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the georgetown herald sniy4rihi year of fnbbfhnw the georgetown herald wednesday november i llh 1942 5e copy 200 year georgetown leads county in third victory loan quota oversubscribed by 50 per cftit tread total ratal 41750 people in omumwh and district procure u well a preach the slogan wouung uiu now but vletory- ajerordinc to ntum oo tlu third victory loin rlrd by onrnl sales ctialnnan leroy dal ico today tlsorgstown ww th uk to halton by passing their objartke of icdefloo by nearly to per osnt- at the clot of business oo novem ber btb oeorrttown had raised 310- ho by general annua banks and era- bloreca ox u3 per cent of th ob- isotln unioto press we ere no tified that since that dm an addi tional tntoa hat been tsascrtbed the jm raised by bpedsl names m ttefioo so the grand total of ocorfetowns subscriptions to he third victory loan to data i 441tm0 and there atll mora tooonul pinal fifvnea on ha ramnslrn will b releas ed not ma anniversary services and ctfkfft at united trumh wert well attended lam congregations were present at both th morning and evening service of the united church last sunday on the oocailon of thru- enniversary ex ceptionally tine minrtr and preachlng marked the evrnc at the momma service dr j e todd toronto uncle of the minuter of the church rev r o todd m guest preacher and in the evening rev t r todd olrocoe father of the mlnljtar delivered an inspiring sermon- the choir save very lovely rendluona of the anthenu bond out thy ught by ocunod and o clap your hand together by turner lira francis tiumpson tgolt the kilo pan in the latter mr ii c wrljnruwwarth and mus dffli king carta a lovely duet 1 waited for the lord with lira r b wright acoorntxtnlsl the music hi equally beautiful at the evanlne service when liu up your heads by hopkins and stouter ye bhall dwell in the lord were sung mr t param and ifls valerie her- bart took the solo parts mr harry hlgdnn of brampton tenoraololst aang two tnaptrtna selection 1st us have peace and consider and hear lie the sjiruversary oonccrt waa held on monday night featuring oapt fred held pjloa wellknown lecturer traveller and broadcaster who pre sented beautiful britain in coloured tm and moving pictures they in cluded pictures of england ireland and bcotlsnd the isle of man and a part of the british isles moat people haw forgotten already under german occupation the channel bland the evening was moat entertaining and ed- ucauonal rev r o todd waa ohalrman of the evenings program a capacity audience was favoured with a sacred duet beautifully sung by rev and urs j e ostrom and also a solo by mrs francis thompson out of the night mra norman bums and miss dm king supplied the accompani ment on organ and piano nearshipley wedding ztronse and gold mums formed the setting for a pretty wedding on batur- dav afternoon at the home of the brid es parents of ellnore oarotlrte shipley eldest daughter of mr and mrs will iam betts shipley and william lloyd near of oeorgetown the ceremony was performed by rev e b eddy and the bidding music was played by mrs frank howard of hagersvule miss thelma skoog song given in marriage by her father the brtdo wore her going away dross of soft uege wool with gold nailhead trimm ing brown accessories and a corsage of talisman rosea the brides slater miss marion shipley was bridesmaid in a blue sheer dress with peasant embroid ery and a corsage of american beauty rosebuds mr robert netlson of oeo rgetown was groomsman at the reception which followed mr shipley received assisted by the grooms mother for travenina the bride donned a black nobble cloth coat with brown mink fur and brown acc essaries on their return mr and mrs near will live in oeorgetown october report moii chicken pox scarlet fever metulea german measles mumps infantile paralysis typhoid fever whooping cough cerebosplnal meningitis card of thanks mrs w auiman and family wish to thank friends and neighbours for uw kind thoughts and sympathy exten ded to them during their recent sad bereavement to thesoss of bisfcejsd and father the weather after all our dshchtful summer and autumn rather h less said about that weather today the totter except that st is pouring rain and blowing bard at present from the south butw are afraid k may veer around to the north end ire us snow such as they ram already had us many places to tha north ridowtac are toe local record for tha past week tue nov 3 43 wed nov 4 3 31 tour nov 6 4t co pt nov 40 m bat nov 1 43 m bun nor tt uoo nov 41 m lome scot lead modi in ftanand the lome sect regimental band under the direction of bgt albert dob- ney toronto presented a splendid pro- gramma in bhelburne town 1ub tues day night november 3rd