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the georgetown herald wednesday evening july 3rd 1940 pork tenderloin lb 29c blade and shoulder roasts of beef lb 1 g front quarters of spring lamb lb 22 c campbells 1bk o tin tomato juice 3 tins 25c lyons tea yellow label blue label 33c 38c shredded wheat 2 23c christies or weston s 1 ih packs graham wafers 23c old york cereal 23c heinz tomato ketchup 14 oz bottle 8 oz bottle 15c 10c libby s 16 os tin pork and beans 2 for 15c lux toilet soap 3 for 10c with coupon box top from los flakes lux flakes large 23c beans 2 for 21c york choice quality golden bantam no 2 corn ready cut macaroni rice fresh seedless raisins tin 10c 3 lb 13c 2 lb 15c 2 lb 23c new cabbage each 5c firm green large heads snow white cauliflower 10c and 2 for 25c new large white potatoes 6 lb 23c finest bananas strawberries and tomatoes at market prices lemons 6 for 15c foil of jnce sunkist grapefruit 5 for 25c sunkist full of juice oranges doz 35c c j buck phone 28 we deliver the buyer receives a coupon at the saturday draw the unit name drawn wins a certificate and the next ten get stamps to the value of tt00 each mus ruth henderson of moffat has been engaged as a teacher at the public school for the next school year weddlngi velim amelia murray daughter or mt and i o w murray waa mar rled to ljojd e millar son of mr and mrs charles millar freeman at a ceremony in acton united church in st albans church renetta waller daughter of mr and mrs wll 11am waller married mr fred cook of byrcvi miss leona waller and miss viola wauer sisters of the bride were her attendants mr cook is a graduate of the ontario agricultural college at ouelph asm free press local news dancing with little holland orchestra edge wood eden mills tues july 9th gents 50c ladles 25c banish ugly bulges take slendor tablets l- robbs drug store li mrs hurley was the lucky win ner of the war savings certificate glv en away by bradley brothers last saturday true feminine beauty lies in slim smart figure slendor tablets 1 macconnacks drug store messrs w f smith and roney have respectively turned over their shoe repair business to mr ed holmes for the duration of the war we respectfully request that you give him your continued patronage it the wa of ashgrove united church art holding a garden party at the home of mr r j graham on monday eenlng july 15th mr tom ham lun comedian w th his versatile accompanist and mr rex slocum magician and piano accordionist have been secured watcl for further par ticulars next wetk men past 40 rundown peptrss feeling try ostrex tab lets of stimulants tonics oyster ele ments as aid to recover normal vim vigor get package today if not de lighted maker refunds its low price call write robbs and all other good drug stoies new motor road in canadian rockies monster garden party on the lawn of norval presbyterian church thursday july 4th 6 pm standard time with russ creighton and his variety entertainers fbattjrino wee clara felly torontos baby star in singing dancing and acrobatic performance donald spense that sensational boy singer in scotch irish comic and war songs a whole show in himself joe carr canada s greatest dialect comedian ted bust ventriloquist and wee pat the dummy canada s edgar bergen and charlie mccarthy george grantoutetandlng comedy juggler and national rag f picture artist and plenty of other entertainment s admission 25 and 15 cents lions international at havana this month the republic of cuba has designed a special two cent stamp to commem orate he convention of lions inter national which is to be held in havana july 23 25 1940 the stamp will be carmine u color with the cuban flag placed diagonally as a background on which is superimposed the lions em blem at the lower left and at the right a group of three of the royal palms of cuba the stamp in addition to the standard information will carry the words convencion ia habana 1940 the stamp will be 32 mm high by 22 mm wide and will be issued in sheets of 100 the printing will be 2500000 copies this issue will be placed on sale at lhe time or the convention july 23 25 and the cuban postmaster general has ordered a special post of flee to be installed either at the con vent ion hall or the headquarters hotel durirg the contention more than 5 000 lions from all parts of the world are etected to attend the lions havana convention special train boat and air services have been arranged to accomodate the delegates from the united states and canada the nleuw amsterdam 36287 ton flagship of the holland american line has been chartered and will sail from new york july 20 the peninsular