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wednesday evening july 16th 1947 lions club will put cbkytle rack on main s flans to put two bicycle racks on main street were discussed at the lions club meeting in the mooibbori house on monday lion art scott way appointed to discuss with the council a suitable looatlon for the racks which will be painted the or ange and blue club colours lions lome peters and ray wblt- mee gave a report of the convention whjefcthey attended in windsor rec ently another project which the club is disousbtng is the erection of a band stand either at the clubowned lot on water street or at the park baptist mission circle picnic the annual picnic of the womens session circle of georgetown bap tist church was held on july 8th at the home of miss b whitney with tbe members of the brampton circle as guests toe brampton ladies were respon sible for the afternoons program which consisted of devotional reading solos and a talk on mission work by rev e h cameron of the brampton church the georgetown group served t picnic supper to the forty ladles pres ent after votes of thanks to the visiting ladles speaker hostess and entertaining ladles all returned home uplifted by the happy hours of fel lowship together ken nash will wear georgetown uniform next year sport fans- will be interested to learn that kenny nash stellar cen- treman of last years stratford in termediate a team has moved to georgetown and is working with saniord and son kenny played with georgetown for the 1945 46 season and his clean fast style of playing won the admiration of fans he will be a great asset to next years team name omitted from recognition list we are sorry that by an oversight the name of harry ferry one of the first men to enlist in the army from georgetown was omitted from the final presentation list which appeared in the july 0th herald mr ferry is at present a patient in christie st hospital and has received his cheque and scroll down there fred baird purchases brampton grocery business mr fred baird who recently sold bis main street bakeshop to mr fred webb of toronto has purchased scarletts grocery in brampton and will take possession on august 5th mr baird who came here a few years ago from palmerston and bought the bakery business from n h brown has had to change occupation for health reasons he has disposed of his other property in town selling his home on factory street to david jsaxe and the former watson home which he owned on maple avenue to a e bettke he has purchased a house in brampton from ltool r v conover and mr and mrs baird and their son jack will be leaving town next month to make their home ther lawn bowlin9 the bowlers are out in force these tine nights the greens are fair and good time is enjoyed by all who at tend- last wednesday the ladies put on a mixed trebles tou and a full entry was in prizes were good first prise remaining at home won by w lttvoje mrs w g bell and harry moss second to acton and third to brampton bui mcdowell and jack williamson how hold the grant trophy and are open for challenges by all the kentner cup has been compe- ted for a number of times and is held by mrs harold cleave and mrs l mcklbbon mrs j w kennedy is presenting hie two cups won by herself and the late mr kennedy some years ago for the best couple in the club these were won last thursday night by mr and mrs e b tyers and are now open for challenge by any mixed couple these jcuds sre to remain in ttie club umehouse the ww held their july meeting at the home of mrs ellerby on thursday evening roll call was an swered by a verse of scripture con taining quench about twenty at tended the meeting kay norton and kathleen kirkpatrlck sang solos and miss w ivens reviewed a chapter from the study book on india mrs glsby read scripture and mrs a benton the praver mr ellerby ser ved a delicious lunch at the close- the wi ladies are busy arranging a garden party later this month and a bazaar in august mr and mrs a w lane and miss norma lane of montreal are spend ing this week with mrs k lane mrs w mills and susan have been visiting mr and mrs w t mills miss millie robertson of toronto was a weekend visitor with the rougnleys kay norton is visiting her aunt mrs ted morrow in toronto mr harry smethurst of barrle vi sited his mother on sunday mr and mrs gordon grieg and mr william grieg of brantfard visited at miss ivens on sunday mr win newton of barrle was with his parents here on sunday mr and mrs geo martin of geor getown visited the glsbys recently mr and mrs corrlgan and jack of toronto visited the wrights sunday evening mr alex wright is holidaying at wasaga beach the sanfords