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the georgetown herald wednesday evening august 26th 1940 personals miss joy laird is cnojrlng a vaca tion with friends in londftv tr ab fteaman of kincardine is pending a few days in town mr gordon martin spent his vaca tion with friends near brussels ont mrs d k mason and bete spent last week end in quebec city miss marjorle evans has been holi daying with friends in toronto miss edith moclellan of stratford visited her sister mrs prank petoh last week master ross hill is holidaying with bis sister mrs charles ward at btouffvlue v mr fred mcnally and bill are on a motor trip to ottawa montreal and quebec city m helen young of stratford visited with her brother stewart young last week mrs a buntie of baulnafad spent last week to town visiting with friends r dr and mrs h e bewell dauphin manitoba were visitors with mrs 8 k ruddell last week mrs n m moore of chaham spent a few days last week visiting ber friends mr and mrs w c an thony mrs h perry is home again after an operation in toronto general hospital and is progressing favour ably major w r klngsttord recently flew to canada from mexico and spent some time with his sister mrs d k mason mrs norman turner michael and john or kingston surrey england are the guests of mrs j a early mus kathleen lyons has secured a position as teacher of s s no 1 erin and will commence her duties next week miss ivy wh has returned- borne to london after spending se veral weeks with mr and mrs t h scott mrs wm and helen bntton of seaforth and mr archie hogarth of croraarv were week end visitors ith sir and mrs mcallister guests from kitchener at the smale- evans wedding last saturday were miss olive hewitt miss miriam web er miss ruth weber and mr beland r honderich mr and mrs joseph emmerson who have resided in port colborne for some months have returned to own and mr emmerson has accepted a position with saxe motors the rev j moore of shakespeare former pastor of georgetown baptist church called on several friends in town last thursday he was ac companied by mrs moore arid son rose the engagement is announces of gladys clara packer youngest daugh ter of mr w r packer and tht late mrs packer of london england to mr robert henry lane younges son of mrs robert lane and the lae mr lane of llmehouse the mariage to take place quietly september 21st master teddy colman has returned from a holiday in toronto with his aunt and uncle mr and mrs j colman meanwhile miss marjorte colman who has been holidaying here with mr and mrs a e colman has returned to toronto 1 over 5ur fence f acton new fire pumper almost ready reeve j b chalmers received word last week that the new fire pumper being assembled fr acton was ready for inspection at the woodstock plant the council will make an inspection before the pumper is delivered 15zg register in acton with monday being the busiest day of national registration in acton 1530 rgistered at the six booths pro vided in the three days as in other halton municipalities registrars gave their services voluntary ladles home guard unit a group of acton ladles are being organized for home defence twenty- tour were present at the first drill night in the park and a meeting is planned to complete the organization miss lottie mason has been active in starting the organisation and chief e e harrop who has had many years of service in the imperial army is the drill instructor acton free press erin sj arrange war savings drive at a meeting in the town hall last week a drive was planned for the sale of war savings certificatee oal- vin weddell was appointed chairman with mrs john campbell in charge of a portion of the township obituaries on august 12th john raybum one of the oldest residents of caledon community died in orangevlhe hos pital in his 81st year fifty two years ago he was married to flora ann vanwyck and 1a survived by his widow and five daughters and two sons on august 15th john gingrick passed away at his home in erin aged he had sptnt his younger days farmer in wellington county in 1893 he married mary gibson who predeceased him seven years ago he leaves two daughters lethel mrs w f mcenery and laura and one son geogt al of erin j homer hiilynd wellknown cale 1 don resident was the victim of a heart mick on sunduv aug 18th he was m his 53m year mr hilljard was a member o the caledon united church boardof iranagers and had served as suixrlntendent of the sunday school h was plso t member of the lol he sun ivtd bj his widow three daughters ind one son all at home had toe crashed in binder w j yount ullose sisters and bro iler liv e on main st georgetown had a toe on his right foot battlj crushed when caught in the chain on his bindir it required medical aid erin advocate milton mrs earl wlbion secretary of hartley shields reunion on aug 17th the hartley shields reunion w as held at bronte beach park about seventy members of the family attended from hamilton to i ronto hagersville milton clarkson i streetsvllle burlington brentford st i george oakvtlle kilbride and camp bellville mrs earl wilson of milton formerly or ashgrove was appointed accetarj of the clan milton champion ames in the ews at iagara for two weeks c company of the lomo scots regiment was in camp at nlagaraontheiake they were weeks of serious training in the art of modern warfare but even a mili tary camj has its bright spots les clark a member of the herald staff who was at