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the georgetown herald seven tysevr nth year of publication wednesday october 17th 1945 200 per annum 5c a copy 9th victory loan opens next week council take initial steps for sewage license grantrd fob bowtl- uno allky discuss nkw truck and snowplowino at a special meeting of the town ocmncn jield on tuesday evening mr o r hagey oonsuwhf engineer was instructed to go ahead and prepare further plans for the new sewerage system the following motion was al so passed and will be forwarded to the provincial department of heattti at once that whereas the question of in stalling a complete sewage system in tbe town of georgetown was submit ted to the ratepayer on october fltta 1945 and whereas the ratepayers by a vote of m2 to 78 expressed themsel ves in favor of the project therefore the municipal council of the town of georgetown requests the provincial department of health to issue an or der under authority of tbo public health act to facilitate toe carrying out of the wishes of the ratepayers mr allan norton addressed coun cil asking for a permit to operate a bowling alley a license was granted cording to town bylaw the meeting was originally called to consider tenders for a new tow truck and this winters snowplowing bat as complete information had not been obtained this was left for the november meeting councillor orr moved that coal dealers be licensed in view of the fact that coal dealers were handling a necessity of life they should be re sponsible to the elected representatives of the ratepayers it was the opinion of mr orr that perhaps the local coal- dealers were not buying their fuuquota of hard coal as they made more profit on substitutes he moved also that a public weighing scales be installed in georgetown his motions failed to get much re sponse o a seconder tragic death of hornby fabmes clifford robinson a lifelong real- dent of helton county met with a tragic death on monday october 8 when a bull which he was attempting to tie in its pen turned mad and attacked him he died in an ambul ance while being taken to milton hospital the late mr robinson was a son of mrs bertha robinson and the late heibert robinson of hornby and was born and raised on the farm where he met his death for many years he had been a member of lol 165 hornby also the black knights and at the time of his death he was past county master he was a member of st stephens church of england in his 44th year he was unmarried and is survived by his mother two sisters and four brothers mrs wh- lam crozier of wexford mrs roy cunningham port credit william at home albert or acton frank of hamilton and nelson of nerval the funeral under orange auspices was held wednesday arternoon with a private service at the home followed by a public service at st stephens rev 8 r colebrook of st cathar ines former rector of the church con ducted the services interment was in the church cemetery and pallbearers were wellington wilson charles aus tin jack wilson richard weller del- bert downs and stanley hall united church banquets returning service men member- of the official board ol georgetown united church were hosts to war veterans of the congreg ation at a turkey dinner served by the ladles of the church on monday even ing after the delicious meal rev r todd acting as toasunaster introduced the guest speaker squadron leader rev gordon porter of milton who gave an interesting address the toast list included the ladles proposed by armand swackhamer and replied to by mrs fred sinclair the armed forces col jas bauantlne jim evans and jack watson the church george long and alex mac- laren mr maclaren accompanied at the piano for a singsong and also con ducted a question period on thow we can brnld a healthier church in wh ich several oj- the returned men ex pressed their views card of thanks pte- h garvm is grateful to the friends and organisations whoa par- eels and cigarettes were so much ap preciated duilug his surtce overseas the weather by h u hutt probably the less said about the weather just now the better we would all be glad to see a little mora sunshine and a little lessrain oat in the far west they have been en joying summer temperatures and with port arthur the warmest place in ontario yesterday we hope it is com ing this way here are the chilly temperatures we have been up against for the past week date h and l ram- temp fall tuea oct b 48 ib wed oct 10 t 46 30 thum oot 11 63 97 frl oct 13 63 42 18 sat- oct 13 48 40 sun oct 14 44 35 men oct 15 44 33 trace sirs robert hdxl 94 tomorrow enjoying excellent health and able to do the household tasks much better than many a younger woman mrs robert hill of glen williams is b4 years young tomorrow and her frien ds in the district join with the herald in wishing her a happy birthday a native of the scotch block she has been a resident of the glen for 40 years and prior to that lived at stew- arttown mr hill passed away- five years ago their family of four dau ghters and three sons are all living being mrs andrew mino iimehouse mrs ernest