the organization eon high praise for its excellently rendered selectiona pro ceed were divided betwen tha lome acuta ttand overseas comforta fund and tlxe local overseas otajsreue fund the band appeared here under the spo nsorship of no ii platoon lohelbume lome boots 2nd batt aad were intro duced by ix fred white platoon com mander whose men attended in a body the bands appearance was through the kind permission of col a l bertram the regiments commanding officer present mere oapl ii c tic- clure oeorgetown and lt harold darraugh orangevlbe officer com manding d ocmpany duffertn cou nty harold peake also a mefnher of tor onto police roror bond sergeant of the police suver bond and euphonium soloist with the tstti highlander s band toronto delighted the audience with two instrumental solos herbert bert- ham and oeorge awaddllnir teensgr cometlsts ssd of the 4sui lllghlander won a tumultous encore with thetr trtnletrjngiirng polka duet only vocalist en the programme wa william c8ootty burton baritone of oeorgetown who entertained with nls wen rendered scotch songs arnold outhbrrt the lome a master perousa- lonlst featured the final concert number with his chimes solo lunch was served to tha visitors af ter the concert provided by local ladles and served by members of trie boy scout who also ushered during the evening the band was alio much in demand on sunday last when they partldpated in the remembrance day and com mando dagger ceremony at acton in the roaming going to port credit to take part in a similar ceremony there in the afternoon m the evening they entertained a capacity audience in port credit memorial hall by presenting ofte concert programme petef dick presjdttt terra cefta ufo j whttciork of mutoa saoloulturaj representative for latlton county add ressed the regular maeftne of the u p o of terra ootta bald at the bom of mr o anderson ib address waa of pedal inlarcat in that it rllaissjri1 form problems and bow to meet them under war time omrtmins k stated that tha rusher of woman and elderly peopl taking an active part to general farm work vera largely rasponilbla for their being able to carry on a wriht spot on the hortson was the bountiful harvest this year which would rspay in soma measure thetr hard work ii also spoke on behalf of the victory loan campaign and urged ih farmers u invest in the loan for their own tike as well as for he country the following csvers were tlectad for the coming season president peter dick vleefsresldent arthur uxkana secretary wlfred lestle other comm- utece wnw a for oruy two months office officers were also elec ted for tha ufwo and they were president mrs clarence lyons vlor- pmldent mra r trtocnpson secrst- sry mra peter dick the progrsmme of eniertalnmmt was greatly enloyed by all mra f rtiotnpson sang a solo and canon watson played the guitar mra c sinclair read a very interesting paper the radio forum meetings were put in ohargr of mrs l thompson mon- dsy november oth pollowlne the meeung a community miscellaneous schower was hekl for mr and mra ijod davison whose home tn olen williams was recently complet ely destroyed by fire local council ban rtfreshments for duration the bible society held open meeting the opei meeting of the bible society was held in the united church on tuesday november 3rd with mr j d oodfre presiding the young people of the united church conducted the devotional period the reports of the past years work verc given and adopted last year an objective of iso 00 was set and sixtyfive dollars was raised for thli worthy cause the oftlcors were elected for the ensuing vear rev w mocleary secretary of toronto branch came to us to give 11e address he slrrexed the need of word of ood individually and nat ionally as the only solution of pres ent world war conditions and as uc only basis far a lasting peace mr mocloary shewed several reels of the government talklnti war pic tures which were very much apprec iated on behalf cf the nudlence the pres ident mr oorlrey thanked mr mc- cliary for his helpful address and the fine pictures jean ruddell wins fur coat miss jean ruddell must have been carrying a rabbits foot the day hhc bought ticket number jssio from mrs o v williams taking a boo chance on winning a fur coat tn the big lojje retail furriers association draw on saturday afternoon last she received n telegram from loae headejuarten in toronto telling her she had a winning ticket and would be the possessor of o somali leopardskin coat donated by e p springer a bona 56 bloor st west toronto the local members of the count ess of stratftmore chapter mu1s sold tickets in this district for the thaw whloh took blue in massey hall at bjoo oclock list friday night the regular meeting of the local council