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seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening september 10th 1941 5c a copy 200 a year georgetown fall fair friday and saturday attractions promised as 95th annual event scheduled this weekend friday night dance midway potato race baby show among the highlights only a few days now till george town pall fair which will be held on frlaay and saturday september 13th and 13th in georgetown park on friday the fair grounds will be a buzz of activity as exhibits are arranged and lastminute prepara tions made the committee is deter mined to make this a standout fair in the long list of alreadysuccessful events when have been taking place now for the past ninetyfive years officers and directors heading the list of officers of the esqueslng agricultural society which sponsors the show is president herbert cleave with spencer wilson and ce cil chlsholm as 1st and 2nd vice- presidents p w cleave and frank petch fill the offices of treasurer and secretary while the lengthy directors list includes the names of t i les lie g w mcllntock walter gray lome l mujlln w c anthony craig beid john bird james fisher t j brownridge nelson a robinson hard ing price clarence anderson garfield mcgllvray w o cunningham and oscar lerch lady directors are misses m gault c mccullough elsie bird eva chlsholm mrs w e nod- well mrs h cleave and mrs spencer wilson hughes cleaver hp of burling ton is honorary president and l e fleck honorary first vicepresident while mayor joseph gibbons douglas g h wright john bingham w a wilson reeve of esqueslng and g h guthrie of toronto are honorary di rectors friday night dance the first big attraction of the fair wlll take place friday night in the arena when buss ctelghton and his variety dance band of toronto will provide plenty of zippy music both old time and modern for those who like to trip the light fantastic this well- known musical organization has been popular in town in several past ap pearances and it is expected that a good crowd will be on hand to wel come them back there will be a re freshment booth and dancing has been announced from 845 to 130 ajn saturday attractions besides the exhibits of live stock grain fruits and vegetables domestic science and handcraft there will be many attractions on saturday to make the fair of interest to everyone foremost of these will be the races the 220 and 226 trot or pace the potato race if youve never seen this were not going to tell you what it is but well guarantee youll get a thrill out of it running and high jumps mr nat guthrie of toronto is once more donating prizes this year in war savings certificates for the baby show the lome scots band will be at the fair grounds during the after noon to show the crowd how they have won so many prizes and why they are in such demand at functions in the district haacks midway is a new attraction this year and rides games and en tertainment are promised for both youngsters asn grown upe there will be a grand parade of prizewinning animals in front of the grandstand at 4 pjn in order to give everyone a look at the choicest es queslng township stock yes all indications point to a great fair this year and we hope the so ciety will get the support it deserves see you at the fair fall fair notes dont forget the date ot georgetown fall fair next friday and saturday sept 12th 13th our third wartime fair has high hopes of being one of the biggest shows in its 85 years existence remember sfour 25c admission to the fair entitles you to participate in the draw for war savings certificates the baby show will take take in front of the grandstand at about 230 pm boys under 21 will take part in a judging competition of beef cattle competition will start promptly at 1 30 pm standard time and will be in charge of j e whltelock agricultural representative forhalton hog exhibitors please note that there must be 5 hogs in pen shown eaton special ol market hogs and here is an added attraction for the public school boys and glrlsl mr m mallna georgetown jeweler is of fering a wrist watch to the boy and girl writing the best essay on george towns part in canadas war effort second prizes of fountain pens are also being given by mr malina the offer and we hope the boys and jgirls watch at 650 and the second prizes at 150 each- this is a very generous offer and we hope the boys and girls of the public school will do their best althoug the nou rath sho wu1 theteochers please announce this at the school entries should be hand ed to the secretary saturday morning at the latest mrs wjhill died in ghn williams it was with deep regret- that the glen community learned of the death on thursday evening sept 4th of annie elizabeth brennan dearly be loved wife of william james hill al though ill for the past few months and confined to her bed for the past seven weeks her death came as a se vere shook to her family and wide circle of friends the late mrs hill was born in stlttsville in the ottawa district 56 years ago but had lived the greater part of her life in glen williams she had been an active worker in the glen united church and bad served as vicepresident of the womens