Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 27, 1941, p. 1

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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening august 27th 1941 5c a copy 2 00ayetfr red cross plans aluminum salvage drive next month discuss purchase of new sew ing machines fob work a meeting of the georgetown red cross society was held in the public library at 800 pin on monday even ing president leroy dale was in the chair the aluminum salvage campaign which will be held on friday and saturday september 5th and 6th was discussed and mr dale george al- cott and walter btehn were appointed committee to berlh charge of the school teachers in town and district will be asked to instruct their pupils to bring discarded aluminum utensils belonging to their parents and neigh bours to the schools on september 5th and the display window at the herald office has been made available for the two days when aluminum donations win be placed in it the campaign which was planned by the department at national war services to provide aluminum vitally needed for war production has been put in charge of the red cross so ciety while the campaign has for its chiet purpose the obtaining of this metal any profits accruing will go to the red cross so that it really is playing a dual role of providing metal lor production and funds for red cross work it is also pointed out that only waste aluminum is wanted and articles used every day in the home should not be donated purchase of sewing machines another matter which came up for discussion at the meeting was the pur chase of some new sewing machines for the red cross rooms in the post office some of the machines at present in the rooms are out of com mission and it is doubtful if they can be put in working order mrs w j peck mrs p p blackburn and mr dale were named as a conunjttee to arrange for the repairing of machines and the purchase of new ones to re place those discarded it is anticipat ed that at least three new machines and possibly five wlh have to be pur chased henry sherman died last wednesday this community was shocked at the sudden passing of henry l sherman on wednesday august 20th born in georgetown of a pioneer family six tynine years ago he wasmhe third son of the late henry and jane peck sherman he received his education in the public and high schools here after leaving school as a young man he was employed by the late william mcleod co afterwards by john mcbean co many of the older generation will remember him when he and the late william mckay had a photograph studio on main street later he went into the mens furnish ing business with stores in george town and acton however his chief interest was always in photography and for thirty years he had a studio in milton three years ago he dis posed of his business in milton and returned to make his home here he was a member of the congregational church and a conservative in politics mr sherman was twice married his first wife was may tost georgetown who along with their baby son passed away in 1902 1912 he married lucy homan of grimsby who survives him he is also survived by three sisters mrs william whyte jane and mrs r r gardiner nellie of georgetown and mrs d a scott vina of or- angeville two brothers will of st paul minn and george of pes moines io died in 1895 and 1896 in tribute to the late mr sherman many friends spoke of his kindliness of disposition and fine sense of humor the funeral took place from his late residence church st on friday after noon to greenwood cemetery rev j e ostrom pastor of the baptist church conducted the service at the home and at the grave lorne scots overseas let a classified advertisement the herald be your salesman this is a snapshot of no 5 platoon lome scots detachment canadian army oversea sent to us by pte d bowman unfortunately the names were not enclosed with the picture and we are unable to identify all the faces for those unidentified we have placed a question mark and we would be pleased if their friends or relatives would give us their names reading left to right standing pte c e clarke pte l j rayner pte f h tost pte h w tost pte w hilts pte h w anguish stooping pte r j wiley pte d bowman pte b j tennant pte w emmerson pte j d graham pte g w lane pte j y emmerson pte e hornb pte s emmerson halton holsein breeders enter county herd at cne georgetown boy in rca f drill squad at the exhibition slfca in ince m t the the canadian ac2 leslie clark son of mr and mrj mark clark johiv street who left his position with the herald to enl st in the r c ap in june is a memiber of the r c aj drill squad which ts taking stand performam- national exhibition commenting on the squad the to ronto globe and mail in an editorial yeterda said it is difficult to realize when watch ing the royal canadian air force drill squad at the exhibition that a few shod months ago these young men were civilians the phrase mov ing as one man has often been ap- announcement has just been mad by j c bell freeman president at the halton hglsteln brejmers club that baluwtwiu again b represented in the intercounty clam at the btf