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the HERALD Community Wednesday December 18 Steamers brother honored by family and friends Imagine during this current depression a free lunch Last Wednesday would you believe You had to be a survivor of the last depression to be invited and those that attended had to be a friend of my brother Jim a retired newspaper man My goodness it was wonderful The served ham scalloped potatoes pie tea cof fee and a lot of good old fashioned hospitality They were wonderful cooks They had to be You see we were all kids who grew up together during the last depression and we were tough and sometimes rowdy Will when asked what it was like living beside Cana dians he replied Them Cana dians are a hardy tribe they have to be to live beside us Americans It was about the same during the 30s you had to be a hardy tribe to live beside the Emmer- sons Those that survived came to Our luncheon Dec 111991 Oh what stories were flowing Why wit and humor were as good as the spread Everyone got a free lunch and a million free laughs Its certainly nice to be in vited out and told to eat your fill of ham and scalloped and not to worry about whos to pay the bill little old me Last Wednesday my sister Lois brother Steve and yours truly had a luncheon for our brother Jim We are the remaining four of a family of nine Mom dad Edna Teddy Bob and Isobel are gone They would have enjoyed this special get together with all Jims old pals and ours Heavens we were thrilled as all get out and honored to have old school chums friends who show ed those bond strengthening desperate days and special guests Miss Gertrude and her sister Dorothy Miss taught Jim at old Georgetown High as well as Tom ingh a real friend to Jim and me We didnt tell him he was the Guest of Honor that we were secretly planning to have one of his favorite teachers on hand to wish him well This was to be a day of old from here and there to sit down to swap a few stories of old Georgetown in the 30s There were some dandies It was a touching moment when our old friend Ernie gave his little depression story of how he pondered for days whether to spend three precious hard earned dollars on a new tire for his bike or a marriage licence He opted for the marriage licence and he and Edith have been married My brother Steves poignant memory was the hobo up in the pines who said to him heres a button kid go see if your mother can sew a shirt on it Don Early scanned an black and white school picture and named nearly every kid and Dons been in Toronto since the Bob and Anne were there and he had the au thence roaring with tales of high school days seated sideby side with Jim He even brought up Jims nickname Earnshaw given to him by none other than Gordon Alcott Those stout friends who were there knew he was named fat Stories by Steamer by Gordon after the great baseball player George shaw Doug Sargent along with joined in the fun and mentioned his family had lived in a house we had once occupied and you guess it some wag announced it must have been haunted Youve got the idea by now It was fun Tom had the audience in stitches with his reading from an article Jim had done The article appeared in the Georgetown and District High School Centennial Book entitled Writing About the Pitfalls of a High School Acting Career He went on to remind the au dience about the night of the drama festival Jim had pruned himself be especially snarly mean and nasty in his role as an aged recluse who sat in a darkened old house snarling at anyone who dared come by show ing a Jim Kelly and Betty Speight played a young couple who had come to visit Because of the cavelike darkness Kelly bad to show their Many of Georgetowns longstanding businessmen and residents gathered together Wednesday In the Verdun Lodge at a party hosted by the brothersSteamer Jim and Steve Present at the party and luncheon were back row left to right Robert Jim John Early Tom Jim Doug Sargent Ernie middle row left to right Albert Whitney Steamer Emmerson Bud Jarnes Del Beaumont Moody front row left to right Steve Emmerson Alcott Gertrude Fatt Edith Alcott and Herald Photo VIDEO PLUS of Georgetown Market COMING THS WEEK JUST FOR YOU- Unit I fl77fl9fin Ontario Of HtUU CHRISTMAS SPECIAL All Bird Feeders 25OFF Premium Bird Feed way in by flashlight called torch in the English parlance of the play From Jims article Tom read on that they had rehearsed rehearsed rehearsed ad in which Jim was to whirl angrily shouting Put that torch out The great moment came and Jim was about to scream his furious phrase put that torch out when he heard an anxious whisper from Kellv Psst Psst I forgot the flashlight Lots of laughter Everyone enjoyed Toms snip pets from one of many wonderful lines Jim has written Jims friend Jim Kelly former Georgetown boy was unable to attend He sent his regrets but as the treasurer of the Escape Association their meeting was the same day He would have had a story to tell Over the phone he told me he and Jim rode in the restored caster that was restord and flown Remembrance Day They both earned that ride Outside of Jim Shirley and daughter Julie we had Lois Steve Gertrude Fatt Dorothy Frank King Donald Early Doug and Sargent Bud and Minnie James Bob and Anne Delly and Ethel Beaumont Jim and Madelaine John and Marie Sons Tom Bev and Marie Whitney Alcott and Edith Fiona yours truly and regrets from Hazel Arnold Herb and May Arnold Bruce and Mae Harley and Mrs Gordon Jean There was nostalgia humor and friendship in car load lots To add to the affair Jean King who did a wonderful job with here sisters In the lodge brought down the last edition of the Telegram with Jims final story on the front A newspaper coleague of Jims told me He was the best I hope as he gets stronger that he reaches for his pen again Help thy brothers boat across and lo thine own has reached the shore Hindu Proverb PS If anyone is interested in getting a hard cover Centennial Book of Georgetown High School call me at and Ill help getyouacopy THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Halton Hills PO Box 128 HIUS Georgetown Ontario L7G CHRISTMAS REFUSE COLLECTION SCHEDULE Refuse normally collected on Chnstmas Day December 25 1 991 will be picked up on Monday December 23 1 991 Refuse normally collected on Boxing Day Thursday December 26 1991 will be collected on the regular collection day Refuse normally collected on New Years Day Wednesday January 1 1 992 will be collected on Monday December 30 1991 Best Wishes to All Town of Halton Hills EngineeringPublic Works