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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday evening november 7th 1945 200 per annum 5c a copy ets put the 9th loan over the top i council purchases 2500 in 9th lean victory bonds georgetown council purchased 25000 in sth victory loan bonds at their november meeting in the muni cipal building on monday night w 7 bradley and leroy dale kc in terviewed council on behalf of the committee polling places and officers were r lor the municipal elections on december 3rd and members appoint ed to sit as a court ot revision on november 15th mr d r hagey was appointed by bylaw as sewage en gineer fox toe town the contract for snow removal was given to mr art scott at a price of 4400 an hour the town to have priori ty on his services over all others mr charles wffison who bu re cently entered the general insurance business interviewed cbunou in re gard to placing some o the town in surance with him k m legtifl town solicitor re ported that he had interviewed hon dunbar minister of municipal af fairs regarding smoke bylaws and was informed that the statute are to be changed to enable municipalities to cope with the problem mr la as tax collector also reported 3000 in outstanding taxes u00 of which were arrears the weather by h ii hutt we always find it interesting at the end of each month to total up the records and see how it compares with the normal or average as far back as the records go for that month in doing that fox the month of october just passed we find the average dally temperature was 427 or 42 degrees below normal and the rainfall was 3jb7 inhes or 112 above normal some cold damp figured to grouch over if we want to do any grouching well we have just had our squaw winter with about half an inch of snow now we win look for the in dian summer we are supposed to get after it following are the records for the past week date h and l preeipi- temp tation tues oct 30 60 29 wed oct 31 48 35 36 rain thurs nov 1 40 23 fri nov 2 62 40 3at nov 3 go 34 3fr rain sun nov 4 30 26 2b snow mon nov 5 go 24 25 snow lavoieolivkr wedding in st josephs church acton at a oeremony in st josephs church acton on saturday morning november 3rd rev pr v j morgan united in marriage marie emeline oliver daughter of mr and mrs john ouver and jack j lavoie son of mr a mrs wilfred lavoie both of georgetown given in marriage by her father the bride was lovely in a wedding gown of white net over satin with a fulllength veil and corsage of red roses her cousin miss shirley mar- chment of acton was her a wearing a gown of turquoise taffeta with pink rose corsage mr wesley mercbment uncle of the bride was groomsman during the signing of the register the grooms sister miss joan lavoie sang on this day o beautiful mother and during the mass jesus thou art oomlng and penis angelicas following the oeremony a reception was held at the home of mr and mrs wesley maithment for travel ling mrs lavoie chose a blue wool suit with black accessories the young couple will take up residence in georgetown boys leagu cel halloween r twentynine members of -ii- gtoi- ges church boys league w- enter tained by their leaders dr and mrs clifford reid in their home a week last monday to start the evening off the best four costumes were djed and a prize was also awardea to the best of the remainder m i w darin mrs ted arnold j tpr joe hall were the thee judges and gave prizes to maurice herbc a street beggar john doherty hula dancer earl walters king ot the hooves gor don hardman a girl warworker ani billy hewitt indian squa apple games ami other games were played followed by refreshments of welners and rolls cake candy and chocolate milk georgetown pirate baseball team hold parti on friday night at the legion hall the players and all affiliated with the hardball team held a party the glen team was invited also the party began with a scavenger hunt in which the boys and girls went out in pairs this lasted two hours and the winners of the hunt were donald brill and pauline herrlngton afterwards dancing was enjoyed to bill mlllieres records the winners of the special dances were statue dance marlon norrle margaret klrkpatrlek elimination dance betty oonn and joan buck during the evening food was serv ed by some of the mothers attending a thankyou was extended to the helpful ladles to the players ot both ball teams and to jimmy sargent the local coach deputy district governor visits lions club georgetown uons club were hon oured on monday night with the offi cial visit of the deputy district gov ernor sid oapps of brampton no- stranger in georgetown where he is wellknown as a music teacher mr capps gave an excellent address on various aspects of i don ism with help- lul hints on how a club could be made stronger and more efficient he said he was particularly pleased to see a donation of 60 made by the club at their last meeting to help reorganise the boys band as music played such an important role in the education of young people j lion chief clarence benbmm pre sented his past presidents pin to last years chief la roy dale blc and lion oapps on behalf of club mem bers presented a uon paper weight the application of mr art scott for membership tn the club was accepted musical entertainment was provided by misses marion hepburn and mary moyer with ken harrison at the piano georgetown sends over four tons of clothing to europe s remembrance day service georgetown citizens will pay tribute to