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the georgetown herald wednesday evening august 2 1st 1940 the penson family wriuxhe in the oxavenhurat banner bkrt unney pays tribute to the pen- aon famu ifto have r such valuable and to lfnbknk tourist ac- tmuea the put half century r o lfenson built femdale hotel mile or so north of fort oartlng on the higb rooky eminences of lake roawmti in the early bos be and sin penson operated the house for some years ten years later mr penaon cold verndale to ale emeat son seymour e o penson the latter and his wife the former flora macdonald ooutts successfully man aged femdale for eight yeans the seymour penson teanlly then moved their chief interests to hamilton where mr seymour penson was con nected with the amd fireworks com pany r g penson the father disposed of ferodale in the early wj when he was appointed village clerk of port oarlliig and desired to give his whole time to municipal work other children ox mr and mrs xl o penson in addition o seymour were alice e mrs p d stubte plarenoe mrs win h foreman ada mr e watson emily mrs g q penson cousin fred who med a number of years ago ernest of british columbia and harry liv ing today at port carllng fred penson was a builder and to his credit stand today a number of betterthanaverage structures about the lakes including the anglican sectary at port carllng the schrel ber family residence an cassle island the j c woods residence on island park now owned by the clare family of st catharines the ah johnston home m port carllng recently bought by walter wroe femdale and other creditable buildings harry penson is the youngest member of the famoy h was a babe in arms when the marquis of puf governorgeneral of can ada and his wife visited port car ling shctyflve or more years ago seymour penaon was associated with capt john rogers in the publication ox the wellknown uuskoka guide and atlas 1879 a valuable book in those days m its publication these two men walked the whole district the information collected and em bodied in the book was a valuable asset and was the result of affection ate contact with the early peoples who settled in muskoka and li mus- koka speaking of the late mrs penson mr unney says mrs seymour r g penson who died at her home in georgetown ontario a month ago was before her marriage to seymour penson of port carllng sixty years ago this summer flora macdonald ooutts she was born at chatham out ninety years ago this august of scottish parents one must be convinced that the parents of the late flora macdonald penson were acquainted intimately with the history of a young scottish girl flora macdonald who over two hundred years ago made a name for herself in her countrys annals to one with an average knowledge of nlstory the name flora macdonald instantly conjures a mental pictue of a dark night and a small ship lying close in shore to a rock strewn beach and of a beautiful maiden and a handsome man hurrying hand in hand over the rocky beach to the safety of a waiting vessel the young man was bonnie prince charlie prince charles eawar es caping the vengeful english atfer the debacle at culloden on april 16 1738 it was a big event in flora macdon- her native home and three years later married auan macdonald the impoverished scion ol an old soot clan- hounded continually by financial matters they listened with eager ears to the tales of toe prosperity their kinsmen were g in the province of north carolina in america leaf ing two of tbeir children behind flora and her husband sailed for the new world in august of 1774 they landed at wilmington njc where they were royally received by their countrymen after a few days they went on up the river to cross creek a spot now called payettevllle and resided there for a short time it was here while visiting at the home of mrs rutherford that flora noticed a painting on the wall de picting anne of jura aiding prince charles to escape turn its face to the wall and never let it see light of day again said flora her usually gentle voice sharp with irritation it belles the trutto of history for anne wasna here and didna help the bonnie prince to escape doubtless it seemed that even this dubious honor was about to be snatched from her allan macdonald bought a large plantation at cameron huj near to fayetteviue of today they named their place kibegrey and it was here that flora lost two of her chil dren during an epidemic little need be said in this sketch about the part flora and her husband p ayed in rallying the scots of the cape fear country to the support of king george of england it ended on the tallowsmeared stringers of widow moore s creek bridge aids life and she carried it through hen the luckless scots had another favourable conclusion it was culloden dished out to them and enough however to focus the spot light of history on her and cast in the shadow the fact that she was one of the mast unfortunate women the world ever knew flora macdonald was the daughter of ranald macdonald a scot farmer on one of the outer hebrides islands fl was left fatherless in 1724 when two years old prisoner in the allan wound up halifax jail after the death of her children her i plundered by marauding mobs of whigs and tories flora sail d for scotland in 1779 her husband i compaiiled her on the trip to scot land floras ship encountered a french nanof v ar and in the en hw najthetsiritir e she- received a brok- later married hugh macdonald of j en arm when she ventured on deck armadale but flora continued to live wlitk the fight was in progress the 1th her brother angus at milton un warship was beaten off and lord