as sociation for a number of years surviving besides her husband are one ton eu of glen williams and grandson- bobby also three sisters and one brother mrs e marsden of woodstock mrs leonard f white of milton mrs irwin king of bramp ton and wesley brennan of glen williams the funeral was held from her home on saturday afternoon at 400 oclock when the service was conducted by mr r k lemkay student minister of the church the pallbearers were messrs edward hill bert hill fred johnson harvey hodgins irwin king and albert north interment was in glen williams cemetery the many beautiful floral tributes were a silent tributeto the high es teem in which mrs hill and family are held in the community burtjohnston wedding at acton a pretty wedding was solemnized last saturday afternoon september 6th when eileen gertrude johnston youngest daughter of mr and mrs fred o johnston became the bride of lloyd qoldiwln burt son of mr and mrs laurence burt of george town the ceremony was performed at the united church parsonage by rev a walter fosbury minister of the church the bride was becomingly gowned in rose sheer with a corsage of roses hex attendant mrs william johnston the grooms sister was similarly gown ed with a corsage of roses the best man was the brides brother mr wu 11am johnston of acton following the ceremony a reception was held at the home mrs c o johnston and mrs laurence burt re ceived the guests the couple left on a northern honeymoon on their re turn they will reside in acton iode vote 2000 to soldiers comforts committee miss sybil bennett gave in teresting address the regular meeting of the countess of strathmore chapter of the ioxj was held at glen haven the home of t roger guyot at glen williams in the absence of the regent the viceregent mrs a greig took the chair business was discussed re garding the scholarship fund at high school and the supplying of mdlk to the public school the war work convenor mrs c v williams out lined plans for work during the com ing year and it was decided that the first project would be the making of shelter bags the sum of 20 00 was voted to the georgetown soldiers comforts com mittee also 500 was voted to tht war guests fund it was found that it was impossible to have a booth at the fair and this committee was asked to arrange a sale of baking later in the month in place of the booth miss sybil bennett then gave a very stirring talk on the heritage of the british empire which was especially inspiring to all mrs william thirston buried in greenwood the remains of another former re sident of this district were borne to ihelr last resting place yesterday af ternoon when mabel drummond dearly beloved wife of william thir ston was buried in gerenwood ceme tery mrs thirston died very suddenly at her home 77 burndale avenue lans ing on saturday evening sept 6th bom in georgetown she had lived here and in stewarttown for a num ber of years before going to lansing sixteen or seventeen years ago while living in this district mrs thlrstons husband was in the decorating busi ness besides her husband she is survived by one daughter dorothy mrs r f warren of toronto and two sons earl and gordon both overseas with the rce and rca respectively four sisters and three brothers also remain mrs harvey bradley george town mrs herb mune elora mrs jack gugglsberg gaylord mich mrs norman davidson inglewood bert drummond toronto james drum mond barrle and arthur drummond bowling green ohio the funeral was held from the myers funeral home 2335 vonge st to greenwood cemetery georgetown where rev w g o thompson of st georges church of england con ducted the service at the grave betty smethurst married to charles grant in toronto elizabeth anne betty smethurst daughter or mr and mrs a j smet hurst of limehouse and charles au brey grant son ofthe lalemr and mrs c a grant of toronto were united in marriage on saturday sept 6th in st annes anglican church gladstone avenue toronto the church was beautifully decorated with gladioli and the wedding music was played by miss frances jenklnson o stewarttown the bride who was given in marri age by her father wore her going- away dress of beige allwool with hat of dark brown and shoes and gloves of dark brown suede her bouquet was of talisman roses margaret e ipegky smethurst was her sisters bridesmaid and wore a wrine dress and hat with shoes and gloves of dark suede and her bouquet was yellow mr ingle grant brother of the groom was groomsman and mr harry smethurst of barrie brother of the bride and mr m paterson of toronto were the ushers canon skey of toronto performed the ceremony and during the signing of the register miss helen mogowan of barrle sang u promise me after the ceremony the bride and groom lert on a motor trip and the young people of the party were en tertained t the walker house by miss e appelbe of georgetown aunt the bride mr and mrs grant will reside in toronto the brides parents were married in st annes church twentynine years ago by canon skey card of thanks mrs j a tracy wishes to thank her many friends and neighbours also the wa and wi members for their kindness in so many ways given her during her long and serious illness in