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the georgetown herald swrotyfourtn yew of publication wedaevfay jttn 17th 1942 5c a copy 200 a year brief historical sketch of limehouse presbyterian church we are indebted to our ltmebous orrrpondnt mrs a w benton for this srrrwmt of th history of ltme- house presbyterian church gleaned from the first record of the church tn church hmmloi now known u the iimitt presbyterian church euusted on the east comer of lot s3 concession 6 tn roqueting township lu erected jointly on land owned by th preabyurlsn by member of th calvlnlsue known a canada praaby- urtsns the rpucopallsns and th episcopal methodists in laso and ism it was lo be known as union church with each dnomlnatlon holding its separate service at a decided urn the presbyterian having first oholcr if any other evangelical denomination wished to bold a uma they were at liberty to do so provided u did dot interfere with those time chosen by the three tint mentioned in the pres ence of jamee lindsay and tbomss b prater as witness the fouowtm bve alfned the flret agreement jamee prasrr john nicfcel john meredith john newton and charm meredith at a joint masting later tile presbyterians chose morning r- eke the wehwdlats the evening and the nxscopallana not represented were left the aflemoon- at a fflrtlni called in the church in 1m1 messrs hugh mckay and robert young war p a a depu tation from georgetown presbyterian e ration to urge union between th two congregations in order to have a regular supply minister this was duly discussed and passed by a majori ty vote of those present at a meeting in january lesj a com- mlttee of three william shanks t b rtmser and james lindsay were ap pointed to transact business for the anmtng year as each year ended one man retired by ballot and a new one was appointed to take bis place win pws retired in janurery lav3 ana tbomss bommervtlle was added this committee it is supposed is no known as hoard- of managers tbey were later appointed for a period of i years and in ims were increased to alz men a deputation from georgetown attended a meeting in union church llmehouse march 10 144 for the purpose of calling a minister gght suported the motion and four voted against it william simpson a student was to be applied for for six months and in the meantime try to get a minister rev r ewtng is the first regular mpt mentioned in the nf book in 1071 jamee lindsay is the first mentioned treasurer and remained in office until january 1v71 when nlnlan lindsay was appointed- later john lindsay served 24 years as treasurer a collector was appointed annual ly until 1970 when a motion passed leaving the young people responsible for the collecting and raising or money for stiheffies of the church the fol lowing year thirty copies of the pres byterian record were purchased for the first time so the young people must have ueen successful in iim the envelope system was adopted but drop ped after two years it was again used in 1008 and following years the minute of the la03 and 1903 annual meetings give more information than those previous in 1003 the report of session read number on com munion roll 74 added during year 4 withdrawn during year 3 no deaths 3 baptisms georgetown congregation asked for morning services throughout the year and llmehouse decided at this meeting to grant same provided that oeorgetown pay twothirds of ministers salary and llmehouse one- third in 1803 there were thlrtyslx families connected with this congregation a tea meeting was suggested as a means of clearing up the organ fund this is the first year that annual report of wa and wats and sabbath school were mentioned the managers were in structed to insure the church property a soon as possible there was some interest in music prior to 1000 as five music books were purchased in imo and additional ones obtained for the choir in ibs in these earlier days no womens names appear but about 1000 the of ficers of the womens organtnulon read their own reports at the annual meeting and soon were voicing their opinions in other matters of business m 1014 a committee was appointed to investigate and report regarding the church removal in 1015 they were dis banded after reporting that feelings were against the idea minister mentioned in these old minutes since rev ewlng in 1b7i are as follows rev j prlngle 1870 ilov w a wallace 18mrcv ail drumm 1880 rev joseph alexander 1801 rev d m buchanan 1803 rev l perrln 1805 rov r p- cam eron 1004 the last named being pas tor here for more than twenty years when ulheolth finished his career as minister those who followed him are well remembered by many in this neighborhood rev kenneth mclean dr a l howard rev d d david- eon and our present minister rev o o cochrane who come to us from oertldton ontario in september 1041 members of session now are messrs geo mlno dr j o sutherland titos appleysrd j n newton t h pries and joe ross the board of managers includes a o patterson chairman a w benton