duffertn admired the baby in the arms of his mother mrs rg penson and congratulated her on u1 was thirteen when ate was i hilewing her arm dressed that the childs health and beauty for adopted by the claranald macdonald flora is said to have remarked i many years harry penson was known family lady macdonald recognlz i hate risked mv life for both stuart as dufferm because of the attenuon lng something out of the ordinary in and hancver and i canna see whether given him by the dufferlns lord the fatherless girls character gave i am the earner by either and lady duffertn continued their hpr pr tuition until she was six trip to rosseau and from there by i tl wh was sent an special coach overland to parry burgh boarding school for three years sound your eyes the public arc getting to know ocr new low price for glasses is m real bargain for the high quality glasses supplied why pay more than our new low price oar eye examination has ml ways been thorough have the finest equipment and over 0 years experience the people whom we have berved are com ing back to us because they real ize our eye service is best come fm and let ns show ytra the newest styles in glasses all at city prices coosstt 0 t walker ro eyesight specialist who win be at ms office ever um beo telephone co ham georgetown the ompletc her education it was shortly niter finishing at this school tha flora while visiting around with relatives met prince charlie flee mif from crag to del with a price of ihirtj thousand english pounds on his head flora hid the prince in a cave near the home she was visiting and await ed a favourable time to slip him out of the country her steprather cap t un hugh macdonald suddenly ar rived at lhe house with a company of troops engaged in the search and flora knew it was now or never she promptly decided to go visiting else here and obtained from he stepfather passports for her dairy including one for betty bourke an irish serving maid it was in this lhsguisc that she managed to slip the prince through the encircling british to the safety of a ship charles edward with true princely prerogative never voiced his thanks nor recognised his obligations to ner beyond a gentle maiden i trust we will rreet again in the palace ro yaj for her part in his escape the faith ful flora got well over a year in various jails including a stretch of several months in the grim old tower of london and a couple of bed sheets the prince had slept between hauled up to explain her perfidy ttr person to the king of england she candidly told him i only did what i would have done for your majesty in a like position freed by the indemnity act of 1747 flora macdonald returned to flori macdonald died in i burgh march 5t 1790 burgh varch oth 1790 kings watch our window it tern ckkah sncuis un i fresh peach sundae 13c 2 lor 25c rgeorgetown i longs confectionery igrgry theatre fnday august 23 call a messenger llule tough gnya mary carlisle honeymoons over stuart enrln fox news saturday august 24 manfr0m dakota wallace beery dolores del rio john howard musical paris nights cartoon hook line and sinker popular science chapter 9 dick tracys g men mat t pjn tuesday and wednesday august 27 and 28 it all came true ann sheridan jeffrey lynn humphrey begart marcn of time no 8 canada at war camera adventure fly s boon straace cm- clark oau special national c hnrch service for bbc tlu br tlsh broadcasting corpora lion lias txpressed i desirr to broad cast a church service from canada and t c canadian broadcasting cor poration his arranged a special tlonal v nice on sundaj from 1105 to 1150 m edst this v111 be heard in canada over the cbcs eastern network the btiadcast will originate in st james ci thedral toronto and the rt rev derin t owen primate of all canaan has consented to deliver the sermon music w ill be provided by the st- james cathedral choir of mens and boys voices augmented by selected voices from other toronto churches and will be in charge of the cathedral organist and choirmaster william w hewitt cbc string orchestra a work of one of the most amaz lng child prodigies in musical his lory has been programmed bj alex andcr chuhaldln for the cbc string orchestra on sunday aug 25 from 7 00 to 730 pjn edst this is night music serenade one of the most popular of mozart s chamber music compositions at three mo- zat s musical genius began to at tract attention and at nine he was conducting a full orchestra in hia fi it sjmphony his first opera writ ten hn mozart was only fourteen lan in rome tor twenty consecutive performances london a mothers in the country oiw of winnipeg s woman doctors has recently returned from england where she was in charge of a country hospital for evacuated mothers from the poorest districts of london on friday august 30 from 5 15 to 530 pm edst in a special talk for wo men listeners of cbc a national net work she will tell some entertaining tales of lhis one of the busiest and most entertaining periods in her pro fesslonal career fun from the wert august 30 and school bells ringing readin ritln and rithmetic and an apple tor teacher for winnipegs merry madcaps woodhouse and haw kins are heading back to school don t miss the fun for therell never be a school room quite like this one and cbcs national network listeners will hear all about it from 1130 to 13 00 midnight edst then on ytugust 31 labour day takes a bow in vancouver s musical mirror as bernard bradens irrepres sible private stock company presents thee specialty sketches iu be work- tngon tjie-airway- where do you worka john and everybody works but father harry pryces pit or chestra plays tunes from old