rogers glen williams mrs jack ferguson saskatchewan catherine at home edwaid of toron to and jim and bert of the olen there are 7 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren welcome home pie mrrte held pte myrle reld returned home on the new amsterdam on october let after being overseas five years and is spending a leave in glen williams with his wife and daughter mary lyne whom he had never seen son of mr and mrs arthur reld he was born in orangevwe moved to bramp ton when a young man and at time of enlistment was employed with the hewetson shoe co he enlisted with the 48th highlanders in july 140 trained at camp borden and went overseas that august he saw action in prance belgium holland and ger many ljcpl harvey garvin another glen williams soldier who returned home recently on the new amsterdam was ljcpl harvey garvin son of mrs john oarvln prior to en listing with the 48th highlanders in july 1042 he was employed with harry logan he trained at borden and debert went overseas in sept ember 1043 and has been in italy and holland a ib albert kemshead home on leave pending discharge is ab abbie kemshead son of mr and mrs j kemshead and a well- known hockey player with the geor getown juvenile and junior teams of a few years ago abby has seen some thing of the world since he left home three years ago to join the army he trained as a paratrooper but was un able to get overseas so transferred to the navy and has been on atlantic duty with the sb clearwater park he is one of three children of mr and mrs kemshead in the navy his brother jack being bone on leave at the present time and his sister ethel stationed at halifax church news the united church t oinada rev r c todd ba minster miss lynda stewart atom 1 music director 10 am sunday school 11 am worship ser vice when god lets a fellow down no evening service anniversary services october 38th preacher rev s m roadhouse of stratford st georges chweh ven w o o thompson rector twentyftrst bun- day after trinity sunday school 10 am holy commun ion ll am even song 7 pjn adult confirmation lecture after evensong st albani church glen williams twentyfirst sunday after trinity sunday school 1030 am evensong 300 pm first baptist church minister rev j e ostrom organlst miss m cook sunday oct 21su 11 am worship forsaken 3 pm bible school 945 pjn gospel songs 7 pm gospel service what must i do to be saved the young people meet on monday at 8 pjn the midweek service on wednesday at b pjn we preach christ crucified burled raised again on the third day return ing again as the complete salvation of god anniversary sunday and week oct 38th nov 3nd visitors welcome haltonwill advertise for county assessor at the october meeting of halton county council the most important item of business was the question of whether the county should hire a county assessor la the vote that fol lowed the motion passed by a vote of 8 5 the council members from georgetown eequesing and oakvllle forming the opposition bloc the position will be advertised and an as sessor chosen to take office in 1846 a petition from glen williams rate payers was read requesting comple tion of the bridge in the village there was some discussion on a petition sent in by the halton game and fish pro tective association 1g the county to pay a bounty of 3 per head on foxes and 50c on skunks to protect pheasants and fowl reeve murray of esqueslng was against the idea of a threeday open season for hunting and favoured allowing fanners to shoot on eight any animals endanger ing their crop or livestock- council decided to rent the governors house recently vacated by mr fleming at t ironthly rental of 82700 a letter from the publishing com pany informed council that the coun ty advertising booklet was ready and arrangements were made for its de livery a group photograph of the council was taken prior to the open ing of the knox presbyterian church georgetown rev chas o cochrane ba- bx minister 10 am sunday school 11 ara anniversary sendee 7 pjn anniversary service rev j c grier ba of rnoac church guelph umehouse presbyterian charch sunday scnool and public worship withdrawn for knox anniversary lo ne watch for detaus next week about the lions amateur show the young ladles auxiliary of knox church will hold a baaaar in the sunday school room on saturday dec 1st the ladles ot holy cross ohurch are holding a sale of baking and ap rons at mcolbbons store on friday oct 19th at 2 pm oc 17p btrtjter start practicing for the lions amateur show next month de tails next week keep nov 3rd for st oeorges white elephant sale in mcoibbon store see later notices the halton plowing match wih be held on october 39th at the farm of ward ruddell sons 6th line es queslng the red cross workers of glen williams have sent a donation of 25 to the headquarters of the society in toronto to be used for purchasing mrmkets lor holland wait for the annual fall original 0ie cent sale at your rexall drug store oct 31 and nov 1 2 and 3 bargains lor every member of the fa mily dont iorget that used clothing is st ii being collected at