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seventythird year of publication wednesday evening august 16th 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa archie mcmeekins barn burned other buildings saved from flames situated on 5th line w oiinguacousy a jflile east of norvai threshing operations- m progress at time of fire esquestng township to i georgetown girls well up in become game preserve beauty contest at oakville hie large barn valued at almost 10000 belonging to archie mc 5th line west chinguacousy one mile east of norvai was burned to the ground late monday afternoon the are which originated- in the straw stack during threshing operations spread to all sections of the structure so quickly that neighbors and the threshing crew were left helpless to prevent its spread most of the sea sons hay and grain crop was destroy ed but implements and stock were re moved from the building it thought perhaps a calf perished in the flames when the are threatened other out buildings and the large brick dwelling prampton bremen were summoned ann answered the call for assistance although a town bylaw allows the firemen to go only to the limits of the town they managed to prevent the flames spreading to other buildings and the wind favored the house blow ing the burning timbers in a different direction during the time the house was threatened to be fired neighbors removed ail the furniture to a safe distance motor traffic on highway no 7 was held up for a considerable time the threshing separator was hauled to the roadway- for safety the loss to mr mcmeekln will be very heavy but is partly covered by insurance annual meeting of halton branch rural mail couriers the halton branch of the rural mail couriers association held their annual meeting in the council cham ber at milton on monday evening there was a good attendance of members from all parts of the county the secretary mr harold webster acton presented the financial state ment for the year which showed a small balance on hand several matters were discussed dur ing the meeting some of which will be sent on for discussion at the an nual convention to be held at the oac ouelph on sept 4th and 5th the hope was expressed that all couriers and friends will make a point of going to ouelph on one or both days a good program has been plan ned concluding with a corn roast in riverside park on monday night and a banquet in convocation hall on tuesday night ballot vote was takehrtortne conservatives gather at the home of mr and mbs w nodwell edith st the home of mr and mrs w nod- well edith st was the scene oi a large and enthusiastic gathering on monday night last when local and district conservatives met with the ob ject of forming young conservative club in georgetown all present showed marked enthusi asm for the idea and it was decided to hold a nomination meeting in the very near future for the purpose electing an executive and organizing in general the host mr nodweu acted chairman of the evening and called upon a number who spoke in the in terests of the party mr chris johnson of brampton past president of the peel young conservative asso ciation outlined the work that had been carried on in the eleven clubs functioning in peel county he gave the gathering many helpful suggestions and offered to help at any time mr george preston of meadowvale also spoke and he too made many helpful suggestions and offered his services at any time mr george thorpe federal candi date for halton in the next election and mrs thorpe of burlington were present mr thorpe addressed the meeting briefly offering his assistance in the organization of a young con servative club it was decided to hold another meeting on thursday evening august 17lh at 8 oclock in the public library- for the purpose of organizing and electing officers everyone is urged to attend at the close of the meeting refresh ments were served by the hostess af ter which a vote of thanks was mov ed to mr and mrs nodweu and to the speakers of the evening election of officers for the coming year which resulted as follows president mr charles parker georgetown vice- president mr wulantbrltton acton secretarytreasurer mr harold web- ate acton executive committee messrs g greer nelson a charlton milton f locker acton wlngrove moffat j r williams georgetown t- brown oakville it was decided to bold the next monthly meeting in oakville winner in better business boom campaign at the draw made last wednesday norval rifle club number of accounts passed at mondays session of cquncu the august meeting of esquesing township council was held on monday evening deputyreeve w a wilson councillors c h may g w murray and edwin- harfop were present reeve n a robinson presided at the meet ing the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed communications were read from canadian automobile service associa tion mr w pfavelle and mrs bar rett mrmacartney of the depart ment of clime and fisheries address ed the meeting as the council are anxious