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the georgetown herald wednesday evening august 27th 191 i rr m the georgetown herald news of gesffetown norval glen wuluinsijmehoiiss stewarttown bajunafad wad tern ctt subscription rates canada and the united states 200 a year- single copies 6c advertising rates will be quoted on application walter c btehn oarfield l mooilvray reginald broomhead phone no 8 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec division of the cwjja the editors corner fall fair time for the next few weeks interest- will be centred in the georgetown fall fair the 95th consecutive fair sponsored by the esquesing agricultural society one of the chief criticisms last year was the fact that with the fair coming on thursday the majority of people in town were unable to attend this year the fair board has been fortunate in securing the former days of friday and saturday and it is hoped that a greatly increased attendance will greet their efforts another innovation which should prove profitable is the selling of lucky draw tickets whieh wall undoubted ly help to bolster the crowd at this time it is impossible to have a very good idea of just what their will be in the way of exhibits the priz list is in process of being printed and there are no outstanding changes in types or classifications of exhibits last year the number of entries in the ladies work section was disappointing and it is hoped that this year this important section of the fair will be better ipatronizedr the prizelist for this class has been print ed and is available now in order to give the ladies time to prepare their entries more in the way of entertainment is being pro vided this year the amusement concession has been let to haacks shows which will have full charge of this angle a dance in the arena on friday night will once again feature russ creightons orchestra which proved so popular the last two years it must be remembered that the crowd makes the fair and the bigger the attendance the bigger suc cess the fair will be the fair board have been work ing hard to give you the best fair that can be arranged lets all get behind them and show our appreciation by turning out on fair day the best of things the best of things must come to an end goes an old saying and it is with real regret that we publish this week the last of a series of ten articles on the brit ish commonwealth air training plan these were written by hugh templin versatile editor of the fer gus newsrecord and in our opinion the best writer among the weekly editors that we are not alone in this belief is evidenced by the fact that he has been invited by the british gov- vernmertt to fly to england in company with a number of other newspapermen to get a firsthand glimpse of the british war effort even now he may be winging his way over the ocean although the time and date of departure is of course a closelyguarded secret no doubt his practiced eye and facile pen will be busy when he is away storing up a host of interest ing information for his subscribers in fergus and we sincerely hope that other weekly papers will be able to share his account of what he sees overseas bon voyage hughand well be awaiting those articles with interest an idea a novel idea was recently sponsored by the canadian echo wiartons weekly paper the local womens institute took full charge one week and put out a twelvepage edition of the echo having a great time among themselves and incidently making a good bit of money for their club funds perhaps some local club or society would like to give it a trial some percentage agreement could be arrived at for advertising revenue to make it worth their while and we are sure that our readers would like to read someone elses ideas for a change how about it ladies aluminum salvage the local red cross society in cooperation with the national or ganization and the deportment of national war services is sponsoring a twoday campaign for aluminum on friday and saturday september 5th and 6th this amnaign is undertaken at the request of the govern ment which advises that aluminum is vitallv necessary for the war effort any profit accruing from the sale of the scrap will go to the red cross society so that this campaign will really fulfil the double purpose of supplying needed metal for war production and funds for red cross work school children in georgetown and district will be asked to co operate by bringing discarded aluminum utensils from their homes to the school on fridav september 5th and articles may be left at the herald office on both davs of the campaign further details of this will appear in ncxts herald in the mean time readers are requested to look up any discarded aluminum utensils to add to the collection watch the pile grow was the slogan adopted by the iodje last year in their successful aluminum drive its still a good slogan and we jiope to see the pile in the herald window grow to record proportions jo t a knowing way irypd w patty offence have you anybody here sjbo can vouch for your character irishman tea your honor the fsmriff then can sheriff why i do not even know the man irishman observe your honour that rve lived twelve years in tbtr county and thei sheriff doesnt even know me british keep smiling women go without stockings men wear leather patches here is another of those won derfully bright and cheerjn letters from margaret butcher english novelist who gives us an intim ate glimpse into the way in which the ordinary every day folks of the old land are standing up to the war there is nothing better coming out of england than these letters of miss butchers which are written specially for the george town herald and the midland free press herald by margaret butcher reading england here is the rain at last and on sunday we were all tremendously excited about it after weeks of hot dry weather we all talked about rain and hardly a word about the war it just goes to show what happens when one becomes al lotmentminded till now i have al ways thought of rain as just some thing that has to happen sometimes but is principally conspicuous for leak ing through ceilings and shoes a tire some manifestation altogether but not now since this started the edibles have actually beaten the weeds to it a thing i should hardly have thought possible a fortnight ago i only one thing is disappointing about it there is no present need to use our musical tank which is a pity the tank added much to 4he gaiety of natlonsand we can do rffth a