those ki in the two world won at a remembrance service at the certotaph next sunday morning no vember 11th at 1030 a parade will form at the legion hall leaving promptly at 1020 for the march to the cenotaph included tn the parade will be the lome scots band girls pipe band legion and legion wa and town and township councils any organizations wishing to march in the parade are asked to be on hand at the legion hall by ten oclock according to final figures released last week by mr ralph ross chair- man for the recentlycompleted na tional clothing collection in the georgetown district a total of 8l9tt pounds of used clothing was conuc outed by citizens anf tdrrarded to toronto 199 cartons were sent tn isur shipments one load being con veyed free of charge by jsnyders transport special credit is due mrs s groat and mrs r t paul who organised the packing of cartons and to the ladles and gentlemerkwha packed and tied up the cartons high school stu dents under the leadership of prin cipal e j keenan did a fine piece of work in collecting an immense amount of clothing those in charge of the collection in rural districts were her j l self nerval mr arthur beau mont glen williams a w benton limehouse and mrs l devrles stew- arttown last week the canadian girls in training held a halloween party on friday night each member brought a guest the first event was travelling through the tunnel of terror which judging by the j tn an area reaching 100 georgetown minister new moderator meeting in ontario street baptist church recently the ouelpji associa tion of baptist churches elected rer joirn b ostrom of georgetown as moderator mr ostrom succeeds ivan muller of guelph in the top office of the association which includes it there when screams was really terrifying were also plenty of screaxni smiths remains were around refreshment were and the party closed with taps the regular oqxt meeting was held last night the main feature was a demonstration of first aid by leader frances deans miles from brampton in the east to st marys in the west mr ostrom came to georgetown four years ago last summer and for merly preached in winchester corn wall and oxbridge a graduate of me- maater university m arts and theo logy be was born in sweden coming to america with hte family in 1908 social and personal whf pkn80n and helen web wed at st georges st georges church of england was the scene of a lovely wedding an monday nov 5th when helen june webster daughter of mrs webster and the late john webster of colling- wood became the bride of wilfred henry penson son of mr and mrs jrank penson of georgetown ven w g o thompson performed the ceremony the bride wore a turquoise blue streetlength dress with bhmsn cessniies mrs bruce rundell of georgetown was matronofhonour wearing lime green and mr david penson was groomsman after the ceremony a reception- was held at the grooms home on main street the happy couple left on a short honeymoon after which they will reside in georgetown card op thanks onr joe norton would uks to thank his friends for parcels and u received while be was ear- ttng wttfa the mr and mrs bert butson au and bobby of renfrew called on mr and mrs garfield mcoilvray on day last week mr and mrs bruce kennedy of to- ronto were week end visitors with his parents mr and mrs george herring- ton mr and mrs garnet rogers left town for montreal last week when they will make their home from now on mr rogers who works for the firm or woods gordon has bten employed at the smith stone plart tor the past year as a time study offi cer ven w g o thompson and mr fred mcnally attended past mastes night at st clair lodge aj am milton last thursday rev stanley kirk rural dean of halton was initi ated into the lodge and rt rev l w b broughall bishop of niagara was special speaker for the tfbenlrg mr and mrs james f evans at tended the wedding on saturday af ternoon at bishop strachan college chapel and ihe reception afterwards at the granite club of miss margaret louise pugsley to flight lieutenant douglas mann mr and mrs thomas watts nnd wayne of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs harry stock- ford misses nellie and louise stock- lord of guelph also spent sunday at the same home mr and mrs w h batkn have moved to georgetown from toronto and will make their home at wild- wood with their son m ernest bat- kin end mrs batktn mr rtkln sr is a retired member of the toronto fire department lao lewis humberstonf who re turned last week from overseas visa ed for a few days wth his sisters mrs stan pmlay and mrs ernest hyde mrs c e secret of winowdale and lt nursing sister w n bomerville of oafcville were week end coasts with mr and mrs w p bradley the thursday afternoon knitting club held a cup and saucer shower at the home of mrs thos bykea to honour of mrs leslie clark a bride of but summer who has recently re turned from overseas with her hus band mr and mrs ernest debbie and son arthur ot newmarket were week end visitors with mr and mrs geo brandford matron jessie young of acton who has spent the past two years over seas with the rcap returned last week on the queen elizabeth and is visiting with her aunts the misses young on main street presidjnt craig reid secretary garfield mcoilvray and director frank fetch of the esquesing agri cultural society were guests of mr k c mcmillan an exhibitor and the di rectors of the wlngham horse show at their annual show and social even ing following last thursday donald early was