camp with the rest of the boys in the non permanent militia has compiled a list or personalities in lighter vein with the hope that they will not only prove interesting to the regiment but to readers in general thfodore nick brown the man with the big smile nick we believe knew of more ways to start something than any towo men in camp whenever you heard some of the lads singing you could be sure nck was the instigator of it as he- so modestly put it himself you fellows know this camp would be awful dead if it weren t for me after watching a boxing match between nate silver and theodore we are not sure but what nick would be a worthy successor to joe louis oam dobbie the mayor ol limehouse another of c com- nathan -muncie- bound si1verj uaiiyjfilarjjauayers camt a passing car fortunately however the car was travelling quite slowly and whlli shaken bill was not hurt seriously bell kozack the boy scout bill was standing stiffly at attention during our last inspection in camp when the colonel noticed that bill was wearing a tky scout belt and remarked to thetother officers boy scout in yours ranks eh bill was also the very able pitcher for c companys ball team shrot bill collier 13 platoons pride and joy often at night w heard the familiar words ring out t i m going to demand more respec from you fellows but it kecoied ne talked to no avail for every night the lads in his tent either borrowed some of his blankets or left him just enough space to let his head lay out side the tent and if our memory serves ur correctly poor old barge got pretty wet through this little trick an one occasion save with safety at your rexall storfe on stop bo dogs one spot dog soap 25c glass free with english fruit saline 39c school sjuppues pat on one spat only we carry a full line of all schootl one s supplies so why wt come hi and p p ket your needs while our stocks re rowoct still rull scribblers kv exfrcise books fbi drvw1ng books rubbers tevt books for both iugii and public schools you can always shop to advantage at ioub rexau drug store 35c hehu strained baby foods 3 tins 25c get your spices fresh your pickles will taste much better we have a full hue or all spices and lives wallace wally thompson who liked everything and everyone in camp except jim blairs alarm clock wally insisted that the alarm went off so loudly he thought a bombing raid was taking place over phone 70 we deliver rexaix store gboroetown the camp robbs drug store record for several things around b camp we think he managed to get a about 1 minutes more sleep than anyone else and always managed to be at the very end of the line at meal time the lome scots brass band and pipe b ind georgetown was indeed we could write a book about what befell nathan aucamp but will have to do the best we can with the space allotted us first of all nathan in stigaed the idea of a baseball ham to represent c company playing in the lnneld hlmseir nate was quitt prouav of the fact that he had last all traces of that middle- age bulge around the waistline but fortunate in being able to supply net was afraid thai he might become only the largtst number of recrui watch our window m wbwt ice cu1m wb01au uto ooknononm fresh peach banana split 13c 2 lor 25c longs confectioner yst muscle bound however his good friend theodore forcibly demonstrat ed that all his muscles still tunc tloned nate also managed to ask andjind ournore about cc mp than any other hve mm there roy peck gordon miudonald jim kelly the three muske- utrs it would be unfair to men tion on of thls ahrtcsorn without the other two owhum where one w us ih ulhtr two wrt sure to be last wedntsdaj evening this trio decided to set tht beauties of nia mir i fills i and bv thu we don t mi in tin whirlpool oi the falls either unfortunate however tlu bojs sucd a little too late and win lortid to thumb a ride o camp the hitch hiking w us v ry bid it that time of niht and thiv wt i 1 rtd to w uk the whole sixteen mile arm ins about m am nc tilts- to s it w l three v uv ued iuat mi n who went on a inutf in rch the ntxt day f l lambert of the lot lit scots intcl genre st nice rrstwhili called the colonels big embarrass- mmt it sums that in mr lam orris trse both the spirt and the fit h ere willing but unfortun atcly the officers in ch irge jitst co u id n t find auvthink for injelli gence to do howeur after a few das of kttpiiik en busy doing nothing mr lambort reall did put in a lot of hird work acting is re gistrar for c companj h j hfjdmann s b and if you aren t already awire of it sb starftb tor stretcher bearer h j h ilso wrs a member of our intelll gence corps but unfortunately holidays came to an abrupt and he wts assigncd to help doc batemar in hls duties as m o to the regiment but also two fim bands both bands were much in demand the brass band was singu larl honoured in being asked to play for a massed church service on sun hi aug gnr 71 wa mdcisr be picked from the many line oanas m camp roy king did a fine job of conducting tle pipes of course were mucr in di manj and wt would like to thank ik bojs here lor tht line co opera- lbiwii if any n i h music uiv bojs wen the pipe b itidership o p x mckerrol littl big week end dances huttonville park saturday august 31t and special midnight dance on monday september 2nd at 1205 am tmpjs w is neet ca i i to oblll n h r tie able 1 r hiimllto jimnni vvmdsor the 10 jcar on ooy pijkr c ini o camp to rij with prtrntlj indued instructor