to have the department de clare the township a regulated shoot ing preserve this year moved by wilson and harrop that the treasurer pay the road sheets as presenxed by the road superinten dent 2801 14 carried moved by may and murray that the treasurer pay relief accounts as presented by the relief officer 14287 carried moved by wilson and harrop that the treasurer pay sheep claims geo jennings 2 lambs killed by dogs 1400 meldrlm stark valuator 200 carri ed moved by murray and may that the treasurer pay bell telephone co 38121 248 9112 155 total 403 county of halton interest on county rates unpaid for 11 days 5232 blight white to advertising 804 the georgetown herald account to date 7078 walter hodge cutting weeds on c h nixons property 200 j sanford account re council cham ber 65c george c brown premium on clerks bond 500 carried moved by harrop and wilson that this council petition the department of game and fisheries to provide an order to declare the township of es quesing in the county of halton a regulated shooting preserve subject to the various provisions and regulations contained on the agreement form here to attached and which forms a part of this resolution carried moved by wilson and harrop that the treasurer pay board of health account mrs matthew lawr to at tending mrs zilllo apr 28th to may 12th 1500 carried moved by harrop and wilson that this council purchase the acilng machine now owned by i m bennett the price to be 5000 carried j moved by may and murray that this at the dominion rifle association council do now adjourn to meet on married woman wins 5000 as first true at blakelock picnic five pretty georgetown girls enter ed in the beauty contest held in conjunction with the eighth annual blakelock ptalic at oakville last sat urday although not qualifying for the cash prizes georgetown girls gave the winners a run for their money and many thought should have least been in second place in the final elimination misses evelyn san derson and mary cummins gave the judges a lot to worry about before they chose mrs louise lawrence and miss mirmlam cromwell both bronte for first and second place those entered from georgetown along with 18 other halton county girls were evelyn sanderson mary cummlnsxfenrtle farmer who won second place at the lions beauty contest here the week previous shirley dillon and jean mcdonald the winner mrs lawrence a bru nette has not been married a year and stated she just went into it for fun the judges were miss mary booth mrs w dorland buffalo ny and w j oardhouse mpp west york i at the entertainment and speech- taking following the contest leroy kc of georgetown president the halton county llberal-progres- association acted as chairman the large gathering was addressed by f a blakelock mpp sponsor of the picnic and hughes cleaver mp for felton a number from georgetown were present at the picnic i at ul georgetownborn flyer dies during britains air manoeuvers son of mr and mrs adam darling guelph onetime residents here had planned to come home this summer jjhe many friends and acquaintance in georgetown of mr and mrs adam darling now residing to ouelph were shocked to learn last week of the sud den and untimely death of their boo plying officer thomas- adam darlingv whose planewas reported missing over the north sea during britains air manoeuvres thomas darling was bonvin georgetown and resided here for sometime during his boyhood days before going with his parents to ouelph he was first of many ouelph youths to join the royal air force and was at the time of his death mntiing- gaint bombing plane in the recent air raid precautions and blackouts in england the plane is believed to have gone out of control and dived into tbe north sea five other men also went down with darling monday was darlings birthday through the mail came a lettei to his parents written before the crash expressing anticipation at his planned homecoming later this summer the sympathy of friends here 1b ex tended to the bereaved family golf news the qualifying round for the coffin cup was played on saturday after noon with kenneth langdon low with 79 bertarm wllloughby second with 82 and roy foulls and ken mackenzie tied for third with 85 match play is to follow for this cup on tuesday night the winners in the mixed toursomes were yvonne adams and sam mackenzie first and hazel walker and bert wllloughby second rifle matches held in ottawa this week harvey nurse of the norvai rifle club won first place with a score of 396 x 18 out of a possible 400 a montreal competitor placed second with the same scoring points but with two less in the x ring maurice atkinson also of the noxvalrlflecuibwasthlrqwith a score of 395 x 27 out of 400 twenty men from all parts of can ada were choosen to shoot in this competition the dewar match the scores were remarkably good consider ing the weather conditions at the time of shooting gusty winds prevailed throughout the match and cloudy skies caused various shades of light on the targets the