toronto qeneral hospital prime minister in special broadcasts tostharlow wedding last saturday the marriage is announced of euna jean young daughter of mrs al bert tost and the late mr tost to pte herbert harlow rcamo of sussex nb son of mr and mrs h hallow georgetown the ceremony was solemnized by rev r c todd af the united church parsonage saturday evening sept 6th 1941 miss jessie hill attended the bride and mr omar wilson attended the groom revcc cochrane inducted as new minister at presbyterian churches editors brother joins army dr j t biehn dr j telford blehn of samla spent the week end in town with his bro ther mr walter blehn he was en route to camp borden where lie will be stationed at the military hospital he is with the roamc with the rank of lieutenant dr blehn who is a graduate of the university df toronto was an eye ear nose and throat specialist in sarnia before enlisting for active ser vice he was a member of samlas council resigning this post on enlist- war victims fund approaching second milestone good neighbours club sale of victory vs help swell total this week 128 42 was the grand total of sub scriptions turned in last week to the heiald wai victims fund which is associated with the toronto evening telegram fund and the grand total now stands at 184511 good neighbours club a large donation of 90 00 was re ceived from the good neighbours clmo or ballinafad which represented proceeds from a euchre and danoe in ballinafad community hall on mon day evening sept 8th twenty tables of euchre were in play and mrs ray mcenery and mr alex mckay won top honours with mrs alex mckay and mr howard graham winning consolation prizes the lucky number draw for a quilt was won by mr j hughes of norval the draw was made by master joey isley after the euchre dancing was en- joyed with the wheelercheyne or chestra supplying old time and modern tunes for the dancer coffee and sandwiches were served by the ladles mr bill cheyne acted as floor man ager the good neighbours club was formed last may by eight ladies in the ballinafad district mrs myrtle logan mrs fred huggins mrs d j sinclair mrs henry isley mrs elma long- street mrs w s wright mrs archie mcenery and mrs robert klrkwood a similar event in may netted the sum of 7000 which was sent directly to the telegram bwv fund and the ladies are to be complimented on these two grand efforts to help british war victims victory w a few weeks ago h c mcclure local furniture agent and funeral di rector had an idea to help out the fund a number of v signs were printed on gummed paper by the her ald and offered free as a donation from this office mr moclure enlisted the support of e r magloughlen and ernie alcott and altogether 116 of these stickers were sold at 25c apiece and the sum of 29 00 turned over to the fund it is interesting to note that mr magloughlen who was again helping the fund made the initial donation of 5 00 last february which started oft our local effort children too the children of the community still continue as active workers for the war victims the georgetown trail ran gers collected and sold old papers and magazines and raised 642 last wed nesday night phyllis eileen miriam and junior grace came into the of fice and each produced a quarter which they wanted to be put into the fund keep up the good work kids card of thanks we would like to thank our many friends and neighbours for their kind ness during our recent bereavement mr and mrs h c bailey rriffi ffi mackentle king wod members ot the cabinet win take part in the special brondraita planned for uunweek at 10 to 17 ths week has ben set aside by a government proclamation m reconsecrmuon week s3 that canadians may pledge anew their wdl far a maxunvm effort in the cause ot freedom- j card of thanks job beard died in peterborough buried here last saturday mr job board for sixty years a re sident of stewarttown died in peter- boroush on thursday september 4th after an illness of eight weeks peterborough hospital the late mr board was born years ago in somersetshire e and was the youngest son of the late edmund and jane board he came to canada as a young man and spent most or his lire in the stewarttown district where he operated a farm he sold his propcrtv last year to dr o h best internationallyknown toron to scientist who purchased the farm for a summer home since then mr board had been living in kitchener with his sister mrs c j smith un til his illness when he went to peter borough he is survived by three sisters mrs ellen wallace of east selkirk mani toba mrs c j smith of kitchener and mrs robert erwln of george town and a brother fred of peter borough he wras a member of the chosen friends the funeral service was held on saturday at 230 pm from the home of his sister mrs robert erwln john street rev s r colebrook rector or st johns church of england stewarttown of which he was a mem ber conducted the service pallbear ers were messrs norman thompson john standlsh david lawsoh harry lawson sr cecil smith and donald howson interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown the georgetown herald british war victims fund following servicefather dedicated knox c in 1889 an induction