treasurer t h price j n newton j r boott and harvey mcdowell the contrast has been let for re decorating the interior or the church during this summer this has not been dona since 1023 and is badly needed now canada stiffs te tewaeu airland aawre has le prase jians aaute eg new broaswtra initial eg tarsals sad far tka east ii years a raw- he star eg the cbc 8k la car nally restored with alfcer laadlac tarsal singers aad rwt aw the wei l e a sa are- greas cortaia mesxarleo wahh is eredserd frees the cbc tarsal stadia aader th dlreruaa f grg htrwert th nest bregree with rhn frees faverlta aerretle aaa in tral caaeedy r g year gaa by wtb a baerw wammssy jan slh at 4 pas cdt 300 firitit from county council to lorne scots bend bed craas fair bauds ala braatu grants al meeting yeurreey a delegation oompooed of mayor joseph olbbons and harold c mc- clure attended the monthly meeting of ilsllcn county council in milton yesterday afternoon to request a grant for the lome beets band in previous years oeorgetown council has granted money to the organisation but this year a new regutaton from the dept of municipal alfalrs denying town councils the right to do so precluded this an effort by the town council to get around this was made when they passed a resolution hiring the band for a series of twelve public concerts st s35 00 a concert this did not meet the approval of the department and had to be rescinded so council offered to send a delegation to the county to see what they could do after aome consideration the council agreed to supply a 130000 grant as they are empowered to do so under the act another deputation from the county red cross included president le roy dale of oeorgetown they were granted 1300 00 to be split up among the various districts representatives from milton acton and oeorgetown pair boards were prerent to ask icr grants and presi dent herb cleave and secretary prank petch represented oeorgetown grants or tloooo ftrre given to georgetown and acton and 120000 to milton knox church wmh and homi helpers hold joint meeting on wednesday afternoon june 10th the womens missionary society of knox presbyterian church were in vited to join with the home helper at the home of mrs hume currle for the june meeting mrs william sinclair president led the devotional exercises mrs oeorge leslie read the scripture lesson and tin ledlngham gave the prayer mrs mcpodden of omagh district vicepresident spoke on some of the mother or the bible mrs rev ledlngham or weston as guest speaker brought a challeng ing message to all present mrs w oromar and mrs l devrtes enter tained with two duet a vote or thank to the speakers and others taking part was given by mrs devereaux sandwiches and tea were served at the close of the meet ing and all enjoyed a social hour sunday june si will be the occasion of the etghyflrst anniversary when services will be conducted at 3 pm by rev porbes thompson b a of acton and at 8 pm by rev dr a o cochrane brother of our present pastor or port credit the choir will be sislsted by guest artists st both services the annual garden party will be held for the fourth tune on the lawn of mr a c patterson bilvercreek where a program will be in charge of the ouelph concert co we hope to see a good attendance at both affairs to encourage the meat work of the church for we all feel that the churches are the root of victory in the terrible conflict in whloh we are all engaged in some way i l umtot on uavo of atrmatt for ditfthsoa lhj1 xuelgal aa aeue ssrhe biassnifbi teaeasr was bealir ibs dariag h rears utut j l lambert principal of oeorcalown high school left town last week for a month of praualb- ary quenfytnt tratnui at camp borden after which h will be station ed on active duty with the kings poreea iii many friends and former stud ent were proud yet sorry to see him leave tonglbl evidence of uu feel ing wu produced on wednesday af ternoon jun 3 at th school when th pupil and teacher aatrmtusd on th beautiful lawns of the school and mary paul presented mr lambert with a military wrist watch on their be half ago raid read th presenta tion address and mr ifeidmann on behalf of th teachers and rv w o o itsccnpson chairman of the lligh school board both expressed their regret al hi departure and all hop ed hi leave of absence- for th dur ation would not be for long so b wim be back home and reeum bis peacetime duties al th school once mr lambert u following in the rootsteps of hi father who served with the imperials in th last war he was born in msnobester rwfiiiwi and received his secondary aituratvd there his bachelor of arts and b tn degrees wer obtained at mr4fss1t university hamilton after bis grad uation be taught in th mlmlco hui school for two years before coming here as principal of ojuj in the au tumn of 1009 upon the retirement 01 mr ralph ross he taught upper school english and latin mr lambert took an active inter est in community affairs he was a member of the cedar crest oolf club and played th violin in