have gone to their cottage at waribashene for the sum mer months ltmehouse presbyterian church congregation continued on to mr and mr andrew mines following sundays services where they enjoyed a picnic held in honour of rev and mrs- davidson who are holidaying at their cottage on the 8uh line everyone was pleased to see the calcium chloride provided by the county council being sprinkled on monday the dust has certainly been a nuisance for several weeks kathleen kirkpatrlck is hondaying with miss joan mclennan t stew- arttown a miss elizabeth rose is vfltij miss ivens siting judge guilty or not guilty rastus not guilty suh judge have you ever been in jail rastus no suh ah never stole nouhln bafo jueve madaren answers herald editorial of last week to the editor georgetown herald since you have criticized my actions in connection with the north halton tmsbfet high school i would like to nt my own position to your lenders and correct some misrepre- jeniaitons on your part as a member of council town and county i have no intention of sur- hg my own judgment and opi- t and becoming simply a rubbei or a yes man you say in opinion that the reeve was guilty tactical error in voting against the motion i voted ag- that we were unalterably to a district hkt school was built in george- i acn stfll opposed to that i so worded because i believe p day circumstances and demand- an advance in the of ptuvldfng oeonndai education cor ywi peop in small towns slid the farming com munities around such towns georgetown has usually been a lea der in educational matters georgetown was the first and i be lieve the only town in halton to op erate a grammar school when that was the uptodate method geor getown again was the first to have a high school in the county geor getown should in my opinion have furnished the leadership for this newest method of providing the best of secondary school c bad the school board and town council been prepared to give that leadership when the north halton area was first considered and discussed 1 bcllsve that the place selected for its cen tralization would have been on thi outskirts of ge perbapf it is not too tate yet- because the area board win have the final say in the continued to page 7 chr photo glad to be with you prrsidrnt truman daughter margaret and mra truman smile tirritiiipj li mnlji this informal picture of the presidents vldit was ctkiii ti tin speiiil train nwel the international 1 ituliiry en route over mi ctrni- n niitiniiiil kuihvays to ottawa- social and personal the weather mr editor july weather is still with us but it may give us pome relief from the heat if our thoughts go along with ttiomas richard henry when he quotes in his column in the evening telegram there are only 140 roore shopping days until christmas following ic the weeks summary of max and mln temperatures ern batkin max mln rain july 7 78 62 trace july 8 77 53 01 july 9 73 58 july 10 79 w july 11 79 58 july 12 80 58 09 july 13 86 61 01 average 7888 5857 11 intermediates lose twice juveniles win and lose last week anything can still happen in the j county oba baseball loops but its beginning to look doubtful if it will j georgetown intermediates dropped further into trie cellar last week when they dropped games to oak- ville and milton with six scheduled games left the best that can be hoped for is a third place spot glenn gibte pitched the juveniles to uietr second win in the park last saturday when they beat acton 43 the county town champs beat them on saturday but we hear the game is being protested because milton have been using some of their juv eniles too often in the intermediate gjpun your sports reporter owes rn apo logy this year working in a vacation two or three days at a time we havent had time to give baseball the boost it deserves wish we had a volunteer to give us a hand at the reporting halton ojb intermediate standing oakville 7 acton 5 milton 4 georgetown 2 halton oja juvenile standing milton 8 0 oakville 4 4 georgetown a acton l 6 glen williams mr and mrs w hoover and family of beeton spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs leslie robinson misses myrtle warren and evelyn robinson visited friends in toronto on sunday mrs john hepburn r has retur ned home after spending two weeks at the canadian keswick conference at ferodale muskoka congratulations to harry williams who passed fourth in his class in se cond year biology at the unlverity of toronto- harry who is the son of mr and mrs j k williams is working for the summer in northern ontario with the dept of game and fisher ies mlctaey comes home might be the title of a reallire dog drama enacted in glen