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the georgetown herald seventy fourth year of publication wednesday evening november 19th 1941 sea copy 2 00 a year herald war victims fund still going strong 227754 to date launched last february with a 5 donatloii from e b maclooghleiv the herald war victims fund operat inr as an auxiliary to the evening telegram fund has reached the amount of 1754 as we go to press to day recently a telegram photo grapher spent an afternoon in the district taking photo graphs and gathering ma terlal for an article which ap peared in the telegram last thursday november 13 here are some of the pictures which he took that day top left the editor poses at his desk in the herald office to the right are four members of the mcnabb st neighbourhood club which has been a strong supporter r the fund the ladies meet weekly for a social evening of sewing knitting and chatting its a club rule that no lunch is served and each member contributes a quarter those who can t attend usually send their quarter along and with the donation of s13j0 ack nowledged this week the club has contributed 100 00 to date in the picture are mrs 8 eason mrs alex keao mrs- george martin and mrs w greensward bottom left are three more members of the club mrs a semple mrs b weston and mrs a il feller other club mem bers who were not present when the pictures were tak en fiyiiwii mrs fred arm strong mrs j richardson mrs frank cole mrs w gui miss marjory hunter mrs s dewhurst mrs hugh dickie mrs john d kefly and mrs isabel cleave bottom right are miss jean tennant mr and mrs s c tennant and joan latimer holding the cushion which sh won in a recent lucky draw the cushion was donated by ptes b j and w e tenn ant both serving oversea with the lome scots and 37 is was reatlxed for the bwv fund across the atlantic in a refugee ship this u the first in a series of j articles about conditions in great britain and other part of europe i written exclusively for the weekly newspapers of canada by hugh templln of the fergus news i record i somewhere in the atlantic between tbe azores and bermuda what a strange place this is for the dlor of a canadian weekly newspaper to be in this latter part of october 1941 iter more than two years of war and when you come to thins of it what a strange place for anyone to be unless ariveu by dire necessity most of the other 140 people on board the ujs steamship excaroblon are here because of necessity they are fleeing from unhappy buiope glad enough to get away in sphe of perils that may still he ahead they are refugees hoping for peace in the united states the passenger list contains the name of a prince related to one of the still ruling royal fami lies of europe there are such names as gomez y gomez and pastuhov and pin tsao and radajewskl there is a group of wholesome young people who have left the ujs embassy in berlin while the going is good and several chinese families including some cute utue children being withdrawn from the embassy in switzerland there is a man from the british diplomatic service occupying a cabin all to him self because he carries confidential m formation to washington and there is a lieutenant in the ufl navy in civilian clothes returning from a mil ston to britain there are two eng hsh women forced to leave prance on 24 hours notice they have not test ed meat for two years because they fed their entire ration such as it was to a siamese cat that now ac companies them on the ship there is a little french girl who ordered two poached eggs for breakfast her first morning on the boat and then could not eat them when they came but sat and cried salt tears over them because her appetite was gone and another famuy from unoccupied france ate nothing- but potatoes fo their first few meals there is even a stately english woman who crawled out under barbed wire entanglements to get to portugal and so on this ship m such a crowd as tills eleven oontlliued on page 7 sh dion t care ton curried fish or pickled beets with devilled ham there wasnt any spicy dish- so mai had a little lamb unmarriea ladles who say no when trfr mm ves often remain th christmas day is only one month from next tuesday feature writer hugh tempun publisher and editor of the fer gus newsrecord whose thrilling account of his recent trip to brl tain begins this week in tbe her aid mr tempun was a member or a party of canadian editors la vited by the british ministry of information to see the old coun try under wartime conditions born in fergus he