgetown 1 norval glsn whjmmh lduuouu stkwakttown abhgrovk balunafad hobmby tutka gotta acton bkampton mtltox subscription rates tw united states and oram 340 a year single copies 6c advertising rates will be quoted on application telephone na 8 walter o biehn publisher garfield l mootjlvrat mary h bxbhn editor harold davison member of the canadian weekb newspaper association and toe ontarioquebec division ox the owjia directory forgot to mention about the lads new hardball sweaters they are really classy and add much to the appear ance of the team a green and yellow- sweater with yellow numbers is the colour combination i believe 3y the way wouldn t it be a bit alright if we could get a team up nice sociable seasons play fiu in the toronto snndlots to ptey our lads on fair dai bowling news bowlers axe having a good season t and competition la keen for the vari ous events in the thursday jitneys recently prizes have been won iiy mrs mendham mr bell mr and mrs williamson mr and mrs ters mr moss and mn mackenzie in cup games for the grant trophy ein thompson and h kentner are able to hold all comers their closest game so far being against a reeve ind e tyers who tied the game but faiied to lift the oup the ladies cup the richardson trophy is still head by mrs tyers and mrs ooldham who suoceasftiby defended against mrs mackenzie and mrs mwlere on friday night last this game ended in a tie on chic holida three rinks of doubles journeyed to milton and on this occasion bell and moss were able to win first prize of two nice ruga and also to bring to georgetown the sheffield trophy this is the first visit to town for this trophy and there will no doubt be some keen competl- j tion by other chibs to take it atwuy from u richardson and bell also got into the prize money in the tip top doubles in ejora a week or so ago ah told the bowlers axe enjoying a f r watson dom ltdjs oaabm t to dr j burns milne dr clfftord rod ud djdjs i none tu mais btrwt ekner c thompson dcbiibaiccs n rtxm ato wlmhuam a p hailvsr and alltad bdiohb 3 phoo llw or i baseball review bv don brill on jul 26 the boys baseball team norval 6 in ole wood 4 norval invaded the inglewood l crosse stamping grounds on the 8th defeated tfae glen williams boys by a of august ar d subdued the powerful score of 16 0 don herrlngton was the winning pitcher and olbbe the loser don pitched perfect ball and a at no time in danger he issued 2 hits 6 strike outs and no walks he also hatted well bringing in 2 runs on a do ible and a single don brjdon brought in 2 runs from 3 1 lts don pit s t smp g at hurt and is n real asstt to tihe team inttowood te m by a score of 6 t i liave no idea what the game was plived like as i was absent from said game but from what i hear the nor va bojs are plajin reillj hot la cressc ullastl 12 smith stove iff oi august 8th thl allhnci ind famlth stone sortbill i uns mtt in i sonu wh it slow md in csomt iilalr it til pirk then wxe q lite i few b i i pi iv s made b both teinii and uhis imdc u c grnc a utile boring a siando it was the plalng of everett wilson on the shortstop posi tion tor smith t stout hi h indled several hot grounders and caught ss mm dlffloull files from the bats of lie alliance boj s he made no trrors on anv or these plajs and was r ipon3ible fox a great percentage of the put outs holden dldn t seem to b able to speed the ball past anj of the alliance players and the remit he was ijanked tn the 5th inning and lusty came in for the smith stone team a fair crowd was out to witness the game but it should be a lot larger possibly if we plaj better ball monuments hhbms amd pollock ingham gaia dnfcffm on p ftonn m bmcmot our work in oimuvooa uroy die kc m sybil bennett ba georgetown in n liter gime the bojs again ickled the glen downing them 36 to 4 bud hoare did some tricky third bisirm and carai over with 4 runs ir m 2 hita i walk and rn error jack kln s bittng was perfect getting 2 walks 4 hits and 1 error from this he got six runs the glen teim erred 4 times and oeorgt town had none xgainst them i understand thi boys hnvc purchased wentirs and crests thej thought fullj presented one to coach jim sar gent w ho has done a swell job of ma i mg ing the team langdon ay l worth barristers solicitor and notaries public kenneth m langdon georgetown r meclnfcyre aylsworth ba acton first mortgage money to loan offices gregory theatre bmg mill st phone 88 georgetown ooopex bldg phone 216 acton nielsen the chbtopractoa dr s e magwood on ooaui tt anr l 1 j si ttw 9 mc flf itai mmi ma anair oakville monument worluo radio repairing we specialize m this work j sanfordson frank prrch prompt santos phone 1 oiuiphn po box u new telephone directory issued more than 10 000 copes of the new final score alliance 12 runs 10 hits i pone directory for brampton 4 errors smith a stone 10 runs 9 georgetown and vicinity have just hits 3 exron best hitters for the teams were as usual ohaplin for smith stone and ritchie for the same team consistent hitters these bojsi fox the alliance scott and wheeler due to the fact that the business men had dropped out of the league we were placed in a difficult position con- ccnlng the point basis plnahy w figured it out this way alliance play od their first two games with tha businessmen and won them which gave them 4 points right after these games the businessmen dropped out of the league so that meant hritton- vuie and smith stone would not be playing them so we have agreed been distributed nearb 1 000 of them being assigned to subscribers in this community among the names with the moat listings in the brampton section the mcctturea lead with 24 followed by the smiths with 22 the wilsons with 20 and the robinsons with 18 in the georgetown section tha thompsons are first with 12 listings followed by the browns and wilsons with ten each it is easy bo keep up with the joneses in georgetown one listed aooordlng to w j a willoughby wmmgfaby farm aimer head office tor 166 yonge street adoeosm largest and oldest in canada ksubllahed forty years consult our aottva otty depart ment for that home tn th otty tom hkwhon la row laaal eluding a number in the georgetown section it is lmpotrant to consult vttm nam directory oarefuly before placing oaba and to brine desk hois and memo pads up to date mr mlsener said avoid ing unn calls to wrong ran there is only hers helps us to serve you better j it is hoped that on reoerrlng the pew 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