and occidents sb company will operate extra schedules from miami key west and port tampa florida to havana during the week of the convention and pan american alrwas are plan ning to put additional planes into op eration to accommodate the crowds special tmlns are scheduled from cal ifomla texas illinois and new york the development of canada as a confederation has been associated from the very first with the penetration of mountain barriers when the final spike was driven on the main line of the canadian pacific railway the ends of the dominion were linked together th fact as well as in symbol the com plotlon of the canadian northern railway to vancouver and of the grand trunk pacific railway to prince rupert were additional chains in an iran tie of which canadian en terprtse and engineering may well be jroud more recently with the progress of invention has come the automobile highway penetrating the rocky mountains at various points partlcu lrly into the hearts of national parks as at banfr jasper waterton lakes kootenay and yoho gradually broad and safe highways have been bringing the charm of these mountain areas wi hln the reach of every mot orist bul until this time banff old est of the national parka and jasper largest of the national parks although adjoining each other have been sep arated b a sea of mountains impen elrable except by saddletrain and pack train euch park has long been developing its own highways but it was not un til recent years that a plan to connect the two systems by an automobile road not ac oss the rockies but along the rockies took definite form con truction of the lnterpark highway began hi 1031 and the official opening is scheduled cor dominion day july 1st 1040 the town of banff headquarters oi the national park of the same name located some 85 miles west of calgary alberta with which it is connected by a good all weather road may be re garded as the starting point of the banff jasper highway the road eaves banff at an altitude of approxl mately 4 540 feel and makes a gentle ascent up the beautiful bow valley outud lake louise points of scenic endour and inviting sldetrlps pass i h almost every mile johnston can j on 16 miles from banff and a short distan e to the r ght of the highway lour miles f irther on the junction with the banff windermere highway eadlng down through kootenay nat omal parle to klngsgate and the dm ted states lake louise station 37 miles from banlf with the world fa mous lakt louise a mile high mirror lng the icecolours of victoria glacier tr about three miles distant on the left i t ius tar the road lias followed what will become part of the trans canada highway to vancouver a short dis ancc before reaching lake louise sta- 10 begins the banff jasper highway proper and continues the ascent of the bow valley almost due north with waputik range and hector lake on the we t and mountain hector to the eat over our fence milton forms home guard milton s home ouard under the teadership of major harold earl and sergeant frank shannon held their first squad drill a week ago monday night addressing the meeting mayor armstrong declared we don t antl cipate defeat but the time has come for every man to perform his duty john a campbell on the evening of june hrth ed tjevlin of milton discovered the body of john a campbell lying near his campbell s gateway death of this wyearom pioneer or trafalgar township was due to a heart ta hewaaabaehe an th l surviving member of his family judge w n munro and mrs munro of milton was married at her home on june 22nd to dr donald 8 nel son son o dr and mrs h d nelson of guelph they will live in st thomas where dr nelson is an officer in the rcaj miss helen grace galloway and mr john donalbane mackenzle son of the late mr and mrs j m mac kenzie of milton were married in st john s anglican church west to ronto a week ago saturday seriously hurt in auto accident weber transom of milton heights suffered painful injuries when the car he was driving from streetsvllle to milton nn june 23rd went off the road a dep cut almost completely around his neck necessitated several stitches james lefler a passenger escaped with minor injuries mil ran cttampkjn- mrc walter eihoi another halton pioneer mrs wal ter l elliot of nassagaweya town ship passed away recently at the age of 68 she was the daughter of the late david hutcheon who was treas urer of halton county for many years she is survived by her husband and three daughters mrs w j gardiner and miss kathleen of toronto and miss helen a nursing sister with th canadian forces in england margaret agnes munro daughter of new