williams recently mr and mrs jack hooper while attending the hepeler old boys reunion sta yed with her sister their dog mickey a terrier was tied to the clothes line while they attended fes tivities and at 4 pm tuesday they noticed that he had chewed his way loose mr and mrs hooper al ter a rain search continued home that night next morning at 1030 ajn mickey- showed up at the door he had covered the 40nlle trip home on foot a remarkable case of canine intelligence mrs u poole and mr be scott attended the williams family picnic on saturday july 13th at spring- bank park london where forty pco- ple sat down to a lovely dinner fol lowed by a program of races nd a nail game relatives attended from banna detroit strattiroy sneddon watnstead lambeth teflon md oicd win lama after lunch arrange meats were made tor neott years pic nic to be held at tfae same place the id may baptist picnic at stanley park tiie annual picnic of the baptist church sunday school was held at stanley park erin on saturday july 12tii the following were winners in the sports events primary class running race 1st dorothy scott 2nd char line day mixed shoe race 1st arluic reeve 2nd richard verdec visiting girls running race 1st helen hail 2nd gall bralsby junior girls class running race 1st donna thompson 2nd bar bara thompson pie plate race 1st margaret bryden 2nd donna thompson junior boys running race 1st gerald scott 2nd ronnie breen ball throwing 1st gerald scott 2nd richard sienko senior boys class running race 1st douglas peck 2nd keith thompson bat throwing 1st keith thomp son 2nd dean thompson bible class bean guessing con test 1st mrs- wtn- thompson 2nd mr n verdoc tlme race 1st w wlnfleld 2nd mrs f bralsby teachers and officers bean and spoon race 1st w wlnfleld 2nd douglas cole kicking shoe contest 1st doug cole 2nd c walker night blooming cereus draws attention a large night- blooming cereus raised by tom warnes at the public school was the centre of attention in the herald window last week the plant was raised from a slip from the original plant owned by mr wames and this year bloomed for the first time last saturday evening j church news knox presbyterian cbareh georgetown rev chas- c cochrane ba bx minister 10 am sunday school 11 am pub lic worship evening services with drawn to- summer months umc house presbyterian cborob service withdrawn please see locals in this paper with theahgiirs by o h conditions for fly fishing have been ideal for the past few weeks owing to dry weather and low water the best time of course is after the sun goes down it is then that the big ones come out to feed on the flies that are hatching out small brown and grey dry fly patterns seem to be good kil lers brown trout the browns seem to be very num erous in local streams and are doing their share in furnishing sport for the following anglers bui shelbourne of limehouse took some nice ones from the credit a dry fly ued by jack crlchton was the lure bui also has good luck on riles of his own make jack crlchton also has been taking some good sized browns on flies of his own make godfrey ohristensen of glen wil liams is taking his share of browns too ted bludd made it interesting for a large brown for a short time how ever he was not securely hooked and broke away ted has his eye on him and hopes to enter him hi the contest soon speckled trodtv bui tuck was successful in creeling fifteen speckled beauties recently its not known just what fly he was using the writer and his brother charlie while holidaying at trout lodge eugenia were successful in takmg some trout that weighed from baa a pound to 2 pounds they were caught mostly on despair and large brown and wine crane files after dusk devil bugs were also good kll- the shad fly hatch that gome ang lers travel h of miles to see to pag b first baptist church 10 qjti sunday school 11 ajn worship service 7 ijn worship service come and worsliip with us you are welcome nerval and union presbyterian rev j l self ba bj nerval 930 ajn sunday school 10 am public worship union 10 ajn sunday school 1115 ajn public worship holy cross b- c cnsnb rev ft v j morgan mass at s ajn 2nd and 4th sundays 11 am 1st 3rd and 5th continued to page 8 miss m carlson wins scholarship award with an outstanding record as student miss m g carlson honor graduate in business administration at the unlverlty of western ontario has been awarded the j william horsey scholarship valued at 3000 or 1500 a year for the years 1047 and 1948 plus travelling expenses the award is open to graduates in business ad ministration corrunerce and finance at any canadian university an nouncement of the 1947 winner has been made