bit of that nowadays the first time i saw it i gave way to hysteria and the symptoms recurr ed whenever it reappeared i heard on that opening occasion a loud ratt ling noise which was exceeding jpuzz- ling and one feels a tiiflejmpv in these times abdkf loud rattling noises i looked out orthe window and there trundldxg consplcuqusly down the road was the gardening partner propell ing the tank before him its com ponent parts are interesting consist ing as they do of a a tengallon directory f r watson dds mds georgetown office hours fl to 5 except thursday afternoons m dr j burns milne dental surgeon xray georgetown phone 80 am nielsen 29th year of practice ctiiropractor xray drugless therapist lady attendant office over dominion store georgetown hours 25 730 930 pm closed thursday phone 150w clifford g reid lds dds dentist phone 410 main street georgetown leroy dale kc m sybil bennett ba barristers and solicitor mill street georgetown phone 19 radio repairing we specialize in this work is tears experience j sanfordson phone georgetown 34w kenneth m langdon barrister solicitor notary public first mortgage money to loan office gregory theatre bldg mill street phone 88 georgetown frank petch licensed auctionlkb and all classes of insurance prompt service phone 391 georgetown po box 413 jcooke cement and cind blocks brick an tile uanuractukiib with uptodate all sizes any quantity s new st phone 838 burlington elmer c thompson insurance service fire auto windstorm cp railway and allied steamship summer excursions phone 119w or j georgetown secure ralph gordon the versatile entertainer for your next program illustrated circular free toronto address 6z8b crawford st gray coach lines timetable now ln effect eastern standard time leave georgetown i eastbottnd to toronto f 6 08 am 406 pm 918 ajn 1106 pm 1148 pjn 80s pjn 223 pm westbound to london 933 sun 800 pjh- i x 1206 prn e 9m pjn 206 pjn dxlo35 pm j aycofl pm extt35 pm a except sun and hol i d except sftt sun and hol e bat bun and hoi i dally except bun x to kitchener jr tft rtm c n r timetable standard time going east passenger 818 am passenger and mail 1009 son passenger and mall 846 pm passenger sunday only 831 pm passenger dally 941 pm toronto and beyond going west passenger and mall 834 am passenger saturday only 116 pm passenger dally except saturday and sunday 0q pm passenger and mall 646 pm passenger sundays only 110 p- going north passenger and mall 646 am going south passenger and mall 660 pm depot ticket office phone h monuments markers and lettering pollock ingham gait out designs on reaaestpbone 3048 inspect our wo to or cemetery mistake qustomer come john w h long 1 ready to go milliner pardon mpjn heres the hat you bought thats the box youre petrol tin salvaged from the local dump ob a pair of moribund peram- bulatorwheelb c several yards of as sorted rope string and wire d a pair ol handles which owing to the timbershortage resembles nothing so much as couple of harry lauder walkingsticks e a pendant water ingcan and attached gardenfork and f a varied selection of huts bolts screws and unspecified gadgets and behind it all the gardening partner wearing a lamentable hat the worlds worst shirt coat arm pants and a furtively tickled grin it did its job nevertheless the tank did its job with every dusk it came along to the waterless allotment and justified its remarkable existence and who can ask more this shortage of materials has certainly pepped up our ingenuity when all this is over the musical tank should take its place among our honoured relics even before it start ed it had the makings of a museum piece there are other things happening too the other morning as i jjattered along to the bus i observed iwo of a swanky localitys most uppity residents in their shirtsleeves busy cutting the hedge at the side of the road and making a very fair job of it indeed i am inclined to suspect them of pri vate hedge trlmminir in less commu nal days unlikely folk in fact are to be met doing all manner of unlike ly things most of us fo instance now go about without stockings aim our underpinnings are no longer the pallid unclad looking affairs they once were leather patches nobody minds wearing clothes that arc a bit shabby men who used to be dandies are to be seen in coats with leather binding round the cuffs and even leather patches at the elbow and its a very curious thing but in my office where one might haye ex pected to find young persons almost exclusively interested in clothes i have not heard one single moan about the new clothes coupon system we shall manage folk still look neat and its a careful satisfying sort of neat ness hats may still be bought without coupons but many women and girls have given up wearing hats in this part of the world at least instead lots of them have broken out in a new piace and one is a trifle startled to iee particolored hair a bright golden streak in the front i suppose it is the iemlne wish for a bit of variety though it isnt always as suc- jcssfut as the wearer doubtless im agines it to be bui what matter as long as it feels dressy there are few things more chcenntr than that dress j feeling after all and bless their little hearts they deserve a spot of fun people in this uncertain lull are popping back to bombed areas lor weekends you cant stop them as churchill says they go off to london or portsmouth or plymouth as joj ously a- if they were bound foi uic most peaceful spot on earth they may have to sleep in a shelter there may be no gas for the time being but what do they care theyre going home and home is home even with no windowglass and a hole in the roor even with the prospect of more bother when they get there one might fancy that nothing would per suade them to put nose m the place again after some of their experiences but as somebody predicted months ago they now look on the blitz as one of those things not a sweet song after all an evacuees life isnt one long sweet song its no joke often enbugh to live in somebodys elses house especially when the househol der hasnt had her imagination liven ed up by a personal dose of blitzing were still human i heard of one landlady last week who must be moving now in a state of pained and cautious wonder since her evacuee observed to her well im going back to london in a fort night and the night before i go you just look out for yourself i shall await developments with considerable interest maybe these londoners can give as well as take it one woman said to me its quite different