show we understand that this yeart entry of holstelns at the c3vj is on of the largest on record with appro ximately 360 head entered which more than excelsthe combined entry of all other dairy breeds halton holstetn breeders contributing cattle are a follows w s hall oakvlue frank pelletterlo sons milton j l neelands and son hornby john picket sc son hornby roblnsdtt bros georgetown irwin shepherd freeman and gordon l tasker mtl- halton calf clubs enter four groups at cnjb j watch next weeks herald for middle school results at georgetown high school picture of no 4 platoon lome scots fall fair special prize list 5 read the herald every week and keep up with the home town news 3 luaiiimiitiuniiiitiiitiiicxiiuithiimuiiitjtitijitcaiitrriiiiiitcsuhjifiiiiirjrtiiitiiiiiicjiiiium nciriimmiriiirjiiiiiiitrrtitiihiitiiiittcaiiiii m halton calf clubs will again be rep u um rented in the inter calf club com- seidom natthe performance so well i petitions at the cjsjs which take place on wednesday septembers we understand from agricultural repre sentative j e whitelock that this years entry in halton is one of the largest on record with a total of 45 individual members from this num ber dub leaders gerald graham w h robinson and a t woodley have selected entries for the guernsey ho stein jersey and shorthorn sections the following are the club member whose animals have been selected guernseys john featherstone oakvllle bob ford milton angus and fraser mcnabb georgetown holstelns ralph fish oakvllle earl ford hornby donald peer mil ton ford wlckson bronte jtseys beverley and kenneth ella rockwood john mcclure tow n jim snow milton shorthorns john and earl bob lindsay all of georgetown lived up to the words in the complicated manual of arms turning marching counter marching this team of ainnen-in- training gives delight to the eyes of all who enjoy symmetrical movement triere are 150 of them pupil pilous observers wireless operators and air gunners men who before long will be performing or participating in a dif ferent type of evolution but one in which keenness of mind bodily con trol and sense of timing will be of greater importance than it is on a parade square that these men have the essentials for the tasks ahead of them is apparent from the moment the march into sight some days ago we urged that this squad be made lhe subject of a film to be sent far and wide as illustrate of the tjpe of men and or the chool mg thej are getting under the british commonwealth air training pan we repeat this suggestion with added em phasls active service notes scarcely a week goes by which does not bring at least one letter from one of the boys on active service we do appreciate getting these and knowing that they like to get the herald and read about he doings in their home town this week we received a thant you letter from gnr john hoare who is at fort connaught halifax it is good to be able to keep abreast of the happenings around he home town and glen williams he says even though i am over a thousand miles away a letter from tpr f j castle jn england with the 11th army tank batallon is dated july 15th just a line to let you know i ceived your copy of the herald june 18th he says i was sure glad to get it as we don t get much news here and papers of any kind are hard to get i have seen quite a bit ot england already as i have had five days leave while in nottingham thy had an air raid warning but all the people do here is roll over and go back to sleep on my next eave wnich is not for three months i am going to see london as i guess every body would want to see that city if you are talking to anybody over hre about the war they all say that it will be over by christmas so you can see what they think of hitler as for the part of the country we are in ngn now it is very much like ontario the first week we were here it was real hot with no rain but we sure are ge ting it now will close now and excuse using both sides of the papr but it is hard to get your friend tpr f j castle a pleasant surprise was a letter rom pte dave bowman one of the lome scots who enclosed two snaps of no 4 and no 5 platoon on of them appears in this edition of the herald and the other will be in next weeks paper he says although not as lear as we would have wished it u sives yon an idea judging by the smjes and various expressions on the boys faces of how they are taking to the arrry life over here though not by any means leading a perfect one as uta is impossible in the army anyway they say it is a soldiers privilege to grumble and how some can do it all the boys are heallj settling down and training real hard if the georgetown citizens ould see them now they certainly would be proud of them and without a word of doubt i know the win make a name for themselves in this struggle all of which is a fine tribute to his buddies from pte bowman and we know they will lire up to his dea of them pte fred tdst writing to his mo- ffier enclosed i cou o snaps of himself and one of major j r barber which he asks o be pat in the herald these win appea at an early date lieut alan macdonald is back east for a special six weeks