the town hall again this week for unrra your donation will be appreciated by some poorly clnd boy or girt- iian or wo man on the continent thinking of having a family re union have it the week end of oct 28th and bring them all to the 106th anniversary services at the united church renew the family ties with god the local council of women will hold their first meeting for the fall in the municipal building on friday october lflth at 3 oclock there will be points of interest given from the snckviue convention and mrs hous ton of cedarvale school will be the juest speaker to assist the national clothing collection in this the last week of the work high school students in a day or so will call for any parcels which have ben set aside for delivery to the national clothing committee at the town hall please be ready and give help to the starving peoples of europe all parcels should be arrangedi as re quested in the campaign posters and literature stewarttown the sewarttown welcome home reception committee are holding social meeting in the schoolhouse on friday evening oct 26th at 830 pjn for those who have returned from ac tive service everyone in the com munity u welcome ladles provide sandwiches ct1ve service notes union nerval i rev j l be ba tjnior sunday school 10 ajn pubhe worship u am norval sunday school 3 pm pubno worship 8 pjn rev fr t j morgan mass at 0 am 2nd and 4tb t 11 ajn 1st trd and 9th bandar in the rcaf band for the past three and a half years lac curly wheeler obtained his discharge last week and is returning to his job with the alliance paper mill son of mr and mrs john wheeler he has been stationed in toronto vlctoriavllle and st hubert quebec his wife the former una hill of the glen is also a veteran of this war having served with the owac for over two years having served in the rcaf since july 1941 cpl j r bridges has now received his release and is visiting at the home of his wifes parents mr and mrs alex kean cpl bridges served two years in newfoundland and has also been stationed at manning pool st huberts brantford prior to his release he was stationed at mcncton nj3 law elizabeth coffin of no 4 re lease centre toronto spent a week end leave with her parents mr and mrs p b- coffin pte jack whitney has received his discharge from the veterans guard anl is back in town where he is work ing at- bradley brothers meat market a veteran of two wars pte whitney served in various camps during the last few years with the guards in cluding montleth and oravenbunrt his son lac albert whitney served over seas with the air force and returned to canada last summer 9th victory loanquota 385000 bradley fleck headicommittee copy left over sorry folks but we had several im portant news items scheduled for this week which had ut be left over due to lack of space these included le gion notes high school column and the hornby and ballinaiad news as well as others with paper rationing easing and two former employees les clark and reg broomhead en route home from overseas well soon be able to give you a bigger and better herald social and personal miss hilda erwin spent last week end in ayr at l home of mr and mrs j ritchie sgt and mrs k r westfall and son tim have returned from a trip visiting friends in toronto guelph tanvworth and detroit mich georgetown is glad to welcome hack two old residents mr and mrs james l mcnlcol who have come irom ot tawa to make their home with their sou mr and mrs gilbert mcnlcol many will remember that mr mc nlcol sr was superintendent of the barber division of the provincial pa per ltd about 30 years ago mr and mrs h e coffin of char lotte north carolina spent a couple of days last week at the home of bis brother mr and mrs p b ooffln mr and mrs george lake and mr ronald lake of langstaffe and mr thomas lake of toronto were sun day visitors with mr and mrs a h feller major and mrs lloyd hemsworth and son tommy of llstowel visited on sunday with mr and mrs wetter blehn he returned from overseas a few weeks ago after serving with the artillery on the continent mr and mrs abrtn fisher oapringe recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with thirtyfive relatives and friends present from george and surrounding district the 0th victory loan drive which opens next monday will again have as its objective the sum of 366000 for georgetown and district the committee is substantially vtr same as last time l b pleck and w f bradley being joint chairmen and ralph ross honorary chairman other officials are group payroll r b fbans oanvasailfiroy dale and b v maccormack i publicity clarence bain and 8d silver secretary tbos eaton jr due to pressure of his duties as county clerk william deans resign ed as a salesman and has been replac ed by major arnott early otherwise the salesmen are the same as in pre vious loans final plans were laid for the cam- palgn at a meeting in the municipal building on monday ni attended by the county chairman mr a t weldon of oakvllle and the aer mr sickle cliff bradley purchases ebjln butcher business mr clifford bradley who has been associated