s the georgetown herald severityfo y of publication l50perannu in a zo to-uaa- civll guards parade at milton irne soou band 8 john ambulance brigade abo eiepmsent georgetown the bakon volunteer civil guard paraded in milton last sunday after- noon june ttnd or divine service in spit of om intense heat and other adverse conditions the parade was success with the ladles organi- atkns present adding much colour and interest the parade asaesnued at the high grounds and with the fine t the lome scots leading- marched to victoria parle where the wvfce was conducted until interrupt- l by a heavy rain rev e a brooks of st atban s church of england ac- t ton conducted the service and he was assisted by rev j moore st qhurch milton bis address was on the ajjpucafclon and need of the bible in the present straggle it mas a very inspiring exhortation to courage loyal ty faith and action patriotic action the georgetown brigade of th st john ambulance association was ted by mrs t grieve and looked smart land efficient in their new uniforms winch they were publicly wearing or the first time a case of heat prostra tion during the afternoon gave the brigade a practical opportunity to show their efficiency the burlington company of the civil guard one of the largest and most enthusiastic in the county was unavoidably absent and its presence was greatly missed hollowing the service the parade inarched past the saluting base where judge w n munro of milton took the salute assisted by warden leslie kerns of nelson companies and organizations present included acton volunteer guard captain mcdonald in charge milton volunteer guard mr anderson in charge georgetown volunteer guard capt c v williams mc in charge campbellville volunteer guard- colonel mahon in charge acton ladies volunteer guard miss mason leading georgetown brigade of st john ambulance association mrs t f grieve leaslng the milton cats- mrs bower- ing leading the iiome scots band mr joseph carter in charge ool james ballantlne officer com manding the halton civil guard an nounces that the next regimental par ade will be held after the harvest united church women make presentation to mrs f c overend on friday evening june 30th the beautiful home of miss h a staun ton maple ave was an ideal setting for an evening entertainment carni val of the months sponsored by group 3 of the women s association of the united church a mirth provoking program in a softly lighted setting of shrubbery flowers and green lawn was greatly enjoyed by fee large number present h a pleasing feature was an address and presentation to mrs f c over- end from the women of the congrega tion in the tmavoldable absence of mrs r x hutt mrs o preure read the following address dear mrs overend before your departure from us the women of the united church in georgetown desire to express to you something of the esteem and affec tion which we have for you and your family as weu as for the minister we shall always hold you in grate ful remembrance for the untiring seal you have given in all the activities of our church and for your kind interest in the personal welfare of us all you have shown us the dignity and beauty of nwrffwh christian living and we believe you and your family have giv en an uplift to this whole community and now as you pass on to another field where others will benefit as we have we assure you of- our sincere wishes and prayers for your happiness in your new home and new church and for gods rich blessing on yourself and family we ask you to accept this suitcase as a slight memento of the friendship we have enjoyed together and of our regard for you signed verlene sinclair president m wardlaw secretary mrs robert ruddell presented the gift to mrs overend light refreshments were served and a hearty vote of thanks extended to the genial hostess miss staunton and group 3 the evenings entertainment closed with the national anthem dominion day tuesday july 1 is a public holiday and georgetown stores will be closed do your holiday buying monday and avold disappointment bad automobile accident last mi near norval two cars collide at 4th line crowing injured taken to brampton hospital a toad auto accident occurred early last night on highway no 7 at the 4th line comer the road which leads to streetsville norman burns georgetown trucker was the first to arrive at the scene he was returning from hisdally trip to toronto and reachedrhe corner just after the crash occurred the accident happened when one of the cars which was approaching the highway from the side road failed to come to a stop and the second car l along ttie highway was unable to avoid cottidme with it when mr burns reached the scene the four young men who were passen gers in one of the rp were out of their car and iwanderlng around in a dazed condition mr and mrs christopher beeaty of veirma in the other car were still setting in it and seemed unable to move with the help of other motorists who had stopped heir beesly was taken from the wreck and rushed to peel memorial hospital brampton to which hospital the others were later admitted dr w w bart- lett of brampton gave th first aid treatment all suffered lacerations and bruises ard xrays were being tak en to determine the extent of their injuries both cars were badly damagea mr and mrs beesley married only a week were on their honeymoon trip the driver of the second car was peter ramsay 23 of guelph and his pas sengers were robert a masson albert reagan and john modermott all of ouelph provincial constable ray hodgson brampton is investigating the weather with the past week our summer be gan the 21st being the longest day of the year and with it we have had real summer