course at os hawa and windsor after which time he will rejoin the duflerin te haldt mand rifles at nanatmo bc pte walter j norrington who l with the arygle southern highlan ders of canada has been transferred with his regiment from nanalmo bc to hamilton ontario prior to leaving lor another unknown destination our revised active service list which appears in this week s paper h near correct as we could get it will greatly help if relatives friends or the men themselves turn in changes of address promptly to the herald horace hurley is the latest george town boy to enlist in the rcjlf hi joined up recently and is now station ed at jarvis ronnie mendham son of mr and mrs w mendham has passed the necessary tests which qualify him for training with the sea cadets and he can now be seen wending his way to guelph on monlay and friday nights where he is a member of this splen did organization pte j w hemphill camp borden and pte w l r cobourn of vic toria b c also stationed at camp borden spent the week end in town sgtptot robert mckillop oi brampton who is favourably known in town graduated at a wings cere mony at the dunnvllle air training school last week nursing sister irene molly mul holland daughter of mr and mrs james muqiouand georgetown and tormerly of peel memorial hospital brampton is now stationed at the rcaj- hospital at st thomas out both ns mulhouand and sp mc killop were attendants at the wedding of cpl donald m gallagher r cam c son of mrs mark gallagher and the late mr gallagher of brampton o margaret elizabeth daughter of mr and mrs alex welch of sundrtdge or satukday aug 16th at a liner ontario canadian prime minister flies to britain the weather we have had another week of fine summer weatner and a good half day rain lastmonday to help relieve the drought the mean temperature for the week wjas 6594 nearly seven degrees higher than that of last week cooler weath er ts reported in the western pro- mnces and we may look for it few days later following are the local records for the week tues aug 19 wed- aug 20 trims aug 21 fri aug 22 sat aug 23 sun aug 24 mon aug 2s h and l temp 73 67 7i rain fall 63 george- lerch mkg his first airplane flight an epic one the right honorable w l mackenzie king prime minister f brit r cently by bomber after a successful transatlantic crossing accompany ing the prime minister were various government officials lncludng norman robertson undersecretary of stae r external affairs and brigs dier george p vanler former cana dlan minister to france and presen oonm officer of qu mill tary district no 6 in the top photo the prime minister is shown waving a cheerful goodbye to the small party on hand to bid him farewell at left b r b jackson traffic manager rjlf crtv command at right m h long vssisiant to w wilson representatrn of the british- mj nf mlr ptoduf in the bottom photo robertson at left and brigadier vanler are shown chatting just be fore hoarding the plane mr thomas ellenton wins many prizes at one mr thomas ellen ton blind resident of georgetown won six prizes at the canadian national exhibition this year for articles entered by him in the handcraft class three first prizes one second and two thirds were gar nered by mr ellen ton for his six ar ticles entered and he is to be con gratulated on this splendid showing articles entered were as follows cane chair seating 1st prize clothes hamper 1st prize waste paper basket 1st prize tray 2nd prize flower basket 3rd prize work basket 3rd prize children still active workers for bwf fund georgetown children still continue to do their bit for british war vic tims and ajj three donations to the herald fund last week were from children four boys held a bazaar near the alliance paper mill on monday aug 18th and raised 3 68 for the fund the boys were bobby bousklll georgo louth and philip and james carney beatrice hilts brought in 100 for the fund during the week and a booth near the cnji station last friday operated by buddy hardrnan and terry bludd netted 4j6 the fund now stands at 9300619 the georgetown herald britiih war victim fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram gl- cash on hand acknow ledged bobby bouskill george louth james and philip carney basaar aug 18th near alliance paper mill beatrice hilts georgetown terry bludd and buddy hardrnan booth near cnjt station aug 22 total to aug 27th v bean v carrot v stone nature is still cooperating in the v tor victory campaign as evidenced by three recent exhibits in the herald window mr john evans brought us a bean shaped like a v and soon af ter this was matched by twin carrots growing from a single base in a per- v discovered by mr george brandford georgetown market gar- dener perhaps the most unusual of all was a vshaped stone on one side ot which a v was hollowed out which was found by billy hewitt near his home on guelph street the latter two may still be seen la the herald window this week u u tmanhh to the many friends and neighbof who cxpt ca then- sympathy m maoy ways mrs sherman and the late mr sherman surtax wish to express ftetr deep appreciation

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