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the georgetown herald wlyuswwatfa year of ptafatrwi wbwby pihabw lgtk 1843 tzxk pt asaaaa 5e pte crapy brothers meet after absence of 30 years able seaman charles harlow royal navy and joseph w of brantford guests of their brother heib harlow rgetown but week union aftir thirty years ut and un kerb harlow ol street had u thetr ueau for few day last week am seaman bartow of the royal navy tnssnh harlow of brantford this ni th ftnt reunion of threw brother in 39 yean able chariea harlow tnllatad in royal navy in england in itla rtsran of two wan ha aarvad on the ttlseblp waraplt in the pint oreai in thta war hit ship haa bean three umaa and be waa tn watar flvr houra belore being re al haa played a eery import t part in thi war and seer service th mediterranean china be bad indian ocean and the adriatic able seaman harlow haa helped tn traaafer of soldier by motor boat the ahorea of dieppe and sicily and 1 on convoy duty during hu year in the royal navy he haa arris practtcady the world over haa bean awarded medal after and i the proud possessor of madala for valor while in the navy flpaagrng to the herald reporter he ted that when he shook hand with brother kerb harlow secretary th local legion branch in ttg- 30 yean ago be did not expect be attached to the royal navy for a long period he atated that enjoy th life aboard a cruiser or and the place vlttted all r tl world are something to talk t while in georgetown able seaman arte joseph of orandford and rb of georgetown were renewing ualntonce at the legion clus after apendlng a few day itattov oakagc opuutogul hxrr at omkvnxe about uty member and guest aat down to a chicken dinner when the annual meeting of the kallon branch of the oarage operator waa held a qokvlllc inn on tuesday evening december 7th mr fred sinclair of oeorgttoan the ut vice president was in the chair mr e j wsdham managing editor of oarage operator of tomnto waa gueit speaker of the evening and gave a very interesting and instructive talk un pott war problems concerning the trade air jim clerke president of toronto ltranct cenducted election of officers for 1m4 resulting as follows president pred sinclair george town is vice president dick ue- duffe muton aid vice president jack ribblr oukvlur secretary prank tuck nelson treasurer arthur ben ton llmehouse directors ted tyler win norton acton jack cain art ucott ororgetown oeorge dolby gordon brlgden milton len mcklnd- ley fred peine burungton johnson vem dyne oakviu l0tst mm t hm of lift w 0 thi th connlm of sujthmor chap ter i o d e held ibatr regualr mnnlmy msetlng at the born of the honorary recent mrs- w o o thompson last laoodsy evening outstanding among the report of various eobublttaaa was th report of mr fl p barber war gflrlui con venor on th marathon brtdg recent- hwry s u ba cih wailams rumtttt tlttgs wttytaw henry smith lifelong resident of olen william and ran of th late mr and mr george smith olen wulama died in ouelph oeneral hospital on saturday december llth after a short ulnes he as in his list year th ute mr bmllh was head me- ly held which netted th war batvel creelmens for 40 year fund lloslfl another report wttloh retired 14 yrars ago lie mer- proved moat satisfactory waa that pre- rud uw tormer losbrll cameron ac- ccted by mrs arthur beaumont on ton ur bmlln member uie obrtatzeuu boars and shipment of 8t aban church ol england olen used clothing sent to the chapters williams and during hl ufrllmr waa adopted school in llaliburton there i alevuneh conservative in politics sere zx articles in the hmng jnip- le to mourn hu passing hu iitrnt of which 117 were tor bahlea and thuarrn these latter were most ur- keiuy needrd mrs ii c wrlggl- ourth wool convenor sent tn a report stating that ave turtleneck swtatera had been turned over to the llu cross among the correspondence were several cards and a letter from th chapters adopted ship graihully ickno edging the receipt ol gift and iigarrttr irom the chapter mrj oraham pamrli was appointed treasurer to replace mrs j r barber until the end of the chapter a year a discussion areas as to ways and mean ol replenishing the uenrrjl fund urfore christmas and it aas un- animoosly decided thai each member be asked to contribute 0c more or tea to this cause with us money to be eft with mrs walter oichu at the herald office at the conclusion of the business the hosiesaea for the evenmg mr j d kelly mr oraham pameil and mrs walter biehn served ref momenta- pipts ami pipers in the news in two tkfftfciit stents widow ana three daughter