musical comedies and cbcs national network carries the broadcast from 1130 to 12 00 midnight special wartime talks the director of public information announces that the speaker on the lets face the facta aeries for sun day august astb at 1000 to 1030 pin boot wm be robert sherwood sherw who served with the brit ish force in the last war is the miss lsobel dobson is holidaying this week in toronto miss putrlcla june hjcken is visit ing with friends in hamilton mrs a r vannatter is spending two weeks with relatives at dunnvlue miss marjorte oault is spending the week at manltowaning manltoulln island dr c e blehn windsor is spend ing a week in town with his son walter mr w r robb has returned to town after a twoweek northern va cation trip dr and mrs flckard of oxbow saskatchewan were guests this week with the misses howson mrs jack l watson ls vlfcltlng at the home of her parents mr and mrs thomas lowry ripley miss victoria webster of wjndsor is a guest at the home of her sister mrs keith barber mr and mrs w b ford have re lumed front a weeks boat trip to fort william and port arthur mrs john mcdermld and isabel are visiting llus week with rev and mrs john mcdermld in grand valley mrs m l near spent a pleasant three days last week with mrs f easxm at her home at scarboro bench mr erir wames left today for jar row alberta where he will help wiji the harvest on the farm of mr aivin johnson mr and mrs h n watson of to ronto were recent guests of mr ard mra charles watson at their home on queen street j my jack thompson ckcl radio station announcer spent monday with his parenti rev and mrs w g o thompson ifliwms- siihio and jean caiman nave returned home after spending a week in hami ton with their aunt and uncle mr and mrs w colman mr and mrs r r oorbett toronto are visiting in town this week mr cornell ls grounds fore man at the university of toronto mrs mjtrs miss preston miss copps and mrs alexander friends from toronto who called at iht mlsw howson s this week mr pnaras vannatter and mr cecil dividson are spending a few day- u rdeai yacht club ottawa mo o bo l m there from trenton w k ird isltors at uie home of m anrl mrs a e colman included mr an i mrs jamc g colman and m irjor mr and mrs devlin keith md dolplas of toronto mr i in markonic of georgetown j ind mls hcltn cole of bramp o 2 mnt a ftw davs at rice lake the i s immir liomi nf i mutual friend mlss i virona smith of mimico j g miss e m lowe and miss ro set r principal and vict principal of bunop strichin school toronto called on 1 thtir formr pupil mlss freda her bert one da last week j august 25 1 m w hai bwn cq jsltlrr i d to gmlph ctneral hospital for the post three months is on lhe road 10 htalti and was able to return to ur home this week mls a uarev mcmahon and mr f colman arr back in toronto after holidaying in town with their grand mother mrs e colman and thelr iimt and uncle mr and mrs a e ooiman special 10 day sale overalls j men s rivetted pant overalls blue denim 150 mens cottonade pants 155 175 up mens blue bib overalls 125 150 175 up 5 boys black bib overalls sizes 26 to 32 100 sizes 5 to 8 75c shirts mens dress shirts plain and stripes 1 50 and 1 75 for 119 j mens nav blue work shirts 89c g mens plain and check work shirts 98c shorts mens striped broadcloth shorts 25c and 35c men s white turnbull make snugs 39c socks 5 men 8 fancy sox 25c and 30c now 19c g men a fancy sox 20c now 15c agents langlets cleaners and dyers j buy where you get more for your 5 money s mcbean col i phone 64 we deliver georgetown save with safety at your rexall store eorhopieor beach ose boracic and cold cream soap 6 cakes 39c pnretest yeast and iron tablets 100 for 79c -specialsfor- thtsweek beecham s pills 22c 39c skidlitz powderb 2 for 25c odo ro no ice 35c mtntiiolatlm 29c 55c sal hepatica 30c sani ped foot powder rexfttl kidney and bladder pills 60s 50c ou can always shop to advantage at loue rcxall drug store make your feet happy with nufeet medicated insoles 25c for all the family a regular 25c tube of mi31 dental paste and a 50c bottle of mi31 antiseptic 75c value for 43c of history at the university of to ronto will review the news olthe past vek in the sunday august 25th at 656 pin edst the giant awaken will be the title ol james h r cromwell s talk when he speaks at a canadian na tional exhibition luncheon on friday august 30 this will be broadcast over cbcs national network trom 1 30 to 2 00 p m ed6t musical rendezvous thee are a few names that spring to the m nd whenever the subject of american popular music ls mention ed and its from the songs of this group that allan mclver has chosen his musical rendezvous programme for tuesday august 27 at 830 to 9 00 pm edst joseph victor lade- route the former boy soprano who robbs drug store z phone 10 we deliver rexall store georgetown is again making a name for himself this time as one of canada s leading young tenors will be soloist in a programme of 1940 arrangements or music by frlml berlin kern and other great names engagement mr and frs cedrlc cross wish td innounce th engagement of their eldest daughter marjorie helen to mr richard edward packer son of mr w r packer and the late mrs packer of london england the marriage to take place quietly sep tember 7th mr and mrs m h gordon of manotuk announce the engagement of their only daughter lsobel scott to robert earl son of mrs mckay of brampton and uie late william mc kay marriage to take place in september tffff buy war savings stamp no nlcht bioi i one nuulomi or bradnr iw souon bdar manilla ammhh protaaor n sound of thruumntt cream bj over j o air jntnsj thelfton gauiets momentmn an 1