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page the georgetown herald wednesday evening august 16th 1939 silvers cordially invite you to inspect their prefad showing of womens fall and winter coats fur coats fall millinery each coming season silvers are looked upon as the correct interpreters of the current trends this year silvers display envolve ar collection that will lift coat and mil linery fashions to new heights of interest our garments are accepted each season for their fashion value fine furs fabrics and work manship this seasons line is excep tional and merits the consideration of every women interested in fine merchandise if its new well show it first silvers dept store where your dollar goes farther phone 375 georgetown m flflr mftm at r united cburob bamitym on ifeurs- day august 10th by rev f o overend margaret mae daughter of mr and mrs oordon w mun- lock to hugh wylue maroer eon of mr and mrs w d mercer markdale died crawford at ouelph general hospital on wednesday aug 9th 1s39 john crawford husband of uoe late jane hyde in his botto year dron at his home in acton on monday aug 7th 1938 robert droo beloved husband of minnie lambert and fattier of elmer dron george town in his 75th year mccanneiiat the torowo gener al hospital on sunday august 13 1939 clare mary beloved wife of frank r mccannell of toronto funeral servloe at knox church milton at 2 pjn wednesday aug 16 interment evergreen cemetery mil ton j in hemobum dewhttrst in loving memory of our dear son allan dewhurst who passed away aug 9th 1935 we who loved you sadly miss you as it dawns another year in our lonely hours of thinking thoughts of you are ever near ever remembered by mother dad harvey and elsie tittle world series to be played here again this year copper cliff new york yankees and georgetown cin cinnati reds meet on aug 24th and 26th for ontario midget baseball championship news from ihe nyal drug store hay fever sufferers for quick and lasting relief take aixeksol the new preparation taken orally for hay fever six ounce bottle jjoo with the summer almost over now is the time to begin storing up a reserve of vitamin energy we carry a large stock of vitamin supplies consult us now and avoid winter colds toneka tonic and blood purifier an excellent tonic for the stomach kidneys and liver quickl relieves that tired pepless feeling special offer now in effect try a 25c trial bottle if satisfied return the empty bottle and receive full credit of 25c on the large 100 bottle revlon nail polish 35 shades to choose from 50c lentheric colognes and perfumes thy tweed the sensation of the perfume world maccormacks drug store phone 327 we deliver georgetown obituary robert dron following an illness of eleven weeks robert dron wellknown and highly respected resident of acton passed away on monday august 7th at his home there in his seventy fifth year born in erin township a son of the late robert dron and hannah lam bert he had resided nearly all his life in this district for the past twenty j ears he has been a resident of acton and resided for periods previous at toronto and huntsville robert dron was a carpenter by trade for many years he was a valued employee of the beardmore co later he was forced by failing health to relinquish his posi tion and he has taken small contracts his trade and been caretaker of knox presbyterian church he was a good workman and always oonsden uous and faithful to the task entrus ted to his care besides his wife two sons elmer of georgetown and mel- vln of trenton mourn his passing and revere his memory three brothers and four sisters also remain george of moorefield james and john and mrs m gusrott and mrs j carter of toronto mrs d mcarthur esqueslng township and mrs wm young of erin to all of these who have been bereaved sympathy of many friends goes out the funeral was held on wednesday afternoon last from the home with o private service attended by the immediate relatives the service was conducted by his pastor rev h l bennle and interment was in pair view cemetery the pallbearers were messrs lome lambert herbert lam bert fred mcarthur clarence mc arthur edward terry and douglas youn many and beau floral irtniles also bore testimony to the es teem in which roberk dron was held by manv friends and associates and were from andrew and lome lam bert toronto mr nnd mrs w j young and famll erin helen anna md mayme galma of trenton mr c uscolt mrs carter jns dron and edward tcrrj toronto mr and mrs john dro i toronto mr and mrs jas forbes and fnmll london mr nnd mrs thas lambert and fnmlly guelph mr and mrs d mcarthur and family acton mr and mrs george dron and famll moorefield lovcll bros acton staff if bank of montreil trenton mrs c vim and myrtle georgetown women s mis slonary society of knox church ses sion and managing board of knox church nd the famil flow i bearers were messrs c dron moore field john stephenson allsa crnifi how ard lambert ouelph ind fred lambert rockwood milton mr and mrs w burns of waure- gan conn are visiting mrs boras fathers alec ifonnan and andrew iaswaon in barquesing township they will return home by wayof the bt lawrence and montreal the west end of main street is being nsarfaced this will be good news for m as the pavement was oex talnly in bad shape the town will also have brown street from the mh- toc inn to the end of the county bull- dlxkgb paved its usefulness gone with the horse nd boggy days the 71yearold drive tied of sheridan united church has been sold own lawrence s member flf tbe chares board whose farm ad joins the church property bought it on april 37th ims hugh everett johnson was injured ss s result of de fer thrown from bis bicycle on martin tree jtn the town of milton he al layed that the accident was ceased by ifrniiimwmii in the pavement when the tutpbone company bad made an mejrmtjan in tbe preceding autumn dd bebrdoght en action against tbe 1vb of italian alleging nonrepair of ik stmt ggcjgse