temperatures an aver age of 82 1 for maximum day tem peratures and an average of 60 for minimum mght temperatures a light shower sunday evening did not do much more than lay the dust and we are stfll about 3 73 inches short of the normal rainfall following are the local records for tues june 17 wed june 18 thurs june 19 frl june 20 sat june 21 sun june 22 man- june 23 h and l temp louise armstrong sociologist writing in the american weekly with the june 20 issue of the detroit sunday times will describe the incredible captivity of a widow and her four children on a sharecroppers desolate island and show the need of better laws education and protection tor the southlands forgotten people be sure to get the detroit sunday times ths week and every week war victims fund still growing while our energies have been di rected towards publicity work on the vlctosy loan for the past three weeks iwe have perhaps neglected our herald wax victims fund as we announced when the fund was started last feb ruary there was no limit to this fund tike topsy it just keeps on growing donations have slackened lately and this week we have only two to fjepart 4900 from the mcnab st neighbor hood club and 1 00 from a lady who wishes her gift acknowledged as from mother perhaps at this time we t iftt fl ftnt- th mnthhbl crab which is keeping up a good re cord of steady contributions for the ir victims this is their fourth do- tton making a total of 42 00 tum- 1 in by the group which meets now mi then for social evenings not only la this helping the war victims but the members themselves are finding that they are really getting to know their neighbours and developing a lo cal good neighbour policy which will stretch on through the years mr m mat who has donated two tobsaffledrfor the pund asks us to inform our readers that the draw which was to have taken place tonight june 25th has been postpon ed to friday july 4th all the tickets which people have taken to sell have not been turned in and he as that the money from these and any unsold tickets be turned in to him immedi ately in order that every be in shape for the draw next week the georgetown herald tjrifiis war victim fund ui forwarded to toronto telegram pund til cash on hand acknow- lekfced 11683 mckatib st neighbourhood club mother 1 00 total june 95th 131293 georgetown district subscribes over 300000 in victory loan 1941 local council of women- met at cedarvale school the june meeting of the local council of women was held on the beautiful lawn at cedarvale school mrs c hayes welcomed our guests the weston local council of women and mrs phlsholm of weston re- the minutes of the previous meet ing were read and approved and the correspondence dealt with miss j oliver principal of cedarvale school told the ladles about the school and her work with the girls miss annie ryan reported the work of the red cross find urged the ladles to continue the work during the sum mer months miss e marshall took several children to toronto tor tonsil operations sponsored by the council and reported that they are all doing weu it was suggested toy the president that the members collect all their cop pers during the summer months and bring them in at the first fall meet ing the council purchased a victory bond of 5000 mrs j b mackenzie introduced the guest speaker mrs t wold who too as her subject norway the land of the midnight suni the twentyfive school girls jolnea the group to hear the talk mrs wold illustrated her talk with pictures fancy work and knitting mrs a h feller moved a hearty vou of thanks to mrs wold the tea hostesses served lunch mrs r ross moved a hearty voe of thanks to miss oliver the hostess and the tea hostesses mrs a c welk mrs r ross and mrs h l hutt county prize winners the following pupils of george town public school are winners of county prizes in the annual essay and poster contest conducted by the wctu essays grade vti 1st kenneth harrison 2nd marjorie herrington posters grade vti 1st june clarke grade vt- 2nd olive mover 3rd pauline norton health books grade vi 3rd inge borg hauptmann the prizes were presented at the school by miss ellen mckay local superintendent of the department of scientific temperance in day schools who conveyed to the winners and to their teachers the hearty congratula tions of the georgetown union rebekahs carry on war work the last regular meeting of verdun rebekah lodge was held on tuesday june 17th the lodge closes for the months of july and august but the war service cwb will still meet every two weeks throughout the summer the club is at present working on its second shipment of bundles for bri tain which will be on exhibit before being sent to england the cftub also intends to pack ditty bags for mer chant marines a copy of a letter of thanks for the first shipment sent to miss m scott for the homeless people of chelsea england which may be of interestto some is printed below dear mjss forgrave thank you so very much for your splendid gifts for the homeless people in this borough and thank you so much for the lovely blue sweater coat you sent me for my own use i am so very grateful to all the won derful people in canada for every thing tbsy do for us over here with again many thanks yours very sincerely marynne scott only brother of m merryday dleqin toronto the tragic death of mr henry b merryday in st josephs hospital to ronto from injuries received in an automobile accident occurred on tues day june 17th this removes the only brother of mr montague merry- day of glen williams a native of malvern wells worces tershire england mr merryday came to toronto in early life and had re sided permanently there till his death for many