by dr k r p neville dean of western miss carlson attended school at eroo ontario and fort prances high and vocational school taking her junior and senior matriculation and winning many public speaking aw ards as a student of western she was secretary and president of the debating society editor of the student handbook vicepresident of the pla yers guild chairman of the womens council and active in other capacities in which she showed marked organ izational ability as a winner- of the scholarship which was eeubuahed m 194s to promote research into food production costs miss carlson win combine post graduate sudy at a canadian or united states university with special liimilkjimmi of every phase of toad distrftutlon she to a resident of london ontario j mr and mrs cecil davidson art spending two weeks vacation at the nepahwin gregory hotel mustoolc miss mabel ctuwersuperviwjr othm local bell telephone office isvac- tioning at bala dr and mrs f rl wataon have left for their summer home at port oat- llng mrs k- h ireland douglas and elizabeth are spending a month at grand bend mr and mrs h v lowes of ottaw were weekend guests with mr and mr harold marshall mr and mrs chris longford of kemptvllle were weekend guests with mr and mrs graham farnell mr thomas elson returned bom yesterday after spending a few weeks in cornwall with his- brother misses lena mcnally and marlon robinson have returned from a vac ation cruise up the saguenay river mrs kenneth m langdonj ken neth jr and brian are spending the summer at their cottage at wasaga beach mr and mrs armand swackfaamew and jimmy were in welland over the weekend visiting with mr and mra jack robertson mrs james goodlet brian david and jlmmie are vacationing at their summer cottagj at glenwood beach lake slmcoe mr and mrs era bedell of detroit michigan are spending this week ttt town with mr and mrs fred mc nally dr and mrs a mcallister motored to ottawa last thursday where they attended the funeral of mrs mcal listers uncle the late john s elliott mrs vern mccumber judy and bobby and mrs garfield mcollvray ross gail and douglas are spending this week at stanley park erin mrs d a thompson and daughter of athens spent last week with mr and mrs herb hughes alex grlbbea and joan duncan of toronto visited for two weeks at the same home amongst weekend visitors with mr and mrs edward wodson were mr and mrs c c whyatt of toronto and mr and mrs wilfred lane of jack son michigan mr and mrs e w blnkley have returned from a a motor trip through new york and uhe new glinpil states they were accompanied by mr and mrs j e daley of toronto sacramental services conducted by rev r w plckersglll were held in ejbenezer united church last sunday with a baptismal service for sandra infant daughter of mr and mrs- ho race blyth we are pleased to hear that mr and mrs e j goodler have both been able- to return home from oudpfa general hospital mrs goodler suf fered a fall while mr a was a patient in hospital and had to he ta ken there for treatment also mr and mrs harry moss are again spending the summer in town with her parents mr and mrs w g bejl they left on saturday for two weeks vacation at lacarnoonthelaka haliburton where they have spent the last two summers sylvia and michael lambert chil dren of mr nnd mrs j l lambert both secured first class honours in their toronto conservatory of musis plane examinations recently sylvia tried grade 5 and michael grade x they are pupils of mrs j price ouelph mr harold mcclure returned on monday from two weeks vacation at his summer cottage at mary lake mrs mcclure and george are- remai ning for a few weeks and have as their guests this week mr and mrs k w robo mr and mrs s w orr were weekend visitors at the same cottage mr robert barber has purchased a e bettkes house on market street and mrs barber and their children tommy and carol ann have come from toronto to join him here mr barber who fe the son of mr and mrs c h barber of town is associa ted with his brother paul in barber industries which specialises in silk screening and display work on friday evening july 11th mrs william hunter norval was hostess at her home at a pantry shower for miss doris mcdonald who is to be married this saturday many lovely gifts were received and after opening them the bride expressed her thanks lunch was served by the hostess as sisted by mrs bert hunter and missel alma stapleton and patsy carney notice the undetermined location of and services on some streets within the corporation may result to short jtaterrupuans of water services daring the installation of the puwapi sys tem these m will be aa short aa pnsrfhlw ao as not to moon-