of women was held on friday afternoon october 30th at the home of mrs nodaell with mrs hars pre siding considerable business was dealt with two doners was voted to the poppy fund and it was unanimously agreed upon to dispense with the refreshment for the duration of the war as a res ult of a letter from miss b barber asking if wr were auffictently organised to meet all rmergenrlea miss ryan moved that a circular letter he sent to sll affiliated aortitis asking for lists of members and abilities to meet emer- irrncjes if the need arose mm 3 b mackencle seconded the motion our guest speaker mrs win oowdy who needed no introduction gave a st interesting paper on nutrition the very centre of all our work is the building of beautiful healthy and god fearing home power plus armour nut rition haa reached the adult stage she said and grouped her paper into four parts 1st phyiidal wed balrrg 2nd energy 3rd long period of prime 4th mental health healthy people means less expense to the country and the health of the mothers and children determine the health of the nation in closing she had nn smualng contest and also distributed some valuable leaflet as a guide to food releotlan mrs wcttt moved a vote of thanks to mrs oowdy for coming to speak and the meeting adjourned with the singing of the national anthem there were nineteen present at this meeting countywide hunt for salvage a oountywlde collection for scrap metal will begin the week of november 33rd under the leaderehlp of warden john blair burlington the decision was reached at a joint meeting of hal ton county council and halton war services committee held at the farm er s building milton a week ago members of c war service comm ittee endorsed the plan offering to co operate with the council or any other organlmtton collecting scrap j o laird provincial onronuor mar nested school areas be used as depots he informed the meeting this plan was bolnr used quite moccssfully in other counties j o amy provincial superintendent natlaral salvage division stated the need for heavy scrap iron was very great he askod ao farmers tn look on fence comers or anywhere to find scrap iron twenty and a half tons of strap have already been collected through the schools in halton l l sicuce public school inspector said when he infor med the meeting an schools would co operate to the fullest the committee chosen consisted of j w e kerns nelson alex near nass- agawcya howard may esaueslng j m campbell ookvule dr o r itlslop milton harold cleave oeo rgetown bud maodonald acton township chairman war service com mittee m t macnabb esquesing aex near nasaagaweya w tn bree- kon nelson and w h bigger trafal gar press committee j e whltelotk and rose pearen wis gumaa dies la 9fst year the late wuhsja olcman at bis horns oo friday nowsm bar etn feuoatag a brief umesa ur mirrnm waa bora in bristol tn april 141 and cam to about thlrtra years of age ii first f a butcher buabvta in toronto and later began dairy farmlog la th nelson dtstrtot her at on tlm he supplied the weston sarueortum id is 13 he than noved to olen wunsms bar h pur chased the present raimastnad he was in the retail milt hsslnrga in oeo- bmsown or nearly twenty years his brat wife predeceased him twenty fiv years ago and he then later tnarr- tat mra a taylor of acton who eur- rises hla also one son frank at and three csuasnters tin e oan wulisms ure f bykes oeorsetows and mra o jagxea hea- bsw and three grand omldnsn ross eyke kenneth and bamlce jagssa raw woo thompson conducted th funeral service which held ax 8t- ajbans ohureh the orange order lol no 344 conducted s service at the gnu and acted a pall bearer trie fooowtng are the name a norton t norton o ingtu a n norton n woolston a n benton interment wa made in qreenwood remetery oeorgetown seldieri cetisferts family grows urser early this weak the ooldienv com fort oommltte placed an order far three hundred otgarsttr to be cent to 1m of our bays overseas on the sea and in newfoundland who are serving their king and country by lard sea and air these boys came from the home of oeorgetown olen williams norval btrwaruown and lunehousr and the gift to them waa made pota- ible try the generous donations of friend and organisations only once during trie jearvos the pubhc appealed u and that was on fair day when a tag day was held it was the hope of the committee that when the different crranlrstlons are allot una their sur plus that they will remember our boys and their comforta the committer wishes again to thank 11 those who hae made this wonder ful work possible and here is ipedal thank you from one of the boys many thsnks for the ctga merited if ou could possibly snow exactly what canadian smokes mean to us over here you would be sure