pwamiars claim with cost ex- dick appeared for the plaintiff and george e elliott for the town millst j erin mr and mrs h matthews mr w a matthews and miss evelyn matt hews have returned home after an enjoyable motor trip to brandon manitoba visiting enroute at winn peg gore bay and kincardine mr and mrs raydon packwood of hounslow england are visiting with mr and mrs e packwood mr pack wood has taken a position at the mai ton airport mrs lome rayburn and son jackie who resided on the farm lot 9e con 3 erin escaped death by inches on tuesday afternoon when the north bound cpjl passenger train ploughed into their motor car at a level cross ing near waldermar messrs root bros second line erin recently purchased the first to be installed in this township they and threshed 38 acres of fan wheat which ran k bushels to the the trial of the actkau acre a feature of the work was not- befcre bis honor judge ed m the fact that the threshed grain was hauled to the banv in the first wagon built in wehrngton county thus the old and new were engaged m the modern method of bsxvesttngs mesas sick advocate a baseball series that caused con siderable excitement here last year will be staged here again this year when copper cliff new york yan kees and georgetown cincinnati reds meet in a little world series baseball fans have been waiting all suminfer for this series and now that the umttls almost at hand a good at tendance is expected advance in formation from copper cliff states their team is even stronger than last season they say they are out to- makc it two straight wins but the georgetown kids are all keyed up over the easy victory copper cliff slipped back home with last year and are out to avenge the defeat the bdys say it is their turn for the allontario midget honors and believe us copper cliff will have to step the first game is to be played on thursday evening next aug 24th be ginning at 630 pjn the second game on saturday afternoon aug 28th and i third game should be necessary it will be played monday evening the copper cliff team will be in full uniform and it is hoped to have the georgetown team in uniform also it is expected that the toronto maple leaf baseball club will donate a cup for this series and that jlmmie fow ler of the leafs hockey team will una pire one of the games it is now up to the citizens of the town generaly to get behind the lions club who are sponsoring this series and give the visitors a hearty wel come to the town the boys will be in charge of gordon alcott who is leading the younger set in sports in the north acton messrs a h bishop and w r norton are holidaying with the for mer s son mr george bishop at sheguindah a couple of trucks were in collision last friday night on the highway just west of georgetown both machines were damaged but the occupnnls es caped the death occurred at brandon general hospital on jul 29th of henry taylor in his 72nd year mr taylor was born in norval ontario and lived many ears in acton in 1910 he moved with his wire and family to manitoba where he tarmed in the rapid city district on rein ing he made hts home in brandon last friday morning a quartette of young men broke down the door of the refreshment stand at the blue star service station and ransacked the place taking about 150 worth of goods before being disturbed and fore ed to get away the stolen goods were mostly tobacco an electric clock and a few other articles free press this am that iis sport word was received here last night from the oj3a stating that jve application of georgetown and ac ton baseball teams to have their status reduced to intermediate b was ac cepted and the these two teams meet in a playoff series the winner to go on in the ontario b pla downs thxs means that george own and acton will engage in a playoff series the first game of which will be p ayed in acton on jrday af ternoon the return game at the park here on monday evenirg aug 2lst game called at 6 15 as the pln ofls require that nine full jui ings be played some friendly rivalry wll no doubt be injected into tlis series and win or lose the geo ge own fans will be assured of a good game let s get behind the team and if lady luck is with us maybe we can squeeze the tanners out and go on to the play oakville and milton are nov tied with a game each in their play off series with a third gamp be lng placed in oikvlue tdnigh the teams are very evenly ma hed and it ls a toss up which team will be hnlton count champions th core in tht game on saturday was oak tlle 9 milton 8 and the came was played in milton bob goldiiam returned home on sunday from the ontario ath etic commission camp on lake cou chlching bob won this two weeks taratton as an athletic award in p ittlng the shot bill collier is busj the dtixs on georgetown track training for the events at the canadian ni ion 1 exhibition dave crichton in pi o gont back to training after a layoft of some weeks iftfr the hallcn countj league baseball pla off the next bin sports attraction will be the little world series between copper cliff and georgetown midgets see advt in this issue yes it is rather early to talk about hockey but now ls the time to get going and round up some good material for the winter it ls now that an annual meeting should be called and plans made tor the sea son it should be easy to gel club officers this year now that the hocke club is out of the red financially it is rumored that a couple of good players want to come to town so it would be well to look into the matter nathan silver ls starting the ball roll lng by requesting that all boys in georgetown eligible to play junior o h a hockey register with him at once so if you can pla hockey better get your name in to nathan as he is planning something new for a junior team if the material can be found umehouse miss gladys milllere and mr rus sell thompson spent the week end with friends at laurel mrs wm mitchell spent last week at waubashene mr and mrs wm hah and