the oeorge town string quartet he was an exe cutive of the library board and lay reader atocoeorges anglican churob in 1040 he oommenced training at the armouries as a private in the lome scots regiment and went to camp with them last summer he took the threemonth officers train ing course at brockvul when be ob tained his rank of ueutrnant the officers of xx company lome soots 2nd battalion held a surprise party for him st the home of mr and mrs if c mcolure wednesday night june loth and a a token of their high esteem mr moclure pre- inied mr lambert with a military pen and pencil set on their behalf those present were ram- and mrs carney quartermaster and mrs ivan crabtree lieut and mrs weddeu erin mr and mrs h o wrlggle- vorth mrs j r barber lieut and mrs j l lambert mr and mrs o uartln mr walter carpenter wul be the principal of the idgh school during mr lamberts absence he graduat ed from trinity college university or toronto in 1030 and tn 1091 obtained his honour da in classic before coming here mr carpenter taugnt at brentford collegiate institute olen lawrence school toronto and at dowmanvllle high school hi father la an anglican church minister and he is married with two children chftr up and bino wrrn plobsb hulls lend an ear to the tune of the yearl olenn miller bring you a new song sensation in the american week ly with this sundays uune 31 lssue detroit times knit one purl two a previously unpub lilt ing topical tune complete with words and music printed in two color be sure to get this sundays detroit times sft stony test killed 0a minohvrtt ovemtts tragi new aeriw last mialiy iwsahr alaltt fvm cmgilsiia maa t pay nagnsa saerulee prtends tn oeorgetown were sadden ed last monday to hear th tragic news that sgt 1l p sheeny- tost had been killed on manoeuvre over- esaa a brief telegram was received on that day by his mother mrs w il tost that he had died on june lftth of gunshot wounds tn the bead sgt tost who was among the first oeorge town men to go overseas was a mem ber of the 1st battalion royal ha milton light infantry and had been training with the commandos crack raiding battalion of th overseas armies enlisting as a private he had proved to be a good soldier and was first promoted to corporal later lo sergeant after bis arrival overseas h was the first oeorgetown native to pay th supreme sacrifice of giv ing his life for bis country and a mantis of gloom was thrown over the whole district as the newa spread a popular athlete he was one of the mainstays of th oeorgetown inter mediate hockey team and whll over seas be was still keenly interested tn local sport and followed th progress of his team in the herald uasidea hi sorrowing mother mrs w h teat only recently returned home after a serious lltnra be is sur vived by two sisters and two brothers mrs at a lenwllsn olsdy and mr bsth aaitmsnn of osargttown william tn florida and cyril also to uniform wtth th royal rsni engineer in toronto active service notes a kesulesjtt now if sargwaal t b wares far this oeergetewa ana asw wfc t aerrtag mu with ta lara heat hgt war raawbarty ry la far lnjulutkn htsht sitlions club d brtn aad thr oesesrs installed fr new heasoa will baargaalse balvar drive under the direction of lion w v urant installation night was held on monday by the oeorgetown lions chitx assisting lion grant aa install ing officers were lions e mcwhlrur w it long and col james ballan- tlne all past presldrnts of the club the following officers were installed president d brill 1st vlcepraudrnt it ross 2nd vicepresident le roy dais lion tamer j d kelly tail twister o o benham directors j veer term w h long jamee hal lantlne 1year term e mcwhlrter a it peiler during tiie meeting c o benham presented the retiring president r llcata with a past presidents pin and commented on the fine leadership be had given the dub during the past year w h long on behalf of th club expressed their regret at losing their secretarytreasurer walter blehn who got on active service next week h c moclure and e mcwhlrter were appointed representa tives on the newlyorganised active service league it wa decided to loon the piano owned by the club to the lome scot wa who are plann ing a series of dancea tn the armouries the salvage work whloh has been operated by the club during the past year wul be reorganised in an effort to more completely cover the district and h c moclure was named chair man with a committee composed of r llcata leroy dale d brill and e mcwhlrter a report on the recent donkey draw showed about uooo netted early la 1mj aad after aalag sta- uaaaa al casts baraea tar aceeral wua lb attb trials srrs rajataad al begteaeal wmaa u want active aad weat swrvits with lasaa i ewiairr hgt warns i a balsa tea tilisrt sad a a isir f la bsailst ckamh efcelr ta oss caere baeasty aad la oreee mai choir la avasastaa ettrrtssg ei veral talents la that grewaa mr waraea aad la eaoarea lire aa victoria hlreet o aad theyre aushly bread af their daddys rsald gnaisllin hey mike