service was held last night for rev charles o cochrane newlyappointed minister at knox presbyterian church georgetown and umehouse presbyterian church the- edict of induction was readjjy rev e foreman of toronto followed by an invooatlonal prayer rev s w hirtle of richmond huv gave the scripture reading from the lth chapter of john and followed with a prayer mrs fred shorull then sang a beautiful solo mr hirtle chose 15 john 4 for his mr foreman clerk of the presby tery related the steps leading up to the induction and the induction ser vice was then placed in the hands of the moderator of the presbytery rev a neil miller of brampton who call ed mr cochrane forward to become minister of his new charge as is the custom in the presbyterian church an address to the minister was given by revrosrfk cameron of dovercourt road presbyterian church toronto he stressed the importanoo of the mission work of the church and reminded the new nunlster that mora important than sermons was prayer which is after all the primary point in religion he recalled his days as young resident of georgetown and as a member of the church and spoke of the close association of the george town church and the older limehouse church which he hoped would always be under one minister rev charles camegy of streets- vllle addressed the congregation re minding them or certain points in the call to mr cochrane which they had signed the service closed with the congre gation singing the inspiring hymn the churchs one foundation a reception wras held afterwards in the church basement where mr and mrs cochrane were introduced to the members of the two churches mrs campbell sinclair and mrs james ross presided over the tea table which was attractively decorated with pink flowers and candles rev a n miller acted as chairman brief words of welcome were given by rev w g o thompson of st georges church of england rev r c todd of georgetown united church and mr w j l hampshire of boston presbyterian church mr cochranes brother judge a cochrane of brampton was present at the recep tion miss june frank organist at the church played a piano solo and vo cal solos were contributed by mrs francis thompson and mr kenneth bollard mr cochrane expressed his t- at the reception tendered himself and his wife and master gordon bird presented a lovely bouquet of flower from the congregation to mrs coc hrane mr and mrs cochrane come to georgetown from geraldton where they have spent the last two years in the geraldton and little long lao mission field where he was the first presbyterian minister in the field he obtained bis bachelor of arts degree from queens university kingston in 1936 and his theological degree from knox college toronto in 1939 he a a son of the late william cochrane and mrs cochrane of orilua he was bom in belleville and received hli high school education in orillla hta wife who is also a graduate of queens university is the daughter of rev a e cameron and mrs cameron of kingston they have a 17monthom son donald bryden it is interesting to note that mr cochranes grandfather the late rev dr wuuam cochrane dedicated knox church at the service which was held in 1888 an uncle rev dr r b cochrane is secretary of the board of missions of the united church and his bro ther rev dr a c cochrane la pastor of tillsonburg presbyterian church forwarded to toronto evening telegram cash on hand acknow ledged phyllis eileen miriam and junior grace gdsm and mrs c s stacey georgetown trail rangers proceeds from paper salvage good neighbours club ballinafad proceeds from euchre and da monday sept 8th h c mcclure e r mag loughlen ernie alcott proceeds from sale of v stickers donated by the georgetown herald total sept 10th the flowers and kind expreaslona bt sympathy in the loss ot our brother the late ml job board- were deeply appreciated brother and sisters a cavalcade of mechanized troops from camp borden passed through no 7 highway on their way to guelph yesterday afternoon about 330 pin arrangements were made for someone to phone from norval when the ca va i t t a t georgetowb public school pupils dismissed from classes and allowed to watch the display with the bowlers with cooler evenings in sight then has been great activity in the grant trophy doings at the local green messrs j richardson and harold cleave had defended successfully the silverware no less than nine times up to and including friday night last on this occasion the cha messrs john kennedy and a ccweflt met defeat in the final two ends on monday this week however the cup was finally carried to new quar ters when w g bell and em thompson who were definitely on sent the longtime holders under by a score of 3817 in twenty ends with the final end called off an account of ram a fresh challenge was made to the new holders by p b coffin and j w kennedy and the game took place last night but the challengers wen unsuccessful in their efforts and the cup is stul held by the thompson- bell combination georgetown was very wau represent ed at the klora bowling xsub annual rinks furniture tournament ob lab day thr rihta t among the 86 rinks taking part but no prures came to georgetown better luck next time