alex spent last week at the cottage here mr and mrs wm oowdy and miss j ivens attended the funeral iki toronto on friday of tbe late mr clifford mummery the sympathy of this community ls extended to tbe be reaved wife of mr mummery who passed away suddenly on tuesday of last week the presbyterian wm held their regular monthly meeting at tbe home of mrs gale and miss ivens on thurs day evening with eleven ladies attend lng and the president mrs davidson in the chair mrs a w norton read the scrip ture lesson mrs l campbell led in prayer and mrs a w benton review ed from the study book mrs david son rendered a lovely piano solo sweet bye and bye further plans were made for packing of the mission ary bale at the close the hostess served a delightful lunch we are pleased to report that miss grace follett ls improving following her attack or rheumatism masvr glen gibbs received a num ber of cuts and bruises and a shak ing up when he fell from his bicycle on friday night two stitches were required to close a cut on his hand lome norton who was riding with him escaped with a cut hand mr and mrs d m gowdy and children of toronto mr and mrs norman oowdy and mrs tolton of kitchener visited mr and mrs wm gowdy on sunday miss marlon gilbert miss janet follett messrs clarence and gordon fouett and mr jack easterbrook all of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs follett and miss grace mrs shevlin and master jack 6f chatham have been visiting her sis ter mrs s norrie mis marian nor- rie has gone home with her for a few days miss shirley mcalpine holidayed with relatives in acton last week mr and mrs arthur lane and family are holidaying with mr lanes mother this week terracotta itjn reported scarlet fever has bro ken out in our hamlet we hope that precautlonary measures will be taken to keep this dreaded disease from- spreading we are also pleased u learn uuu the patient is recovering- nicely we understand that miss norms hunter has been reengaged at the 10th line school for another year it is rumored that a company are negotiating to purchase the balton brick plant here if this rumor is true we hope to see the plant booming- again as it would give employment to a number of our dtisens our merchant mrs k icam reports trade quite brisk at present mr r j stringer we regret to learn received the sad news of the death of his sister mrs annie olm- stead nee annie stringer at vpsil- antl mich we extend sincerest sym pathy to the bereaved family your terra cotta correspondent re grets to learn af the of the editor mr moore and sincerely hopes he will soon be able to be around again to attend to his editorial duties afa usual vj mr w j rutledge lost a valuable horse last week terra cotta as we said before is fast becoming a tourist village mr w f hunter who purchased the cre dit lots here some time ago has sold an acre lot for 100 00 to mr red wood who has erected an uptodate summer home mr hunter has also two other cottages rented mr h logan continues to do a good trade m his quarry business mr and mrs davidge and family of toronto have moved out to their summer cottage we welcome them back to our midst a number of jewish ladles were here recently from toronto spending their holidays they made their home at mr jamleson s restaurant and were highly pleased with their visit we understand that miss marjorle mckane ls engaged as teacher at the caledon east school mr austin corner who underwent- an operation for appendicitis recently at guelph hospital has returned home much improved in health we hope soon to here of his complete recovery miss irene starret of toronto spent the civic holiday week end with her parents here mr gordon stringer has put a new roof on his barn which adds consid- rably to its appearance truth kicking is easier than pulling it does not move the load courage in adversity many chinese are inclined to take- a philosophical view that tbe invasion of china by the japanese is a blessing in disguise it has at least brought about unity and it has shown that chinas armed forces are by no tnparur inferior to those in japan we do all kinds of job printing no changes in hog grading regulations no changes have been made recently in the hog grading regulations in so far as they affect carcass grading of hogs according to a statement issued by the dominion department of agri culture the department ls continu lng to provide a hog grading service on live as well as on carcass grading standards according to the basis of sale the recent announcement by on tario packing bouses of their inten tion to offer prices on dressed weight and grades only for hogs produced and marketed within the province of on tario was not referred to the depart ment the dominion department of agri culture is responsible for the grading of hogs but tbe question as to whether bogs an to be sold on a ure or dress ed weight basil is not subjest to de partmental legulattona o b a playoff intermediate b baseball park georgetown monday august 21 game called at 6jb pjn acton georgetown lucky number draw 25c 15c oome and vtpsaa the nan armst service station supertesl highgrade gasoline and oils washing greasing simonizing repairs lo all makes of cars reasonable rates john armstrong guelph st east on highway georgetown speciali picnic pickles lthn valliy pears 2 17 tmihihal- sodas um9 19 itto i soap i 10 35 i domino black tea dominion ptanht butter i r1chmello coffee 1 special bulk xtadicut macaroni k2s 25 03 salad du3sh4c ritz st 39 domino pali nt gmgtr ale tx- 0 ffcial mortbmfng jewel v hejhz wwm cm mall vinegar fcr- 13 srcciali cmast and sahbobn speciali a hal shrimps fancy 2 25 34 229 21 5 rl9 dated coffee special canadian mild cheese spfcial hafcvbt brand choice peas speciali pttrless wheat puffs fresh fruits and oetable8 malaga grapes 2 ik 19e carrots transparent apples 6 qt bkt 25c i and cantelo 5c 10 15c i beets catjuflowbr ijje heads 2 29c 2 for 5e valubs whj thuks fu 5t abjmct 14 at dgminio a o