advertisements descending from an elevation high above the boiling canyon the road winds down into sunwapta valley which gradually broadens out at sunwapta falls a bidetroad permits a short dme to a thundering cataract in the sunwapta river about two miles west of sunwapta palls this rl ver joins the athabaska under which name it courses all the way to jasper town and beyond continuing down the highway for another fifteen miles the motorist crosses the athabaska river at the roaring athabaska palls and is now within about twenty miles of jasper the road is flanked on either side by towering mountain peaks and winds down the whirlpool and athabaska rivers into the smooth flats of a wide level valley clothed with poplars and evergreens about eight miles from jasper it joins the spectacular road coming down from angel glacier and mount edith cavell where the king and queen spent a pleasant hour din ing their recent visit to canada from here the road follows a winding course to jasper town headquarters of the largest national park in north amerl ca and a holiday resort of world wide renown in spite of the wild country through which it passes the highway has none of the terrors sometimes associated with mountain roads it consists of mainly long stretches and easy grades changes in direction are ac complished by means of smooth swee ping curves rather than sharp corners prom the luxury of the modern motor car breath taking scenes are revealed in unbroken but ever changing pan orama the highway not only com mands much of the finest mountain scenery in the world but because its entire length lies in national parks which arc game sanctuaries the op portunlty to see native fauna in nat ural su roundings is greater perhaps than in any similar area elsewhere everywhere lies the wilderness un changed and unspoiled et nowhere the visitor an hours drive from the comforts and resources of modem civ ilizataon thus opens a new page in the dev elopmetit of canada and a new chan nel of tourist travel the banff jasper highway unites canada s great est national parks but that is merely a symbol of its service its appeal to the traveller the nature student and lhe lover of the outofdoors is uni texsal in them it unites not merely parks bul peoples and nations ballinafad miss bena rosebrough of toronto as a week end visitor at the manse and mrs george evans of morning for baysrule where she has secured a position for the wmmer mr and mrs firth and audrey of peterborough were week end visitors at mr and mrs win bennetts mrs harold bennett who recently underwent an operation in st josephs hospital is progressing nicely ray bell who is working in south porcupine spent the week end at ome mrs waldo dlgglns was the winner of the lamp and mr roy barrand the winner of the electric iron in the draw recently held under the auspices of the j ox limehouse mrs fred brown is spending a weeks holiday at bala mr and mrs e morrow miss gladys packer and mr robt lane attended the funeral of the late russell lane st nlplsslng on sunday mrs qordon sutherland and child ren alan and anne and dr suther land spent a few days with mrs sutherland mother at her cottage at grand bend lake huron mr sidney banks spent the week end in toronto miss helen benton spent the holi day at her home at london ont mr and mrs wm gowdy visited friends in ouelph on sunday the girls lookout club met at the home of frances given on saturday last week end and holiday visitors in the village included mr ana mrs pitz and son murray and mr and mrs gordon walker and daughter dorothy of eugenia at mr and mrs s wrights mr and mrs arthur lane and misses dorothy and norma mr and mri e morrow mr robt lane all of toronto and miss gladys packer of georgetown at mrs r lanes mr ann mrs e scott and little son of toronto at mr and mrs jos scott s miss sally dickie of toronto with the mills ramily mr and mrs garnham and fami ly of toronto with mr and mrs f shelbourne mr and mrs thos ivens and little daughter of toronto messrs wm and gordon greig of braniford mr and mrs walson toronto with miss ivens ani the gales mr and mrs jas mclennan and daughter and mr jim kirkpatrick at mr and mrs s kirkpatrick s mrs brown and mrs oousens of toronto v 1th mr and mrs p shel bourne this week mr william marshall and mrs hill of toronto on monday in the village mrs vincent smith and son jack and mr andrew clarke all of to ronto with mr and mrs s norrie the women s institute intend hold lng a strawberry social at the home of mrs gowoy for benefit of the red cross work later this week lost orange coloured persian kitten finder please notify miss frances evans