you know where the folks have had a really bad tune their kidness is simply amazing speak ing for myself i have found kindness everywhere so ive no personal com plaint and its not very difficult to realize how trying it must be at mom ents to have a stranger in the kitchen the kitchen is the supreme test as every woman knows if you can stand somebody else washing dishes at your sink and cooking at your stove usually when you want to do a bit of washing and cooking yourself you can stand practically anything fire watching troubles we have our trials and another friend has just been confiding to me her particular firewatching trouble she was bombed out of her home but we dont hear a lot about that the worry of the moment is the elderly gentleman with whom she frequently shares firewatching duty he has travelled extensively that elderly gentleman and in real life i fancy he must occupy the position of club bore for she complains that he stands in the doorway for interminable periods neither coming nor going and how maddening that can be and relates his various adventures at great length and with a wealth of detail planes may be buzzing overhead but he is still irt poona or ladysmlth or some where equally irrelevant i met her the other morning looking haggard and trotting round the block for a breath of air after her night on duty had a bad time last night 7 i ask ed awfull she answered but there wasnt a local raid i objected what happened old o hung round me for hour she moaned talking about camels of all things camels its more than i can bear she is not what you would call a fussy woman either th time when she emerged from the london shelter to find her home in ruins she took it as philosophically as one may but i looked terrible she said it was pouring with rain and my oslr wag like nothing on earth we were going loff by train to some friends we had to find a home somewhere and i said to the famili bombs or no bombs 1 youu have to wait till fm ready and i went to the nearest hairdress ers and had nine pennyworth of curls after that i felt better but alas i the camels got her down poor soul it has its point on our office wall hangs a little no tlce which may be of interest if yon havent already seen it i have co idea who perpetrated it but it has its points it has helped to brighten many a firewatchers life i only wish the censor a kindly creature admit tedly but with limitations would al low me to illustrate it for you but he wont so you must supply your own mental picture here it is equipment for fire- watchers 1 belt to go round waist with ten hooks to support she full sandbags and four buckets of water 2 one axe stuck in belt 3 one stlrruppump to be carried over left shoulder 4 one whistle carried in mouth 5 one extending ladder to be car ried over leftshoulder 6 one longhandled shovel to be tucked under right arm 7 two wet blankets to be carried on head j 8 one tin hat with turnedup brim to carry spare water 0 spare sand to be carried in all poc kets 10 one box of matches to light any incendiary that falls to ignite all i can tell you about this master piece is that it came originally from london and i think that speaks for itself more than courage what brave cheery people they are- yet i have thought just lately that perhaps we may be overaccenting the bravery its there no need to worry about that however all this takes something more than courage so why not face it there was a time when bravery won wars but it isnt so any more bravery oils the mac hinery bat youve got to have the machinery bravery alone isnt much use against a machinegun youve go to have a gun as good as the othtr fellows and can get itj- in other words this is a business of hard work and hard cash scientific lmestigation shipping armaments its all d question of dollars so what does it matter if were taxed up to the eyebrows if were shabby a little bored by the sameness of xir rations if we cant rush about in cars and no here and there for our holidays good for one purpose mone isnt much use now except foi the one purpose we cant even make a guess at what it will be wortn when all this is over the one thing we do know is how useful it can be at the moment i think every sane logical decent citizen sees it that way its as near a cert as anything can be the folk who are trying to profi teer the few who are sitting on their cash well theyre just taking a crazy chance in my opinion im no finan cial genius i have not much money in the world but ive put what i have into war savings because it means the best prospect of still having a bit to go on with when the war is over and whats the good of it any how until that happens so roll on the day how are things going with you folk over there i expect that like us you a re ge ttlng up to all sorts of dodges to get money out of all sorts of pockets but once it strikes one that it all takes cash as well as cour age well the pockets open up all right youll see there are thous ands of us who wouldnt know one end of a machinegun from the other there are crowds of us who couldnt even lift a heavy sandbag hundreds more who suspect either rightly or wrongly that wed have our work cut out to stand up to a real blitz but there arent many of us who havent got a spare dollar we can hand over more power to your elbows the old stone well what joy to remember the old stone curbed well outside by our back kitchen door with its clear cold spring water that came from the hills a mile away maybe twas more my grandmother galed me when i was a lad with how that old well came to be my grandfather dugit with labor so hard way hack in the last century he gathered the stones from the fields of the farm and curbed the inside all around then topped the old well with a cir cled stone wall that sat on the curb at the ground the water we drew with a long ten- foot pole with a twentyinch hook on its end that prevented the pail from eer tumbling at all when into the well twould descend with the pole we would sink that old pall to the brim and fill it with water so full then spill about half of it bumping the sides as the load to the top we would pull the old well still serves with l jt spring water clear but gone are the pole and the pail an electrified system with high pres sure tank now serves the wholeplace without tall still id love to back to that old stone curbed well and hook that old pall oh what joy on the pole and pull up just one real good co drtnk like i used to when i was a boy ralph gordon 628 crawford st toronto