targets are be ing sent to england for confirmation therefore it will be several weeks be fore the final results are known printing needs there is no need to sendbut of town to procure your printing needs we have an unusually well equipped evening in front of tbe bank of com- i job department and are qualified to merce for the 500 voucher in the do your book and job requirements in better business boom campaign be ing sponsored by the lions club for georgetown merchants mrs donald latimer was the lucky winner who will win tonights draw be hand with your tickets you may win next a neat and effective way 8 and get our prices the law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of soc iety as themselves roman georgetown high school middle sehool results arnold g herbert eng comp c can hist c alg c phys c beaumont delmar 8 eng oomp c eng lit c can hist 3rd alg- 2nd phy c beeney edgar anc hist 2nd geom c phy 2nd chem c lat a c lat comp c beeney mary eng comp c eng lit ct can hist c xeeney 8usd3 eng comp c eng lit c alg 2nd braisby daisy oeom 1st phy 1st lat a e lat comp c french a 2nd campbell thereseanc hist lat alg c french a 2nd french o c cummins mary eng comp 2nd eng lit 2nd cummins wit j can hist 3rd anc hist c geom c phy c chem 3rd french comp c peaks mae l comp c devhreaux helen anc hist tod geom 1st clkem 2nd lat a 2nd lat comp 2nd french a 2nd french comp 2nd dock jean phy 2nd dick marion french a o frenc co c stmmhrson jambs eng comp latr eng lit 1st can hist 2nd phy 2nd graham eleanor alg c hancock ivy eng comp c eng ut 3rd can hist c alg 2nd hansen ralph obern 2nd lat a 3rd lat oomp french oomp sod hay1b a2 obem lat cat a stlt oomp 1st french a- lat prsnofc oomp 1st hoare margaret eng comp 2nd eng ut 2nd can hist 3rd alg monday september 11th at 130 pm or at the call of the reeve carried summer romance many a romance that began splen didly beside a splashing waterfall at a summer resort has ended miserably beside a leaky faucet at a kitchen sink of georgetown high school by howard f oram margaret mcuntock is august bride at wedding in pilgrim united church hamilton baskets of stately gladioli in pastel shades and graceful fern banked the altar while flames of white candles cast a mellow glow in pilgrim united church hamilton at ave oclock on thursday afternoon when miss mar garet mae mclintock eldest daughter of mr and mrs gordon w mclin tock of georgetown became the bride of mr hugh wyllle mercer son of mr and mrs w d mercer of mark- dale the rev p c overend offi ciated at the beautiful ceremony while miss grace tipling presided at the console of uworgan at the opening strains of the wed ding march thfe bridal procession moved down the aisle the lovely bride given in marriage by her fa ther wore an exquisite gown of white moire taffeta brocaded in carnation design with sweetheart neckline and basque waist buttoned down the front the skirt flaring to a long train the sleeves were puffed and her gloves were of the same material as her gown with lily points at the wrists she carried an heirloom handknitted kerchief and wore a gold and mother- ofpearl locket a gift of the groom her veil was fingertip length and the face veil was caught with three white doves she carried a shower bouquet of talisman roses and lily- of- the- valley preceding the bride was miss vema mclintock as maid of honour her gown was turquoise lace with flaring gores of tulle over taffeta and hav ing a sweetheart neckline and small puffed sleeves she wore a heart- shaped hat of turquoise taffeta trim med with shirrings of tulle and a spray of pink roses and black velvet streamers she carried a colonial bouquet of sweetheart roses and wore an engraved gold booklocket the gift of the bride the best man was mr willis tip ping of grand bend ont and the ushers mr ed evans and mr win mlddleton also of grand bend dur ing the signing of tbe register mlsi tlplmg played o promise me and i love you truly with chimes a buffet reception was held at the sununerresjderjcql the writings of howard f oram memories and recollections of georgetown high school need no introduction to readers or this news paper we take pleasure in sub mitting more memories from the pen of howard f oram i spent a very pleasant evening re cently with mrs h w kennedy at her home in toronto who as miss hutt was one of our teachers at g h s we discussed pupils teachers and affairs at the school about the time i attended and it proved inten sely interesting she showed me some photographs which helped me to live over again the happy if industrious days i spent at ohfl in my early teens a group photograph taken in 1899 when miss lindsay left was full of interest it contained in addition to ihe pupils attending at that time ome who had left but who had studi ed under miss lindsay in this group were many of those who had passed the entrance at the same time i had and who were fellow students in form i we two were able to name most of those in the picture but naturally there were a few whose