with his brother roy in operating bradley brothers store on main street for the past three years has purchased a butcher business in erin from mr f h arscott and took over ownership on october 1st mr bradley has sold his home in town but will continue to live here until he can secure a house in erin prior to entering the butcher busi ness he was employed at the provin cial paper lower mill he has taken an active part in community life as a member of georgetown council and or the fire brigade as well as being member of orion lodge loof card of thanks pte m a reld wishes to thank all his friends in particular beaumonts employee soldiers comforts and other organizations who so kindly sent him cigarettes and parcels while over seas card of thanks pte donald taylor would like to thank the various organizations and triends for parcels and cigarettes re ceived while serving overseas they were all sincerely appreciated card of thanks we wish to thank our friends for tfieir floral tributes and expressions of sympathy in our sad loss of a loving htsiband and father mrs english and family now general wainwrighto own story a gallant heros story of bataan corregidor and jap prison camps its this is my story by general jonathan m walnwrlght now in the sunday and daily detroit ttmes read the wars greatest hu man document this is my story by general jonathan m walnwrlght card of thanks we wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the many friends for the beautiful floral gifts displayed in church on the occasion or memorial service recently held for our son and brother psr lawrence beaumont mr and mrs w h beaumont and family card of thans mri bertha robinson and family of hornby wish to thank their friends and neighbours for their kind expres sions of sympathy in their recent sad bereavement limehouse the october meeting of the wjc43 was held at mrs jamlesona on thursday thirteen ladles attending he scripture lesson was read by aba gisby and mrs cochrane led in pra- er text word understand was ans wered by a verse of scripture for roll call m rs eherby read from the study book it was arranged to hold the fall thankoffering meeting the second week of november following the benediction the host esses served lunch an enjoyable evening was spent at limehouse school on friday evening when a welcome home was held for local lads recently arrived from the armed services prize winners at cards were mrs ken hamilton and mr win sheflxmr- ne afterlunch mr newton called john noble angus mcdonald and ar thur hill on behalf of his son denis who was unable to be present forward and extended a welcome to the boye and harvey mcdowell presented each with a flat fifty of cigarettes the balance of the evening was spent danc ing to music supplied by kay gammers with mrs meredith and mrs orr at the piano mr and mrs blondy manser and roy of cheltenham spent a few days with the nobles last week rev c c cochrane conducted com munion services at the presbyterian church last sunday the service wlh be withdrawn next sunday owing to the anniversary services being held at knox church georgetown ashgrove the wmj3 auxiliary of the united church again had the pleasure of holding their autumn thankoffering meeting at the home of mrs e if readhead at lowvule with a splendid attendance they were delighted to have with them ladles from george town milton and oampbellvule the president mrs thos glffen was in the chair the devotional period was tak en by mrs nurse bible reading was psalm 100 the theme being god other sheep a pleasing duet was then sung by misses betty rnrtdeh and viola brigden the group were very fortunate in having their new minister rev and mrs alnswarth speak of their work with the kinder garten and teenage girls of showing pictures add costumes by the japanese people this very interesting to all present 348 closed this splendid meeting social hour and refreshments by the hostess and committee enjoyed by au present housing problem licked by navy in vancouver the royal canadian navy has its own way of combatting the housing shortage at present one navy frigate is be ing used in vancouver harbour as floating barracks for 150 men brought to the west coast port for discharge according to naval authorities more ships which the navy is scrapping from its list of active fighting ships wiu be brought to vancouver if need ed to accommodate navy personnel boys band to be formed at a meeting recently held at wbldt harold mcclure acted as chairman group of citizens interested m form ing a boys band decided to approach the lions club for their support ttdg was done on monday night and the club voted 850 to aid in organisation and appointed mr mccjure d brt and fred balrd as a committee to represent the club a public meettnf will be held in the municipal build ing tonight at which it is hoped those interested wul oome and bsjk b ggaek an executive fe card of thanks sgt k r westfall wishes to ea press his thanks to organhmuoos and friends for remembering htn w- cigarettes and paroeas wbuah we ervtng with the canadian arssv overseas