your efforts were not tn vain there sre many canadian organis- stlona who do great thing for the force overseas picture shows enter tainments games etc but ahrn some thing comes from your own home town it seems to hit the spot in the right place although not having all the com fort of home we are being taken care of ir a fine way and life in the army seems to be just whot the individual soldier makes it it ran be bad or good but i think morale is high in mast rosea thanks again and hi be looking for ward to the day when this ur u won and be with you all again cheerio this u just one of them any letters received and shows you what the home town means over there so many soy it certainty is nice to know that wehove friends at home thinking of the committee plan to look after our prlsonersofwar just as soon a they hate the necessary information for handling their parcels rtmembraiice iy mta commmdo tofgfr service prisoner of war rot john wiijton sit john wilson three weeks ago reported missing is now a prisoner- ofwar lo oertnaay soasrdlng to a cable from ottawa recetred by his parents thursday night october 36th the mformatlon came trunsrh th channel of the international red cross the plane in which he was a wtrelesa operator waa shot down the night of october 1mb ugt wilson haa had several thrill ing close shaves some weeks ago we published an exorrpt from one of his letters tetltng of how h had to ball out during a raid over dussel- dorf oermany but managed to get back in hi own territory none the worse for hla expertenc he had been going over oermany regularly on is and an overseas radio broad cast which wa grrmg th name of airmen a they returned from a raid over norway disclosed th fort that he was sjnong those heroes also ant wilson enlisted in the air fore in january 1m1 graduarkkr st in his ctsss from flngab and went rare in december 1043 prior to rnlmtng he was employed at smith stone ltd wi meetatmrs f mcmauys mrs fred mcnallv was hostess to the members of the womens institute for their november meeting held on wednesday afternoon november 4th with the officers mrs w o mc dowell and mm a lewis occupying the chairs wt after the usual opening ceremonies the minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted mrs e wheeler gave a report of the convention held in kitchener recently whldrt nhe nnrf mrs mcdowell atten ded she also reported the second dltlv bag had been sent in mrs t r cave and mrs n snyder were the programme committee for the meetlrar and introduced the mirst spc nicer for the dnv mrs p w cleave tio tmve an interesting nceount of tlse life of mrs roosevelt miss uils nrllsen gave a pleasing nlann solb mm bnvder reported the proceods from the euchre held since last meet in ns brine very sntltfadorv and turned in a nice sum to ihe trrnmirer she nlm thanked all those who had nsslsted in nnv wnv and miss n krnnt- and win wr mellower were asked to spon sor another etidhre in he near future after n vote of thanks to those tnk- ln noxt in the nrneramme nlso to the hostess the meelng closed with ihe national anthem horval junior fanners meet on tuesday november 10th the norval junior farmer and junior institute met at the home of bill and betty held chinguaoouesy the girls meeting followed a pat- rtotlr theme and had as its roll call a british p s the motto of the evening the british empire and what lt means tow was gtvm by joy ruddell dorothy cleave read a few interesting portions from lett ers of lieut keith barber now over sea in the absence of mrs barber the roll call at the bays meeting was answered by naming the breed of livestock and country of torlgtn claude mclaughlin spoke to the boys on b on use of capital which was foilwed by a joint dis cussion the boys and girl joined after their seperatr rrsmtlngn and char lotte mcchsre and harry deveraux were in ohanre of the joint meeung oeorgtna dxles read more interest ing portions from lieut keiths lett ers denny ohartcs spoke to the jun iors on the conquest of ochnlgs khan he mentioned the fart that oeneral maarthur feels that his bot tle tactics with the exception of terror ism is one to be followed by the all ies this was followed by a presen tation to charlotte and hyath mc- clure recently married isabel wrlg- alesworth read the address and craig retd modo the presentation of a bri dge table hyatt mcclure replied tn a few well chosen words far char lotte and himself the evening was brought to close by an enjoyable lunch betty rudaell moved a vote of thanks to the reld family for opening thelr homr a rnmrfned 34th armistice ane hanatry bento and ds9pr oar mony u held tuesday nainrrrc noretnber loth to honour those who see thetr una for us is the last war and thla the dagger otrsaaa wis