prob i it i urn j thi last wtek hue ibl no subject on tht course ol studj w in i hi idd th it during c imp h is a mon di sir ibli influence upon hal pavis and his music lets welcome back willis tipping and his orchestra on september 4th regular admission th i w is talk of holding a re i i n hi 1 ukl l 1 ix t wo nit ill 1 1 c 1 a binqi tt ind nt co ild bi hi t ikihh in tin i t i gtcrsi own ml 1 o c comimit at i nn fill tlu jn1 of allld i ltl- sjw also tin irt i mioe of i id i m ciuirn town wtio were ntched il ldcjn rt rs mil b comj ii ollltl oc ituludtd ind iiu i real big pupil i titvide toward school work md upon tnjoyment of leisure tune in i i t c re lit of this train iir sliowid to excellent aclnn ac in i stlii 0 loimrts and musical festl il ii nphir i i n to sintrint md music hon add les to theoiv schixil bonrtls ire to be ccturntn i tot uki tin t incrpise in k t t i ir al uios nit resu d muiiis during tin school enr the shou d btouli tills subj ci to her ncraui s lir of ruril teichcrs his itnci r nd sec if airanten nt c u i men isd tiom 80000 in scitember to be made s835 ck now a eorreiponding in and i word ior i h mil r of the creuse hi been glen to a number of ri kimi n thi v were flue lot who urban teachers id not believe m ill work and iu the international harvester com l pun co operated generously by pro j idliir i free educational motion pic divligh saving will end in milton m rorunme in each of six cen on seplmbcr 28th j tres all rural and most urban schools were given the privilege of at- halton count fair will be held at milton this jiir on sopt 27th and 28th ending inspector partridge reports on halton public schools i igpfry theatre friday august 30 flight angels i skyfbl of new uirius with vbgbna brace and wayne morris grandpa goes to town th gleaaons fox news saturday august 31 strange cargo clark gable joan crawford and ian hunter cartoon tom turkey chapter 10 dick tracys g men mattrx at t d-w- monday september 2 labor day s ejv em tjejr bootb tatklnctn i hilarious atary with jukle cooper and betty field comedy andy clyde gets spring fever miniature servant of mankind going places sport catching whoppers maltiwe at s pjn- tuesday and wednesday jseptember 3 and 4 jorenny apollo tyrone power and dorothy t iimiqi musical al m cartoon the milky way monaisiaiaiahhi charlie boyije last thursdaj af temoon c company went out in the coi ntry on field manoeuvres this in itself is not very lnteres ing but what befell charlie that fiteful afurnoon is each member of the company was allotted his position in one of the trenches b hind a machine gun or a rifle etc charllr was lert in charge of an antl ank rifle which was all crj wll but it seems he was rather drowsy and must hnve dozed off be cause in wakened some time later to sec the rest of hts company leav ing in the trucks for camp it took charlie- some two hours to get back to camp and when he did ar rive supper was over jerry watson every time jerry hears the washerwoman s reel these days h practlcauy sinks through the bottom of hls shoes one fine sunny afternoon he decid ed to wash hls shirt and rigged h clothes line between two tents where he could hang his washing that night he brought the shirt in and i icontlnued from page 1 n tills respect b supplying the schools w 1 ui a simple w ork table or bench and the necessarj working tools choral speaking has been undertaken b several teachers with valuable benefits h speech training pupils of many schools have enjoyed the educatlona advantages of visits to toronto the oac local industrial pl inus dairies and nearby woods and breams teachers and pupils were tending contract forms setting out in de- ail the duties of rural school care- ikers hae been prepared and c s- tributed to all schools improved janitor service has resulted during thi school year the town ship school area comprlsing seven school sections of nassagaweya town ship instituted by a township by law in june 1939 has been organized the board of trustees and teachers have been able to accomplish many deslr able changes which are not common under the traditional type of rural administration all schools have been given the following supplies work books and notebooks pencils pens and art paper for all pupils easel boards and complete mural making supplier foolscape paper work and department of education on maj 30 the seven schools comb ined to demonstrate in the brookvuie tjansnip hall the modern school in action work of all subjects was not on v dlsplajed but carried on by h pu ils such a programme being muli poemblc by the combination oil being these schools pprec i despite the mini new services in irodmed bv the board of the town- nntn ship school area it is grautying tor ea ii tiia oie cost to the ratepayers will not be increased for any section and will be materially reduced for five of the seven this very desirable nsul is being accomplished through reduced cost of administration more eeonom cal purchasing of supplies and increased legislative grants paid fotr special subjects and to sections en- ering a school area i the toilowing statistical report la submitted for your consideration numbei of classrooms in the countj 122 number of men teachers 20 numbe of rural schools 61 number of urban schools 8 number of pupils enrolled in attendance 3490 for tho- 905 88 86 9135 81 41 93 01 8261 9311 rmteful for the asslslnncc of trus- construction paper many other lncl loe and other