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seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening july 16th 1941 5c a copy 200 a year courage and patience is watchword of war weary british men and women here is the first of a series of letters written specially for the georgetown herald and the mid- laud free press herald by mar garet butcher english journalist author of comets hair and oth er novels miss butcher is at bresent living in reading a short distance up the thames from lon- don and in her letters give us an intimate glimpse into the lives of the ordinary every day men and women of britain whose determin ation to see the war through to victory has not been shaken by the horrors of the hun blitzes by margaret butcher reading england i met my boss on the stairs this morning a nice woman but she was feeling monday ish one so often feels mondayish nowadays there are lots of mondays in a week perhaps thats the best way to describe it you know back to the same faces the same old round and one can get rather tired oftatees even with the bestwlll in the world and nowadays there doesnt seem to be any getting away from them along comes firewatching night when one really jught to be athome andinbedrmiles away and there are the paces again you shut yourself away in one of the offices andlf its your lucky night get a bit- of sleep you tumble out of the bumpy concave bed and go to the bathroom to get a catlick of a wash to find the paces cluttering up the place and you know that yo got to go on looking at them t5f the rest of the day and if that isnt the quintessence of mondayishness well what is my boss sighed i feel awful she said you know i was almost in tears this morning and i was talking to a man who said you must have cour age and patience i know hes right of course he is i agreed its the only sort of show we can put up when we feel like this i believe it would be easier to make a sudden spurt of courage in a way and that time she agreed with me then i told her what llhlnk that when one feels this everlasting monday the best thing is to alt at ones desk work hard and say nothing at all if folk dont speak they cant say the wrong thing you help me a lot you know i said and she does she is not only nice but she looks nice her hair is carefully done she doesnt always turn up in the same clothes she speaks pleasantly even if she has to say something not too pleasant and shes btyman it heartened her to think that she was helping somebody else along and she smiled we shall get through this patch of course she said but when i look around at the lovely fields and think it it all gets me down for a moment you under stand i did spring here summer coming and its all one vast monday but as she went up the stairs i called out dont lets forget c and p onr private motto so thats our private motto now and not a bad one we have only to look across the room at each other and its like a shout privately its my belief that were all just getting our second wind a bit puffed and- cross at the moment but it will pass one is sorry for the young things though but i dont worry over them theyll grasp the candp idea in less than no time after all its so much easier for me than it is for them tve had grand times and ive accum ulated enough dogged philosophy to expect some more but kids cant feel that way about it they just feel cheated i imagine down underneath theyre game enough though theres no mistake about that life goes on pulsing away beneath their skins and that reminds me of a little anecdote i heard last week- that stubborn something which goes on and on and not only in the young folks the teller of the story was a man i used to know some years ago the son of a wellknown writer he uves in london that sorely punished ait unpunishable city and he saw five men with pneumatic drills working on road during a bad butz bombs were falling au round and a fire was blaring not far away and the steady noise of the drills never stopped for they were trying to get at a broken gasmain bombs fell nearer men were knocked out but as one went down he would be carried quickly away and another stepped forward into nls place no delay no fuss they mended that main and they were all whiskery old chaps said my friend no hot young blood there just cold determination to get the job done grand old grandpas i v queer streak of humor the newspaper man also told me a y this tune with a queer streak of humor in it an old fellow who jrfcs at his omoebullding came along be other morning looking peevish and bustered it transpired upon ques- ttonlng that a 1250 lb time bomb had been dropped in his back garden and he and the neighbours had been i in watching the squad dig it and cart ft away to hackney as the lorry bumped oft it the crowd raised loud cheers well you were lucky it didnt ex- continued on page 5 the weather the long looked for rain came last week and while too late for the good of grain crops will be of inestimable value to gardens hoe crops and pas tures temperatures on the whole last week have been normal as compared with the previous week the day tem peratures were on the average 87 de grees lower and- the night temperatures 2 degrees higher just ideal for a days work and a good nights sleep following are the local records for the week date tues july 8 wed july 9 thurs july 10 pri july 11 sat july li sun jttj3 mon july 14 h and l temp rain fall halton juniors picnic at huttonville park western chiefs greet prime minister halton juniors held their annual field day thuttcnville on tuesday of last week owing to the shortage or labour on most farms the event was modified somewhat from former years a mixed softball tournament was held in the early evening amongst teams representing acton norval and palermo groups acton juniors were declared champions after defeating both palermo and norval clubs by close scores approximately 200 sat down to the picnic supper which was followed by an enjoyable dance with jack macks orchestra of toronto providing the music joanna shortill buried