ryrnbobe of the suotreaxful asorts of crusene of oborgetown end dis trict to put the thud victory loan over the top a parade to th rwutfpt led by th marshall of the parade ltoot 0 a a omsgmi aad the lome soots band marked the twnanf of th armistice tvrrte the ber tie usrlf was brief but motng wreath wcrs placed by th folloetat organisations which also usjcfced to the cenotaph c- coy lame boots oapt h- 01 ucclure etas legion feet u ur f mccartney lrgson wjl- lay a ouery st johns asadususe ski ad mrs t art- true blues mrs iuohlll torpartlon of oeo rgetown mayor riojw mm oeedon brown placed a wre ath tn honour of her brother lieut 001 rmne r barber fjltxa fjtab and ui b francis placed ens for the provtno of ontario oom- m throe heroes who hssw dled tn this war ur b t peraa placed a wreath for po carman outcuff end mra k o placed one for her brother sgt- h f tort mr il lurlosr secretary branch 139 canadian lrglon read the hon our roll adding the name of pro butclff sgt ii f tost 1h j c- kan vo have grren their uvea is this war rev woo thnmtenn legion padre led in prayer the last post was sounded after which two nuiute silence was observed with the sounding of the reveille th par ade proceeded to knox prestrrterlaa church nv oha c oiohranr rev jx ostrom and rev woo thom pson all took part in the ssrno rev it c todd delivered e strong sermon tn which he exhorted he people to never let the ideal of free dom for which those men fought and died in the last war waver in the nmit das eonmet ffchowtng the benediction mr w v orant honorary c3uumran of the victory loan oommlttee intro duced the oornmando dagger cere mony with a few well chosen retnark ne voiced the utlsfaoton of the vic tory loon ooromttttee with the res ponse oeorgetown people had mad to the third victory lean ravrmg osrriubscrtoed thetr quote by fifty per cent- in worshp mayor gibb ons on behalf of the dtlxens of oeo rgetown and his coeeatrue in coun cil formally prresented the octratixaido darger to lieut ool l h bertram mo officer commarsllne the 3ttd res battalion lome scot the cer emony concluded with the everetirr ing strains of ood save th king dr j n thomson ahhimes new post stewawtowm mr h p lawmn entertained the wi inst wednesday at her home to nn enloyabln snrlnl oitemoon enrti miwber nu asked to bruvr a mies the afternoon was spent in eames fol- vtwedhr euchre and refreshments the nroeeeds of tthe afternoon will go to wards wi funds for war work the restjotwe to the wt collection for hone for bovs overseas waa very gener ous boxes are going to amtsn boys dr james 8 thomson took aver the general manogenip of the canadian tsnaaautiiti corpora tion on monday november 3 succeed ing outwune murray who has moved to toronto as hnobcreaerai of broad- easting for the obo dr thomson has been wesldent of the wnlvemhiy of csikitehnwan sjjios isw education week nov 9 is t the week of november 0 ib ims has bum set aside as munition week time for the community at large to think of the work of their schools the dspaitnient of education ha introduced into the curriculum a nee dsferee course to fit students to take their part in the exigencies of war time this carries on to e higher de gree the start already made in oeo rgetown high school by the excel lent cadet corps that has been es tablished here as we are now engaged in prepar ing for our annual tviniiierejnent exercises to be held on december 10 there is no time for a special pro gramme to be arranged to show the work being done to realize that the students have been doing their share tn the war work you have only to know that in six weeks a total of nroily o40m has been oontrtbuted by the sale of war savings stamp an in crease of tfiooo over the c ing period or last year according to miss mary paul the student adminis trator of the fund as wednesday is remembrance day there la to he a special assembly to which the principal mr w oarpentor would have liked to invite the parent ir only there had been enough room the chairman of the board the iter woo thompson has consented to meek to the school body terra cxtta mr and mrs a txwsan have moved from the cntt station to mr gray house nn main st we understand that mr benlembt yourw hn heen awarded the contract of cnrrvlng in moll over the term oo tta mall route corarmtuiauons ben mrs a raker and her daughter forretui of tvan lake alaams who have been spending a few dnvs with terra onttn and acton friends have re turned home pnll nlowlnr seems to be the general nrrter of the dav halloween passed verr cflnetrr here and very little damage was re- norted miss annie puokerlni or toronto was vtaluns with terra cotta friend reeenuy mrs m mcnehy who bent a few dav with her sister mr t town- smid or grand valley he returned home