years he was employed with ihe cpu express retiring in 1829 the funeral services were held from the chapel of william sneers dundas st west interment was in mount pleasant cemetery closing meeting of mission circle takes form of picnic the closing meeting of the mission circle or the united church took the torm of a picnic tea on the beautiful lawn at cedarvale school after tea through the kindness of miss j oliver arid the girls of the school the circle was shown the buildings and equipment and given an explanation of the work aims and ideals of the school and came away much impressed with the great value to the lives of the young people by the work done there at the close of the tea hour i daisy braisby read an address and miss peggy maclaren presented mrs f c overend with a lovely umbrella two important days this week saturday akhy day sunday day of national service and sacrifice saturday june 28th has been set aside by national defence headquar ters as army day when wives rela tives and friends of enlisted men will be permitted to see soldiers life in camp all army cams and training centres are on that day to be thrown open to visitors training during the daytime will be carried out as usual to allow visitors to see a day in the life of a soldier and arrangements are be ing made at the various camps for special features to interest the visi tors this is an unusually fine opportunity for civilians to get behind the scenes in the army ramps a privi lege which has been granted to cer tain groups and individuals in the past hut which has never been grant ed to the general public k there are men from this district at practically every camp within easy reach borden newmarket bxantford niagara hamilton at camp borden you would see pte gordon allen tor john sorymgeour onp albert san son tnp t b dickenson driver e tyers tpr r p patterson among others cjsjts henry shepherd 1 jack fox and lopl sidney hunt are at newmarket training centre at brantford we find pte bev moody pte wellington willett and lieut nor man henderson at niagara pte j w hemphill and in hamilton some of the lome scots are still left be hind to show visitors around sunday june 26th has been declar ed a day of special dedication to na tional service and sacrifice in a royal proclamation issued by hon pierre casgxaln the proclamation recalls the state of war existing between rnda and germany and italy and the fact that canada voluntarily took up arms to defend the rights and liberties of free peoples and states the day of special dedication is being proclaimed in order to safeguard the continued exis tence of our civilization and to invoke the blessing of almighty god upon our just cause and to seek divine guidance by humble prayer and in district churches of all denomin ations are arranging their services this sunday to fit in with the special day and large congregations are expected at the services the georgetown herald announces a price change effective from this date june 25th 1941 new prices 200 y single copies 5c subscriptions in arrears will be charged at our former rate of 150 up to the end of june and at our new 200 rate from then on incomplete returns show georgetown well to the fore in loan campaign all towns in county over the top baptismal services at united church a special baptismal service was held at georgetown united church last sunday june 22nd when rev pc overend officiated at the baptism of seven young children mr overend spoke of the great pri- vjwithhlch parents endow tneir ohildren when they offer them to be baptized into the christian church and reminded parents of their duty to instil the christian faith into thfdr cnlldrens hearts those baptized were john douglas wriggleswoxth son of mr and mrs h c wriggleswornh earl wilson burt son of mr and mrs g w burt jean elisabeth corley and john bennett corley children of mr and mrs w p coriey david robert jones son of mr and mrs r h jones helen mari lyn bateman daughter of dr and mrs j h bateman and thomas david forgrave son of mr and mrs e r forgrave miss betty speight was soloist witti the choir augmented for the occasion with several members from the junior rosebud mission band make presentation the rosebud mission band of the united church held its closing meet ing of the term on monday afternoon with several baby band members and ladies as guests at the close of the programme mrs f c overend was asked to come to the platform and an address expressing the children s ap preciation of her interest in each one of them and of her many kindnesses was read by june clarke on behalf of the baby band and mission band lutie anne hyde then presented a dainty cup and saucer with their love mrs overend very feelingly thanked the children and in her farewell mes sage to them expressed the beautiful thought that while distance may separate us yet we all speak to the same heavenly father and thus in spirit are drawn close together in clos ing mrs overend urged the children to strive earnestly through life to fol low the precious teachings of jesus in a statement issued as we go to press chairman w v grant reports that georgetown and district has sub- scribed a total vt 323650 in victory loan 11h1 bonds with some returns still to come in there is a possibility that this figure may be increased by at least another 10000 when the final count is tabulated next week georgetown s objective in the loan drive was 160000 and this was over- sufascrfied to a total of 227000 or 16218 of the- objective the honour flag to which one pennant was added when georgetown went over the top last week now boasts two more pen nants each one signifying 25 rise over the objective in addition to the above