raiepaers in providing dentals pot usually found in the tran portntion halton county class- classroom in each school approxi rooms have taken a leading place in the province in making use or travel ling librarj boxes provided by the de pirtment of education the trustees have given splendid support in pro viding the necessary library books for pupils supplemenmry reading the schools of the townships of nelson and trafalgar having spent on th avcrire more than 40 00 in thls way during the school year mate j 50 sq ft of bulletin boards have been installed the grounds of each school were landscaped by a nurseryman the township school area board has inroduced a system of ttiner ant teachers to give the pupils of all schools instruction in manual train ing home economics agriculture and music by teachers with special erltfloatw in these subjects trustees are to be congratulated for mbkp possible eight teachers have improvements thev include in folding it carefully tucked it away in thirty five classrooms cupboards or for the morning you can imagine book cases in nineteen schools em his consternation when he discover cient electric lighting systems in at ed another shirt in his pack and least fourteen classrooms new school found that he had washed nate basements toilet systems kitchen silvers by mistake another manual training and home economics night jerry and nathan had late leave and returned to find the feeds nicely made ah says jerry that was nice of the boys to make our beds but when they tried to sleep on them they found that sonic playful soul had stuffed their mat tresses with bottles knives equipment in several schools new fences arcund school grounds lnstal- i lation of two school radios and con slderable play equipment etc in rural schools half of the cost of such classroom facilities is paid by grants from the department of education forks i and the countj council ek i one dav of the teachers convention was held at the forest h1u village bob martin deadshot bob the experimental school adjoining toron- flnest shot in all the regiment to many of the progressive ideas de- when out at the rifle range ail the monstrated there were later carried boyawera given i5 shnt npi outilk lteclasrooms jof the c we interviewed bob and asked him group conferences of teachers were why he dldn t manage to hit tne introduced in nassagaweya township target at least once he explained with the obvious benefits to be de that he was in favour of conserv- 1 rived from the free exchange of ideas ing all materials that might be of the rural school fairs held in sep- use to help win the war and he tember last proved ot increased edu dldn t h the heart to ruin a brand cationa value through the non-com- new target petltlve school demonstrations and displays of work owing to war condt uons the school fairs have been dis continued for the present but the schools have boeii organised to pro vide displays of work for the county fairs this autumn these are planned to show the types of activities charac teristic of the present programme of bill youno sunday aug lftth will long live in bill s memory he man aged to have more hard hick in that one day than some people have in a lifetime some of the boy and bill were inrtnigtryg in some mild hor that af and sud water sink shortly after this blu was efoadnc the reod in front of the camp and was struck by a thus avoiding inter school competition in all classrooms except our the music instruction was given by a corn- been engaged for the seven schools the two teachers with special certi ficates will be placed in one school in w hlch grade ix and x work will be taught also they will take turns in visiting the other schools for the special subjects the special time tables have been drawn up ready for chool opening the nassagaweya township school area has the-dlstinc- lon of being the first one in the pro vince to experiment with this scheme and with the hearty support of the may 30 percentage school j ear esqueslng township nassagaweya township nelson township trafalrhr township town ol burlington town of georgetown town of milton town of oakville village of acton 918 average tor the county 91jefi the percentages for this county aro above the average in the province in the case of rural village and town schools as well as on the total aver age on bcl alf of the teachers and pu pils i wish to thank the county coun cil tor arranging the nrinttng and pa j ing the cost of uniform report cards for all schools of the county may i also thank those teachers who asslsted in drafting the form ot re port designed to meet the require ments of the present programme ot studies and presentday practice in reporting pupils effort and attain- ment in conclusion i wish to extend to all of the boys and girls with i have been associated during year my best wishes success to the teachers i am grateful for the many ideas which i have gained hnrtny visits to their classrooms my ah thanks go to all for the dose cc-opet- ation that i have enjoyed throughout the year as we tried together to eervo in the best interests of the chfldretl of today and therefore of the etti- zens of tomorrow congratulations to 374 girls and boys who were promoted fn georgetowns schools uus i the good work this year and remember that a before chapmans complete afck of schoolsflpplies is waiting to help yv for high school special chapmans loose leaf note book and refills phone 72 m c pharmacist