no office proof on tbis when an editor enlists by g mc o it is not very often that we get the chance to slip one past the edi tor but there is always a first lime for everything mike is our new printer and his instructions were clear no office proofs on this copy it must hit the front page unnoticed and well i guess it did probably it is a wee bit late guess you have already heard the news maybe we were scooped any ways the editor enlists the war was brought closer to our door last week when editor blehn walter to most everyone made the announcement to the staff that he too had joined the services wluk we were not surprised because wal ter had signified his intentions of doing so on many occasions it left a rather vacant feeling in the office tome one going active who was really a vital cog in the newspaper machinery the boss the oor would be wearing he king uni form on june 32nd walter blehn was born in cheeky weu it wasnt thirty years ago and when six years old moved with his family to windsor where he attended public school and patterson collegiate institute tjkaw gradua tion he entered the university of western ontario at london and gra duated from there with his bachelor of arts degree to honour business administration a short time elap sed between the time when be left college and took over the herald which time he was engaged as an auditor with the firm or edwards morgan ft oo toronto h is son of dr and mrs o e blehn of win dsor and his brother capt j tm- ford blehn of barnla is with the rcamc at camp borden following the death of j m moore editor of the herald far over so years the newspaper was sold to walter blehn and he has continued to give the town a newspaper that rates on a par with any town the same size in ontario not only has he upheld the standards or the news paper which he edits but has eat up a commercial printing plant whloh would be envied by many town edi tors mr blehn has installed up-to- date printing equipment automatic press rolder electric saw new types and everything to serve the printing public since coming to oeorgetown he has taken a great interest in the community always willing to use his newspaper to better any project that might make oeorgetown a ostler place to live in he became a mem ber of the georgetown lions club and as secretarytreasurer at the tuns of enlistment has given much time and thought to the wellbeing of this service club he has been actively connected with the lions salvage for victory campaign from a business and social stand point the editor or this newspaner has mode many friends who will be sorry to see htm leave town for uu duration but who wul wish htm a speedy and safe return but above all walter blehn made a lasting friendship when he made the ac- qualntanoe of atlas mary feller daughter of mr and mrs a h fel ler who later became his wife and who wul endeavour to follow in her husbands footsteps and edit and manager the herald while he is on active service with the pay corps main street merchant enlists in army ctaytea bradley tramtmg ta tareets cr cturerd bradley taks his plae ta meat aad grocery clayton bradley mho for th past two year has been associated with his brother roy tn th meat and grocery harness on main street ha enlisted in the army and left last week for toronto where he hss com menced training he is a son of mrs- harvey bradley and the late mr bradley and after attending oeorge town high school trked at the pro vincial coating mill prior lo setting up in business his brother clifford employed al the provincial paper loavr mill for the past sixteen years has given up his position and will be taking his place at the store during his brothers absence clifford is a member of the oeorgetown council having been elected for a twoyear term at the 1040 elections the weather by 11 l hutt trie weather is warming up very slowly this year here it i the mlddl of june and we are often wishing we had not taken them off yet the aver age for the past week was 410 barely one degree higher than the previous week a grate fire or even a fire tn he furnace was necessary to make in door living comfortable last sunday and monday with all the rains we have hod of late vegetation b making wonderful growth and the cool cloudy weather has enabled all bloom to last a long time the only slow growth is in corn tomatoes melons and those vine crops that require a more tropical temperature to do their beet how ever we may get plenty of that later following ore the local records for the week date h and l rain temp loll tues june 0 70 41 wed june 10 82 m thurs june ii 70 63 04 prl june 12 83 j3 sat june 13 70 a 8un june 14 w si jo mon june is 63 44 study club open meeting the annual open meeting of the oeorgetown study club was held on friday june sth miss h a staun ton president welcomed the members and their guests and introduced the speaker mrs t o falkner who is the head of the womens electors league of toronto mrs palkner spoke of womens place in the chang ing world and strongly