a total of 495500 is reported in special name subscriptions which while not includ ed in the objective can still be count ed as a contribution from residents of the district in the grand total every town in halton has exceeded the quota set in the drive and on sat- urday night in oakvlue a celebration was held to herald this fact major frank pullen hughes cleaver m t a blakektok mpp reeve norman gilbert of trafalgar and other dig nitaries made short addresses a spec ial feature was the presentation of a silver plaque by mayor dr f m deans to mrs louis keene wife of ltcol louis keene co of the lome scots now in england the plaque a tribute to the lome scots regiment from the people of oakvlue will be sent overseas to hang in the regimental mess complete details of the drive in hal ton will be published in the herald next wednesday miss mabel forgrave gets high honor on wednesday evening of last week at the rebekah assembly which met in the prince george hotel toronto miss mabel forgrave was honoured by the presentation of the degree of chivalry one of the highest honours to be con ferred upon a member of the lodge a gold lodge degree pin acco the degree miss forgrave has served verdun rebekah lodge no 184 for many years in the capacity of secretary and the degree was a reward for these years of faithful service lions hold benefit for british child wavictims lone scots band choral groups did i say that help raise honey fob war fund over 100 was netted by the george town lions club at a concert and bingo held last night in the arena for the liens british child war vic tims pond col james ballantine retiring pre sident of the club was master of cere monies and introduced the various entertainment which included the georgetown choral society the grace male choir of brampton the lome scots band and radios did i say- that program both choral groups were directed by w e capps of brampton who is pre sident of the brampton lions club and both offered their services gratis to help the fund which lions clubs throughout canada and the united skates are sponsoring the lome scots band also kindly gave of their services for the evening the ajfcaseluer radio program which features ken sable and doc ltndsey was much enjoyed by the crowd and there win be a lot of g radios tuned to station oprb at 650 pjn tomorrow thurs day night to hear the broadcast of the recording made the program is one of the quiz type so popular the past few years during the last week en try forms were available for those wishing to appear on the program and before it started six contestants were selected and asked to come forward mr a c wehc a member of the lions club was the first contestant and stumbled on the question what famous heavyweight boxing champion who retired undefeated was known as the fighting marine this was a 200 quesjion and was reduced to 1 00 when ken soble told him the first name gene mrs a oollins won 100 by giving the first names of the movie come dian laurel and hardy and robert saunders a british war guest answer ed correctly the name of an american ship recently sunk oy the naais miss ethel brownridge was next in the list and our fashion expert tells us that she was right in her des cription of a bolero so well unable to give the comic character re ferred to in a jingle and mrs doug maplesden eoukbvt translate a latin phrase sic semper terranls tough luck girls we would have been stuck too mrs george dobson was winner of a 100 ax bai of sugar on which the countess of btrathmore chapter lo djs have been selling tickets and on which the draw was made at the benefit winners of 5 3 and 2 in prises offered in the lucky draw were miss hettie lawson mm arnott early and mrs jack mcoibbon the very fine amplifying system was operated free of charge by j sanford son of stewarttown after the progra bingo was en joyed by the crowd parcel from mrs swan is acknowledbo mrs dorothy swan brampton has just received a letter from mrs vin cent massey acknowledging a paroel sent to her on april 3rd the letter reads as follows another of your splendid parcels has just arrived and has gone straight away to plymouth where as you know much has happened during the past few days i know many people there who have suffered much will be full of gratitude to you for your thoughts of them the papers will have told you of our experiences daring the past week or so but the courage and spirit of the people is beyond des gifts such as yours mean much at this time another parcel has jus been posted making the 4th to leave canada since april 3rd mrs swan is a daughter of mrs elisabeth loud of georgeto and a sister of mrs k preston pro prietress of the empire lunch driver absolved in norval death an inquest was held last thursday at acton into the death of mortimer csark norval service station proprie tor who was instantly ktued on the evening of june 7th when he feu from a truck driven by harvey lusty of ge the accident occ at the main intersection in norval apparent clark attempted to board the truck while it was in motion and feb be neath the wheels it was raintaf heavily at the time and lusty was unaware of the aooklent unta he was notified by constable w q marth upon his return w georgetown the jury attached no blame to tim driv jftar the fa oomer dr am ul inquest dr rt paul who was called to the scene of the accident testified that death was caused by s hemorr hage there una evidence of a ffcjsc- tured skull and a puootured lungv alec gregg companion of csark said as the track approac th clark said he was gome to jump on and ride up the road to his boms be ran after the truck whi wa not moving very fast and attempted the jump which caused oils death