was edura tod in that town and at the unl verstty of toronto in addition lo bis duties as editor of the news record one of the most widely quoted weeklies in the dominion he has contributed many feature arttcftss to other pufcucattoiu noteworthy among them was a series of articles about the com monwealth air training plan which he wrote for member papers of tbe canadian weekly newspapers association recently the georgetown herald bnbsh war victim fund forwarded to toroitc evening telegram s1c45ji cash on hand acknow lodged 366 67 gloria plastowjsold homemade candy joan campbell sale of homemade candy 79 onethird p of con j4 gp sale in town hall november 7th 5101 mcnabb street neighbor hood club w50 mrs ernest alexander dies at norval the dath o curred at her hoirn lot 7 lotr- une esqunsing on sundav no ember lfith of mrs ernest alex andcr after an illness of a few weeks mrs alexander who was in her 66th y ar vas born mary wingfleld in utterson muskoka she was a daugh tr of the late mr and mrs john wlngfleld uho emigrated to canada from scotland at the time of her marriage 36 years ago she went with htr husband to new likeard where they resided until moving to norval about 18 years ago while in the no them lovn she was active in the work of the women s intsitute surviving are her husband one son mackenzie at home and a daughter mrs prank bames of norval she also leaves a sister mrs john dar ling of bradford and nine grand children mrs alexander attended norval unl ed church a d wok a member of the ladles aid of that church the funeral service yesterday afternoon was conducted by her pastor rev c cumming pallbearers were six nep hews herbert alexander sam and harold ciirk whatley finch james darling and wudon gordon neigh bours acted as flower bearers for the many floral tributes sent by friends in token of their sorrow interment was in norval cemetery prizes offered for essays on lord nelson some four or five years ago mrs colin campbell obe of winnipeg in memory of her father and mother offered annual prizes to elementary school pupils in halton county for the best essay on lord nesan mrs campbell is a daughter of he late dr anson buck of palermo and the competition is known as the dr an son and keturah buck ne son mem orlal essay competition during the school year 1940 41 es says were submitted from nan rural and urban schools in the county tnd prizes in war savings stamps were awarded to the following 1st barbara mackay oakvi le public school 2nd elizabeth olover s s no is nelson 3rd william brain s s no 4 es queslng 4th elisabeth main s s no 15 nelson 5th praser t mcnabb 8 s no 4 bsquesing 6th helen lindley burling on pub lie school 7th ltuian bennett mil en public school a similar competition will be held this year and it s hopd that a number 4tt public school pupils in this district will be competing for a prize christmas boxes sent by comforts committee the weather by h l hutt immediately following a drop in temperature sunday night to 20 de grees the coldest so far this pall we have had a couple of days sunny cloud less skies and a consequent rise in temperature that makes as hii his must be our indian summer aler a very short squaw winter at all events it is delightful fall weather long may it continue notwithstanding the shortage of labor on the farms farmers have had an excellent opportunity this jear to get fall work done apples picked roots harvested fall plowing done and tools put away for the winter following are the local weather re cords date h and l rain temp fall tues nov 11 wed nov 12 thurs nov 13 frl nov 14 sat nov 15 sun nov 16 mon nov 17 34 47 31 33 mrs w mcmillan works for little war victims for the past twomonths mrs wll ham mcmillan emery street has been busy sewing and knitting on a num ber of garments for ittle brltlsn war victims in the window of h c mcclure s store this week a collecion of artic lea made by mrs mcmillan may be seen and already there have been many comments on the excellent quail ty and fine workmanship shown in the liie sweaters dersses stodcjhgs and bonnets a 1 the articles were made and the material purchased by mrs mcmillan herself verdun rebekah euchre a euchre party was held in the arena last friday night by verdun rebekah lodge no 184 fourteen tables were in play and refr were served mrs j h luueo presented the prises to the winners who were mrs c hicks mr w laugfajun mrs c stacey and mrs s v king a lucky numhw draw was conducted for a satin comforter donated to the lodge by mt john mttbean the draw was