edith street ltp beard wanted girl wants boarding place iminedl ately in smith stone district ap- pl at herald office ltp wanted organist and choir leader for georgetown united church p b harrison chairman music committee ltp whitewashing stables cleaned sprayed and dlsln fee tod to pass government inspection get our estimate on your whitewash lng job apply w nightingale son r r 1 acton ltp 4t acton lerlou sporison home guard regular instruction on tuesday nights is provided for the members of actons home ouard this work has been organized by the acton bremen of the canadian legion with the un anlmous approval of acton municipal council merchants offer war certificate acton business mens association is sponsoring a plan for a weekly war savings certificate draw with every 2sc purchase at participating stores caretaker wanted applications will be received by the publ sch board for the position onairetaitet applications tense july loth it p b harrison secretary for sale the council is offering for sale the following properties acquired at tax sales 1 lot no 50 corner arietta and ewlng su 2 lot no 32 sw draper st 3 lots nos 18 19 20 21 22 and j main st 8w lots no 29 and k market st ne mcleod 4 lot 9 and pt lot 12 main st sw including a brick house bessey p b harrison 3t town clerk from bow lake the road climbs through a broad alpine meadow to the uitim t of bow pass 6 878 feet from which point it descends into the mis taja river valley by easy grades plerc- ng magnificent stands of original tlm ber it continues down the mistaya river valley past mlstaya and water f ow 1 likes w hlch glisten like blue jewels it the emerald setting of sur rounding forests as it skirts water fowl lakes the road passes within iew of mount chephren 10 715 feet i great pyramid of rock before cut ting along the base of mount murchl en 10j36 feeti to the valley of the north saskatchewan river which bridged just below its junction with the mistaya here is the confluence of th three main sources of the north saskatchewan most important of these is the north fork coming in rom the north next and almost as arge is the howse river which comes in from the west and southwest and was onut known oj the middle fork the mistaya formerly known as the souiii fork or bear creek joins the others from the south after passing through a remarkable canyon which is accessible by trail from the highway proceeding northward the motorls will driv along the rials below the mighty wail of mount wilson 10631 feet from certain points one may count as many as twelve waterfalls on this mountain the alexandra river wl ich comes in at right angles from the west opens a wide valley to dis close at its headwaters the lmpres ive peaks of the great divide mount saskatchewan 10564 feet completely tills the space to the west and mounts coleman and cirrus constitute the tern wall of the valley waterfalls fed by ndden lakes and glaciers cas cade for hundreds of feet down the precipitous mountain sides ascending from the north saska tchewan valley is a climb which has ben know for many years al the big hill presenting an abrupt rise of over 1000 feet the motorist now finds himself in a veritable sea of great mountains of the rockies to the right rises nigel peak 10335 feet to the left mount athabaska 11462 feet westwa a from mount athabaska snow dome in the great columbia ice field 11340 feet and beyond this towers mount columbia 12284 feet and mount king edward 11400 feet another ice capped peak mount kit chener 11300 feet rears its white crown forward and to the left snow dome is literally the roof of the north american continent for here meet the watersheds of the atlantic the pacific and the arctic the highway approaches to within ttndredfee athabaska- cier hemmed in between snow dome and mount athabaska this river of ice flows ojt of the columbia ice field lhe skyline or a distance of about four miles to its tongue where it melts to become lhe source of the sunwapta river from the point where it leaves the lec field to the tongue the glacier drops about 3 000 feet estimated to be anything from 2 000 feet thick this great ice cap extends over an area of approximately 150 square miles of the 21 highest peaks in the canadian rockies il are in the immediate vie inlty of this icefield ascents o several of these can be made on skis even in midsummer wlnghaui wer cameron mcenery mrs h forster of toronto spent the holiday with her sister mrs a r merriam large gathering of friends and neighbours in s s no 14 met wed nesday afternoon in the school mi f w saaortlll acted as chairman miss fox of m lton the music teacher for