names had escaped both of us any one who appeared in that group and who has u copy of the photograph i am sure values jt most highly a photograph he was when teaching at ghs and whose knowledge of botany as i said once before used to amaae me as a boy brought back pleasant mem ories i recall one ocasslon in form i when mr mclaughlin had a fifth form class while we had a spare period i was sitting three or four seats from the front with ed francis we did a good deal of talking and cuttlngup in general finally mr mclaughlin his patience exhausted came down and grabbed first one ot us and then the other by the coat collar and lifted us up off the seat and put us down again i was pretty scared moreover it would have been a little more comfortable if there had been cushions in the seats mr mc laughlin was a good teacher and i am safe in saying that from no teacher have i learned more than i did from lilm in his own particular subjects he was quite an artist with a happy sense of humor he taught us cana dian history and on one occasion he left his text book on the desk and we pupus had a chance of looking through it on practically every blank paye he had drawn a humorous sketch of some historical event that would have done credit to a newspaper ar eata at hamilton beach the brides mother wore a gown of navy lace over taffeta with white accessories and a shoulder corsage of yellow roses the grooms mother wore a navy and white sheer with navy accessories and corsage of pink roses gladioli and roses decorated the reception room a silver basket one of the grooms many canoe trophies centred the lace- covered table and gladioli banked the rosetinted wedding cake for the wedding trip northern ontario by motor the bride wore a marine blue crepe dress with hat velour coat and accessaries of sues on their return the bride and groom will reside in kitchener clerk acquitted in milton court jessie atkinson 28yearold acton girl was acquitted by magistrate w f woodllffe last week of a charge of embezzling 993 from acton creamery where she was formerly a clerk evl dence disclosed the charge was the result of a recent audit of the dairys books said to have been kept by ac cused magistrate woodliffe examln ed personally the records discussed at length last week i feel that a com plete audit has never been made ive reached the conclusion that no money has been stolen and that the ap parently deplorable condition of the books is the reason for the shortage 76th battalion reunion was held at hamilton on civic holiday major m mcktnxey elected presment 1340 reunion to be held in georgetown from all parts of the province members of the 76th battalion cp gathered at hamilton on civic holi day for the celebration of the 24th anniversary of the mobilization of the unit in hamilton in the spring of 1915 invltedalso were the widows of the 76th boys who have passed away since the battalion was formed headed by the bugle band of the canadian corps the veterans march- the cenotaph at ii oclock where a short service was conducted by very rev dean r h waterman and a message of welcome was given by controller b w hopkins repre senting the city a wreath was placed at the base of the memorial by major murray mc- klnlay toronto oc parade in the absence of ool james bauanllne d so of georgetown who was unable to attend owing to the lions club celebrations here last post and reveiuejweresouridedbxjqeinjbed ihe bugle band p officers of the 76th battalion as sociation who were present at the re union were frank j qulnn provin cial president james balrd jun pro vincial secretarytreasurer a f po- cock g collingsworth and fred kil- gour the veterans paraded from the l o f chambers main v st east ha milton to the cenotaph returning to board busses which transported them to the hidden valley aldershot where a picnic was staged in the afternoon at the conclusion of the picnic a short business meeting was held when major murray moklnlay was tlected president for the ensuing year and it was decided to hold the next reunion in georgetown in 1940 he said discharging accused the mrs kennedy told mtthat he ooxxua out that according to list also drew several amusing sketches of isley martha geom 2nd phy vaiues at mast imsiuy t iinowtfrwpji i uiti 2nd let a c lat comp c french of miss lindsay and miss hutt taken jjj mta ess ans s- 2nd french comp 2nd together when they were teachers i f fsnsddle jllhc fall term of 1897 with what amounted to a nervous breakdown i had spent a year studying under him and i am deeply grateful for the pri vilege after he had recovered suffi ciently he went back to teaching for a short time at stamford collegiate at niagara palls before anally gomg into medicine as part of a trip last year mrs kennedy came east through the ca nadian- west from vancouver and met and talked with quite a number of the former pupils of ob5 and was able to give me some splendid infor mation about people that i knew when miss hutt left ohj3 in 1900 she received from the train pupils from