at ballinafad joanna shortill a life long resident of this community passed away in guelph general hospital on satur day july 12th in her 68th year al though she hall been in falling health for the past year her sudden passing came as a shock to her many friends she was born on the shortlu home stead lot 30 8th line esqueslng and had lived there till she and her mother moved to ballinafad twenty years ago she was an active worker in the former methodist church and since union took an active part in the united church and was seldom ab sent from the services until her health failed a year ago she lived a life of service to others and will be greatly missed she leaves three brothers to mourn the loss of a loving sister w b of georgetown r j r of win nipeg and p w on the farm her parents and three sisters and a bro ther predeceased her for the past year she has resided with her brother fred j shortill on the farm from where the funeral was held on mon day july 14th the service was con ducted in the church by rev george altken of guelph a former minister in the absence of rev a o w foreman who is in the north on his vacation the pallbearers were messrs robert fred j j fred and richard shortill of ballinafad hubert shortill of toronto and win anthony of ac ton interment was in b cemetery the fiowerbearers were former boys of her sunday school class flowers were given by w b and f w and family robert lof winnipeg mrs elisabeth shortill and family elizabeth walters of new orleans mr and mrs dr campbell orangeville mr and mrs l m ben nett miss minnie bennett acton mr and mrs conover ertndale the wo mans association of ballinafad unit ed church mr lewis of toronto had charge of the service here on sunday his text was ex 14 15 and the lard said unto moses speak unto the child ren of israel that they go forwards though there are giants or obstacles ahead he advised all christians and temperance workers to go forward the july meeting of the wa was held at the home of mrs h hilts plans were made for a field day in the near futurer during his western inspection tour prime minister w l mackenzie king was greeted in regina by two fullblooded indian cnlers or the peapot reserve in the qaappelle valley he is shown here cxamin- inr great war decoration proudly worn by chief harry bau who served with the 195th regiment and lost a ler at vlmy ridge chief abel wat etch centre was also a private with the 195th and was gassed al hill 70 in 1917 mr kins joined the chiefs in smoking the pipe of peace after inspecting the all- indian platoon of u retina regimen t all recruits in this platoon come from the peapot reserve and are following the great war example ot their chiefs aunt of georgetown man writes from england by kind permission of ed coliyer y3 wt arf faring pood is reprint below an extract from a hy rationed which makes it e3sl- letter written by nls aunt mrs new- er f everyone to get their share and ton bell st leonard sonthesea uu ls plenty of one sort or an- england to her brother rev charles ther not always die sort we prefer but that doesnt matter these days we are just thankful for what we get esjt are more scarce than anything 1 le at least i miss them more than anything but we really have good lood and plenty of it there are com- lity meals in most places and coliyer of bridgewater virginia poor old london has had a most territle time especially last saturday night as you will know of course a great many bombers pass over us on their way to do their ghastly work and also on their return but luckily 1 or dinner sometimes very good they dont trouble us by dropping meals but needless to say i like home bombs on us and i sincerely hope they bet dont think i suffer owing u never will we are having a very tnc wflr ln any wa that matters of quiet time and most nights can sleep course money is greatly reduced and like a top but of course when the es much higher but we just man- enemy ls on the way to london we a and get through comfortably dont get much sleep until the wel- needless to say i wish so much that come au clear ls sounded that ls i could get over to you and to toron- very loud blast from the syrens lasting two minutes one morning it got jammed and went on booming for eleven minutes can you imagine the noise of it and how we were all begin ning to wonder if it meant that any freph bit of delivery was on the way to us what excitement has been caused by the arrival of rudolf hess in scotland as a refugee it surely looks as if hitler cant now be too sure that his friends will stick to him i hope re volution is on the way in germany so that this terrible bloodshed may come to an end sooner than we haive thought possible m a last letter told of an air raid near them last week no damage they were enroute if by any chance i should lose my home it is a comfort to feel i have the necessary papers to enable me to get over to you but the thought of the atlantic just now is not attractive things dont seem to mat ter these days what does matter is the awfulness of the suffering and an xiety everywhere due to the war as you say one feels that jesus is being crucified afresh and all the vic tims of the war are suffering wltl him but after we have been through this awful darkness and mis ery his goodness will break through and make life happy again i will never believe that evil will be allowed to triumph kind messages to all mends who clydeslde i had so much hoped that make enquiries teu them i am not her beautiful and restful part of the suffering personally from the war but country cumberland might be left am just one big heartache for toe unmolested but truly one never very many who have lost their peoph knows where is safest from air attack and their homes and au i they possess soit is better to stay quietly at home m hoping to start next week work- rm sure dont you feel that invasion in or the bundles for britaui get- is put oft indefinitely i dont think t things rdw for oustotoution it will even comebut we are prepar- here when need jwmjer if 2 tn hnt ii shall recognlae