urged her listeners to take a more active part in civic and community life of their home town her vigorous talk was much enjoyed by her audience tea was served at the rectory the home of mrs w o o thompson and a very enjoyable gathering dosed with the singing of the national anthem the collection war savings stamps resulted in three war savings certifi cates being sent to ottawa and can celled at the rewest of the study club died hunter hubert m oeorgetown en monday june lftth 104x beloved husband of margaret davidson maw aged is yean interment in hutton- vale cemetery lieut lyra wilson a form georgetown boy ts stsllnrud at brant- ford wtth th rjoajcjc h is a aaa of mr and mr k l wusoo of to ronto and hi father was formerly ac countant of the bank of honusal branch hare usui wilson was him self on the bank staff at th urn os enlistment odsman william korsaca who ha been stationed at camp debert n for some urn has been moved to to ronto ii was tn town over the weak rod and paid a call at th herald office lieut max strang son of mr and mrs j a strang of oeorgetown baa completed bis initial iiniwg coura st brocsmue and is now at barrte- fleld camp where be u iirm1 to the iuooc lor a further three- month training period writing to hi parrots b daaalbes the new train ing system tn brockvul where future omorrs are given th oommando in struction so necessary to primi itday soldiers on graduation day hi do presented th tint ettrtmflnn of that which inrliidm such things as crawl ing through barrets scaling a futaau foot wall ploughing through a swamp filled with trees and rocks and cross ing a guuey on a thirtyfoot wide walk with barbed wire encaogismanis underneath lieut strang who ts a gradual of the university of toronto ts an ordnance merrnntrel miglniar men in uniform bom last week in cluded plying officer ken n aytmer pilot officer gordon mcdon ald camp borden lao dick beau mont mountain view aoj jm louth pt perc king pte bui bry deo brentford aoi stuart young jsms pte jack young oamp bor den os jack tost toronto no 34 basic training centre at brampton opened monday and about a thousand men will be under canvass by the end of the week major r o donover is f officer of the new training centre on the first line west cploook william emmeraon of oeorgetown is a member of the staff cpl emmereon was night ooo- atabl here at th time of his en listment and has been stationed at hamilton and niagara prior to mov ing to brampton cpl norman e delke writes from oamp niagara to uu us of bis recent promotion to that rank he is near with the isth odn infantry brlgad after aervlng teven months in the lorn scots and seven month in the liih brigade corporal norman b wright who was on th staff of th lome scots at oeorgetown armouries and ho has been al niagara with cpl delke has been transferred to british columbia another oeorgetown man to get bis stripes was corporal bui miliar stationed at debert nb bui joined up with the lome scot last june bus was left in canada when the detach- ment went overseas nobval juni04m met at bomb op marion dick the norval junior farmers and junior institute held their first meeting of th year at the home of mis marlon dick with a good attend ance the junior institute opened their meeting with the new president u3m dorothy cleave in the chair during the business the girl decided to divide the proceeds from their draw on the quilt 3100 among the red cross the milk fund and the central fund miss violet dick gave the girls some very helpful ups on country eti quette and miss charlotte wilson showed the proper way to make in troductions miss isabel wriggles- worth and miss reta fisher gave the reports of the institute district an- nual held at oeorgetown and achieve ment day held at milton the ner val club was again honoured by her- ing the helton trip winner come from their club charlotte moouuouch and john monabb miss betty speight fa voured with a pleasing piano solo the junior parmere meeting was weu conducted by their new president john monabb the boy report on ac hievement day was given by oeorf henderson and john bird read vari ous articles trom a junior farmers paper an excellent joint meeting was en joyed after their separate meeungs miss florence laudlaw of norval sang a delightful solo mr oeorge elliot of milton guest speaker of the even ing told of some interesting experi ences in the court room miss betty speight of oeorgetown played as- other lovely piano solo the meetlnt came to a close with the usual tasty luncheon antvtvebsaby service help norval united church rev d xi mpffllptoek of jffsirlawig united church toronto conducted the morning and evening services liag sunday at norval united ohimxi despite inclement weather tbr av gregation attended in lane t to commemorate the founding of thesr church fiftythree yean sgo the choir under the leadership of mis jeatt laudlaw presented special music toe ttie occasion miss ouvv ranldne soloist at the i service and 1 florence lajdlaw sang in the eveiaat