up north a group photograph which included the following fred lake joe turner bessie mountain dune sinclair harry bracklen joe clark johnson kldd ethel v jlmmie oneill aggie wooding and a miss aufcn aggie wbodhtg came from mansewood bur- was a great friend of ethel wilsons r know no- more loyal group than were the pu pil who came by train from the north while they came from- various- points they seemed to know one an other mr weq as it they had been born and raised hi the same village aggie wooding is deceased as is dune sinclair so i understand x dent know what became of the rest continued on page 7 lane stella eng comp 2nd eng lit 2nd lono george anc hist 2nd lat a 1st lat comp 1st french a 2nd french comp tad lorriman henry eng comp 2nd en ut 2nd can hist c alg 1st phy c maodonald gordon eng lit c can hist c phy 3rd macdonald olive french a c french comp c mccartney jocelyn eng comp 2nd eng lit 2nd can hist c alg 3rd phy c mcgowan helen can hist c mclintock verna eng comp 2nd eng lit 2nd can hist 2nd alg tod phy 2nd mcmjenemy robert eng oomp 2nd engi lit c can hist c pell john chem 1st reed marionalg c french ruudtsll jakes eng oomp e eng ut 3rd can hist 1st alg 1st phy 2nd rotjdell joyhtet anc 2nd alg c lat a 1st lat oomp 1st french a 2nd prroch comp 2nd sargent douglas eng comp 1st eng lit 2nd can hist 2nd alg 2nd phy 2nd 8horttll joanna anc but 2nd oeom 3r ph ut whjlxams sqbldt fing oomp lat en lit and can htot c alg 2nd phy 3rd there showed them just as i remem bered them when they tried to us quiet long enough to teach something teaching high school pu pils is no light task for young women but when i think of some of the big fellows who attended in the closing years of the last century such as dick chisholm from milton bob garstang from rock wood and bui lasby from acton i think these lady teachers were brave indeed another group contained mr taylor miss wright miss lindsay miss hutt and mr olbbard mr taylor and miss wright had left before my time and i did hot know either of themt glbbard at that time wore a moustache and a pointed beard while i spent just one year with mr glb bard he was a real trtend to m sound disciplinarian as he was i dont think i gave him any cause far worry and i received from him nothing but the kindest and most sympathetic treatment he was interested in aeries of orange colored paper cover ed booklets of poetry published i think hi england and entitled penny poets he gave ms somv sample copies to try to sell in acton but i did not have much success due do doubt to tlse poor salesman he left the school at tbe close of my first year for which i was sorry but bis s mr cbutfs proved as bod a frisad tons as heliad bean a photograph of mr mclaughlin as evidence more than one person had access to the creamery till ba1xlnafad mrs b vannatter and her father rev n waddell are holidaying with miss edith waddell in portland vf miss audrey hilts of toronto has been visiting with mr and mrs h hilts miss m henry of reglna fc- formerly of markdale ont spent the week end with miss beta sbortul the members of the wjl held their august meeting at mrs e ferrymans home the devotional exercises were taken by mrs beswick and mrs a foreman a short period was then devoted to business when plans were made to hold a corn roast later in august the mission circle held their regu lar meeting at the home of miss reto allen more interest being shown in better business boom campaign ticket holder must be present at draw to be winner 500 in vouchers weekly award interest is increasing in the better business boom campaign sponsored by georgetown lions club for the business men as another week draws to a close tonight last week only a few had a chance to get in on this weekly draw owing to the holiday but now more and more are taking the opportunity of getting as many cou pons as they can m order that they may have a better chance for the grand prise to win ticket holder must be pres ent at the draw which takes place each wednesday night at 0 pm at the mill and main street comer how would you like to get 500 worth of groceries a new dress some gasoline or anything to the value of 500 for holding the lucky ticket m this draw of course you would uka ul well be sure to ask for your tic kets which are given away with every 50c purchase at any business place in town see that you get your tickets now will all the boys who are euglnto to play on the midget baseball team which will meet copper cliff next week kindly hand their names to g mcgllvray not later than friday of this week age limit dot 17 by may 1st 1939 also wul the boys who were in the north during the past winter and other rittsena who would care to entertain one or more of the boys from tbe north in their home dmins their visit here kindly get m touch with o ueguvray who is pmefa-tdt- tng as secretary ror afr 8 coles of the uons club during his absence- on holidays let us pot everything in j order before the jumper out boy arrive your help win be appreciat ed pair september