jinde the auspices of tbe winning ticket no 31 drwwnby mrs a murray was held by mis ted appteyard ballinafad community raises 34450 at remembrance day sale red cross and bw v fund t share proceeds r- many pis trict people attend the sale close on the heels of the successful dp to you sale held in george own the people of the ballinafad communl ty got together and put on slmjar event in ballinatfad community hall on remembrance day november 11th putting an their efforts into the wuik the result of the evening netted 344 50 which will be divided equally be tween the acton and hiusburg branch of the red cross and the teleg am british wr victims fund heading the committee in charge were d j sinclair chairman wil liatn wright treasurer mrs dick shortlu secretary and mr j p kirk wood in the refreshment booths oper ated in the hau and in the neighbor ing church building mrs william wright mrs j p klrkwood mrs j allen mrs frank stolth mrs john w snow mrs fred mbenery and mrs myrtle logan were among those who assisted and other ballinafad and dls trtct residents who helped in one way or another included mrs d j sin clair mr harry shortlu mr dick shortlll mr r mcenery mr archie tanphfll and mn robert klrfcwood mrs archie kerr mr and mrs charles blnnle jean and wlluain mclean violet klrkwood harvey wilfred kenneth and r b klrkwood mr amos mason mrs a mckay elwood snow mrs m mathews mrs w harding mr m madlll mr h hilts mr a mcenery mr norman sin clair mr donald sinclair and mr ernie mcenery the sale the sale got underway about 8 pjn st with four auctioneers frank fetch roy hlndley w f oray and russell thompson taking turns at auctioning off the quantities of articles contributed hume currle and w p msenery acted as clerks there was a great variety of things to be sold potatoes and vegetables homemade baking wheat and barley clothing furniture preserves bedding dressed poultry livestock just a few of the things t3 tempt the bidders eye lucky draws lucky draws were conducted on a three storey christmas cake made by mrs william wright mrs bob mc enery and mrs robert klrktwood win ners of the three draws each of whom received one storey of tbe ca ware mrs r grace and mr 8 barclay of georgetown and mrs j aden ballin 144 district men overseas will receive parcels from georgetown it was a busy week for the soldiers comforts committee last week when 144 christmas boxes for district sol diers ann airforcemen serving over seas and one nursing sister were ship ped by the committee aided by a number of willing helpers he com mittee was busy all day wednesday packing and addressing the boxes each soldiers box conta ned a pair of socks packet of razor blades tin of meat spread piece of cake cheese tea bags sugar and a christmas card the committee is appreciative of he help rendered by the ladies who help ed with the packing and la th pri vate donations received as well as to the promoters- of the upto you sale which helped materially in sending jie boxes the soldiers comforts committee formed over a year ago includes rep resentatives from various women s or ganizations in georgetown ad tbe neighbouring municipalities of norval and glen williams mrs a reeve the president represents the w c t u secretary mtb roger guyot the glen mrs sid mackenxie whi is treasurer jie verdun rebekah loage miss mary lawson the local council of women mrs d livingstone the women s institute mr a beaumont the i odjs mrs p bralsby the true blues and mrs a n robinson nor val this is the second chsistmas box sent by the committee ana or several occasions cigarettes have tbcensent as more and more district mn arrive overseas it takes a greater and great er amount of money o finance such shipments and donations either pri vate or through the herald fund are always needed and welcomed at the refreshment booths coffee doughnuts cake and hot dogs were sold dennymcenery recent wedding of interest a quiet wedding was solemnised at the united church parsonage georgetown on saturday nov sth when ethel beroloe daughter of mrs and the late i p mcenery became the bride of robert ralph son of mr and mrs everett denny of acton rev r c todd officiated the bride wore a dress of soldier blue alpine crepe with matching ac cessorles and was attended by her sis ter mrs s morrison of acton who also wore soldier blue with m accessories the groom was supported by hl brother clarence volsowtug the cere- mony a reception was held at tot brides home t c left en a- motor trip to westoto oatario altar which they win rasde in georgetown f