this section was present and led the children in a short enjoyable pro gramme of songs a beautiful bou quet of flowers was presented to miss fox by little douglas starret and muriel hilts the gathering was held to express our appreciation to miss muriel grossman who has resigned as teacher a ter six years of faithful ser vice in blue mountain school miss crossman was called to the front and victor starret on behalf of the pupils read the following address dear miss crossman it is with regret that we the pupllu of blue mountain school have learn ed of your intended departure from our midst for the past six years you have endeavoured to teach all the children who have come under your supervision to the best of your ability we do appreciate your untiring patl ence and our many thoughtful kind ncsses while you have been teaching us as you enter into your new sphere of life we wish you much happiness and prosperity as a small token of our love and esteem for you we ask you to accept this remembrance of our many happy days together signed b the pupils of s s no 1 bonnie carlisle then presented miss crossman with o lovely dresser set members of the mission circle were present and presented miss crossman with a beautiful silver dish the short address was read by florence sinclair assisted by reta allen miss cross has ben a member of the circle for some years and was president fo a term following this the residents of s s no 14 gave miss crossman a mantle clock the presentation was made by two ex pupils joanna shor till and annie snow miss crossman then thanked the audience in a few well chosen words short speeches were given by mrs r shortlll col james ballantine rev a o w foreman and mr b miller the pupils and ex pupils then gather ed around their teacher and sang for shes a jolly good teacher refresh ments were served and a social time enjoyed ashgrov i glen williams mr and mrs a m sillers gordon and marilyn of north bay and mr and mrs r e campbell bobby and leonard of toronto were visitors on sunday at the home of mr marchment mrs yeomans of oshawa is spending a holiday at the home of mr and mrs clayton allen mr llndley beaumont spent the holiday in ancaster a guest at the home of mr and mrs lee ashford rev and mrs w h bartlett ans family lef on monday for their new home in bervie margot williams left on c c july 1 was as usual a day for family reunion the mclaughlin miller and douelas reunions were all represented by different families from our com munity miss r dlerlem who has been oeaching in ashgrove school during the past three years has been success ful in securing a posltlpn nearer to ronto although we regret seeing her leave our school we wish miss dier lem contii ued success in her profes sion mr and mrs wylie and mona of st catherine were holiday guests of mrs s miller miss joy ruddell is holidaying with friends at caledonia this week the ashgrove united church gar den party monday july 15th at the home of mr r j graham stewarttown privates walter hodge and gilbert hunt of brampton spent a few hours at their homes here last week at the recent examinations held by the toronto conservatory of music at guelph leona smith passed her exam in grad i eleanor smith grade i with first class honours both are pupils of mrs baily gunner roy smith and gunner david hedge of guelph were home over the week end the infant son of mr ond mrs ed- word hodge donald edward was christened at st johns church last sunday also the small son of mr and mrs s mileham john newton congratulations to christina dick enson who passed her entrance exa ruinations on her year s work mr mortram has returned to his home in toronto after spending a few weeks with his daughter mrs w humphries miss kelsey our teacher left to spend her vacation at her home in clifford the calcium that was sprinkled on the roads on monday is a welcome re lief from the dust which has been terrible this spring we are pleased to learn that ronnie cash is recovering from a tonsil and adenoid operation miss e cash and miss judtoo brooks spent the week end visiting at the formers home farewell presentation fob mrs c j hart on tuesday evening june 26th following the work period at the red cross rooms the members of the hospital work group met at the home of miss jean mackenzie for a aocbut hour to say farewell to their leader mrs hart lunch was served fol- lowing which a small gift was pre- sented to mrs hart on behalf of the members of the group in apprecia tion of her work and to wish her much happiness in her new home herald advertising brings resulta have you tried advertising in your tuesday weekly newspaper