any dresses which i ed up to the hilt recognlae i saw ln virginia harlowbruce wedding last saturday a quiet wedding was solemnized by rev a w posbury of acton united church last saturday july 12th when margaret alberta bruce daughter or mr and mrs s j bruce of moffat became the bride of oliver john har low son or mr and mrs herbert e harlow of georgetown the ceremony was performed at mr posburys home m acton the bride wore a streetlength dress of blue sheer and white accessories and a corsage of pink carnations her attendant miss erleen mabee wore a mauve sheer streetlength dress with white accessories and matching cor sage the grooms attendant was his bro ther mr ray harlow after a short wedding trip mr and mrs harlow will take up residence in- georgetown lions meet at cedar crest members of the georgetown lions club enjoyed a social dinner meeting at cedar crest lodge last monday evening the new president tion r llcata was in the chair plans were laid for the salvage campaign which the club ls conduct- ing and it was decided to start collect ing papers and magazines next week with collection of scrap metal rubber etc to follow shortly after details of the collection appear ln another sec tion of the herald it was decided to hold an excursion by boat early ln august when mem bers and their friends will enjoy a moonlight cruise to queenston lions w h long and a h feuer are ln charge of arrangements for this a c welk was elected to the board of directors for the coming year and j d kelly was elected lion tamer the retiring secretarytreasurer re ported on lions activities during the past year which included the annual christmas tree a concert and bingo first annual rural night sponsorship of the juvenile hockey team anil sub stantial donations to the herald war victims fund the red cross and the canadian war services fund charles stockford rcaf married drayton girl yesterday a quiet wedding was solemnized at the home of the brides parents on tuesday july 15th at 530 pjn when eva lillian samls daughter of mr and mrs elmer samls of drayton was married to charles wiuoughby stock- tord rcaf son of mr and mrs harry stockford of georgetown the ceremony was performed by the rev erend duncan of drayton presbyter- tan church mrs annie mitchell the brides sis ter was her attendant and the groom was attended by mr lomer samls brother of the bride a wedding sup per was held afterwards for the families of the bride and groom after which they left by motor and boat for virden manitoba where mr stock- ford is stationed as an instructor with the rcaf mr stockford was principal of ux- bridge public school at the time of his enlistment ln the air force last spring and prior to this he had taught in moorefield public school near drayton local orange lodges participated ln the glorious 12th parade last saturday in grand valley pt 100 for herald war victims fund last week the herald war victims fund was increased by another s100 last week as the result of three substantial rtjna- tlons the monab st neighborhood club turned ln another 1000 and 1 1000 was also brought in by mrs george walters as proceeds from a social evening held at her home on thursday july 10th m mallna georgetown jeweler who donated two watches for a raffle on which 80 was realized chose to send in his money directly to the evening telegram fund in toronto but as this money was raised in georgetown and the draw was advertised for the herald war victims fund we feel credit should be given to the georgetown people for their contribution in this case guest at testimonial dinner the georgetown herald british war victims fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram cash on hand acknow ledged draw on two watches do nated by m mallna sent directly to evening tele- igram fund social evening at home of mrs george walters thursday jriy loth mcnab st neighborhood club l guest of honor at the testimonial dinner at the royal york piotel toronto last week was c o knowies editor of the toronto evening telegram pictured above at the left is bight hon maleehn mwdonald gaest sneakerandt the right bight hon arthur melfhen pc kc cha for we evening v helen mcmurdiy gives address and presentation miss helen mcmurchy has been the guest of honour at several delightful social events hi the thornhill district on thursday evening june 27th the entire community gathered for a htiwn party at the home of mr and mrs alvln robinson and presented her with a beautiful floor lamp the pupils of s 8 no 2 mtfrha entertained at a tea presenting miss mcmurchy with an etectric jrul mrs robert giles and others gave teas in her honour following is the address read at the presentation on june 37th dear miss mcmurchy it is with a feeling of loss and deep regret that we find we are about to lose a beloved teacher although we hope to often spend an evening with you yet in one sense this is the parting of the way the tie of teacher and section- ls severed so we feel that we cannot let this occas ion pass without meeting together to wish you gods speed and to express our appreciation of your cheerful friendly cooperation wherever your future field of work may be we know you will still ba teaching by precept and example ibtngr better things of life we all extend to you our blessings we shall rejoice with you ln your successes and mourn with you in your disappointments as the years go by we hope that the difficulties you have had in guiding the youth along the flowery paths of know ledge may be blotted from your book of remembrance and only pleasant memories remain we wish you to accept this token our love and esteem sometimes as you relax under the rays of this light wp hnpc ytmtr mind will go back to your many friends in s s no 3 markham signed on behalf of the community william gohn robe gil c j russell card of thanks mrs robert puckering and family wish to thank their marry friends for their thoughtful interest and sym pathy also the kind neighbors for their assistance at the time of the re cent loss of her husband and their father w