the guest at the same show of mr elgin armstrong brampton it was one of the best horse shows to be staged in the province this year on tuesday oct 23rd forty friends and neighbours gathered at the home of mrs a mcdonald to welcome her son pte clifford mcdonald back home from five years service overseas muslo for the evening was supplied cedarvale welcome home csm fred tost on the lie de france gordon enhsted in the rcaf in may 141 just after one of the lome scota who went graduation from high bcoooi and -i- mr marcelle barry of sediey sask is spending a few days with rm sister mrs wm cunningham mrs j o martin of vlneland spent the week end with friends hers mr roy allan mr burt cunning ham of acton and miss adeliie cun ningham of hillsburgh wee sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs wm cunningham sunaay visitors at the home of mr and mrs a oriffin were mr george goidthorpe of moffat mr and mrs a johanson of norval mr nnd mrs h l davidson of acton mi and mrs h moarthur and mabel of lrn mr l keeler and mary of erin and gnr lxrie keeler of london overseas in june 1041 csm fred h tost was among a large- group of soldiers who returned borne on the queen elizabeth son of mrs tost and the late henry tost fred has seen action in italy france belgium and holland by garnet kay and misses irma and lois watson also bagpipes by bertha and helen shelboume andjjiez scott engagement mr and mrs edgar beeney of limehouse wish to announce the en- inigement of their daughter susie to walter mckillop son of mr thomas mckillop and the late mrs mckillop the wedding to take place the latter part of november gnr norman barker overseas for over four years gnr norman barker son of mr a m barker of victoria street returned to canada last week on the queon eliza beth norman enlisted in march 1041 and went overseas the following july with the 43rd battery of guelph he has served in france belgium hol land and germany with the artillery sgt george chapman returning to canada recently on the de de france was a georgetown man by marriage sgt oeorge chap man who is visiting with his wife at the home of her parents mr and mrs george h leslie sgt chanman met and married the former margaret leslie when they were both stitloned in vancouver in july 1913 subse quently both went overseas mie chapman as a petty officer in- the navy and sgt chapman with the queens own rifle lie trained at toronto windsor oshawa aylmer and trenton where he re ceived his commission he was an in structor at camp borden before goxnc to england in june 1043 volunteer ing for service in india he arrived t that country in january 1944 and was with an raf group whs carried on a dangerous secret mlsslm agaln the japs his father ssgt alvln mcdonald a veteran at the orat world war joined the veterans guard in 1040 and is still in the service stationed at obathaai he has been with the unit at mwvco brampton angler and bowmanvule remembrance day november 11th never allow busy everyday affairs dim for a moment the memory of those who suffered and sacrificed for us give generously for your poppy iojj sponsor bridge party a community bridge party ttw first held m town for some time was sponsored by the countess of strathmore chapter iode in tb oddfellows hall last thursday even ing slriaewlnners were mrs t hew- son mrs w robb and mrs wm milllere for the ladles and cam sin clair dave lawson and hugh dickie for the men refreshments were ser ved aftertthe evenings play by mem bers of the chapter the committee in charge of the bridge was composed of mrs marlon i barber mrs s w orr mrs oharlav i wlllson miss marjorle gault mjss france during the tough fighting hilda erwln mm wallace thoinpeon around caen mrs chapman return ed home in september arid has jlnce reelved her discharge from the wrens prior to his enlistment in 1940 sgt chapman who is a native of hamil ton was employed in advertising work in sudbury pte george temsdale returning home on the queen eum- beth was pte george teasdale a brampton man whose wife the former lois emmerson and threeyearoia daughter teri live in georgetown he is the son of mr and mrs h a teasdale of brampton george train ed at ipperwash and woodstock be fore going overseas in may 1044 hvs went into action in france shortly af ter d day attached to the calgary highlanders and served in holland and germany he was wounded march tnd of this year his brother pte arthur teasdale is at present station ed with the army at north bay fult gordon medouald a veteran of the camp tn europe and india flight lieutenant ohrdon modonatd came home two weeks ago mrs art beaumont mrs ray and mrs garnetrogers death of mrs h crompton many georgetown people will be sorry to learn of the death on octo ber 25th of mrs margaret cromptoa at digby nb a sister of the late mrs henry dickie mrs oromgitoa who at that time was irving in eng land visited here with her sister for some time and made many friends isy georgetown she had been in m heilth for same time the funeral was from lie little church of england in round hill where she had been married s years ago interment was in tbe it mily plot in the round hill cemetery harry williams son of mr end mrs j r williams of the glenveav ed for england lass wednesday i he will be stationed as an with the roaf he has justeoetftd his promotion to the rank of plight- lieutenant harry is on of three brothers who have served tn be for ces his brothers sgt trevor and vim a j jimmy being now i after serving oversees