and two on un ii mino cuiu ouelnb mrs a e kudd htsaeli chaplin iask bert and oeorge smith and mrs pied ouroer urnnln all of qeorvirtoisn venrnialc woo tliompson con ducted the lunrral srrvlnr on monday december i3ih at 7 o clock pail bearers rr messrs joeoh mcmrne- my matttmm beaumont and robert clark all of olen williams tiwmaa ejykrs ororgetown thomas bland toronto and ban young brampton to beautiful floral tribute were much appreciated and among them acre wreath tfonv mother jennie clara oeorge and family mary and lamily provincial paper mill ctg division employtes provincial paper mills theweattgr we may ixiiigniuiit ourwht oo luviiag hva an unusually tone open riu ulbk vrar tnerr ha bn little ei- cuw for not ttfttlng all th ull viaming donr bui when ihttr did cocu khr came with a nwh on a i0 mtlr an hour gale trom ue north wni ut friday ntaht nr hi uit 4ro umpfraturc anivco klvliis iu a feuddtn rhoctt and some uuik ur our pjumttra in uiablng out irurrn maatrrpjpri foiloutjia are tin locai recortlj to eva hardin j iri f clihef d ktftmy clovtr scd prices re expuiiitd olsclal celus rrieaa ea all eiparte jul duwasur tulm the iwmf of lr and un leonard lurdirm ouelph si vaa uw tcvne t a pretty wvddlng baturday afternoon december llth mhen trieir onl damth- trr ca oenrude become hie bride clifford l kenne ion of ur and mrs ovcar kenney of balllnafad rev j c oatrum paitor of ooiveton oaptut churcli officiated at the ce remony the home waa uutefull decorated for the oocaalon vtth flower and wed din j bells and the bride civ en in marriage by her father i attired in row crepe dreu with black acccaaortea and wore a cornaje of red rooebud her only attendant tu uiu jean karley a ho wore a ipeen crepe drets with black accaorle and a ooraajre of jellow roiea the best man wu ken mr ernest uccnery of iuulnaxl i a reception nu held follomlna the ceremony acn lurdlrig vaaxlnjr rote printed ilk with a coruge of white munu v auutcd by the ffrooma mother who wore a light blue dreaa and a coruae of yellow mums in re ceiving th gtimta later the happy couple left for point eaat and on their return wtu make their horna in oaoietowb hur aret ann cortttf luried in georgetown puneral service were held on batur day december 1st for margaret ann austin mllr of the late james allan comer who died thursday following an illness of several months in her tgth jear although bom near oaha- wa mr comer has lived in eaqueslng toamthlp for about fifty year and haa been a resident of stewartlown village for the past 23 year where ah haa been an active member of the esqur- womene institute she wa a ihe seek rxitc ii a nd u unow- temp fas rue dec 7 15 wto dec u 31 fliiirs dec 19 j prl dec- 10 js 76 jj- uji dc ii is t muu dec 12 ii 13 x mon dec 1 23 1 i1iie on the pakua or j j th0iip8on the drlvtng houve hrn haua and irnrage on th farm of mr john j thompson r r j oaorgatown san totally detiroywd by fire lait uaturday morning the blav orlgtnated from the trac tor tn the drlvlna house and many luahle implementa were destroyed mr thompson managed to gat hi car out from the garac and the chicken from the hen houa without the fire brigade wa not called a it would have been impossible to check tne blajir in tune ukju onu ruqys exrrrfu ot fsatedt in roixowixo tsfumm to say that georgetown has aom- thlfig unlqu and different in a otrla pipe band is to say the least ilata you er considered what might hava hjpoenrd to a girl n kilta 400 years ago will as one boot put it ah night have been stoned to death if that aaa not conxldrrvd loo light a pu nishment to every scotsman and to every real iflghlarulman th vary thought f a girl in a kill raise the blood pressure u that of a rhimasfion trying to cup with a tartan it is particularly galftng to a tvol v see little girts taking part in aanor at games jclng ororgr v who knew that the kilt was a man s dress disliked 11 intensely and gave ordrra that ii utu girls must dance at th tsraamar oiime- thev should be out of sight ba- lurr he oiade his appearance bo neat time you hmr our fair sax piping a tune along the main drag lust fttop and consider what wiigsit have been in store for them had thaw breu saan in all i a few hundred xi havy lusut aenulimmttiis at the annual meeting and election of officer held at the public library methodist she i turvlved by two ecru dec oth of the navy league of oan- and austin and two ads local branch clarence bain wa jamea at home aranddaughtert ol caiedon distnc also two stepdaughters mr kindree of nanucoke and mr darby of aber- foylr the pallbearera were three grandsons allan daroy of hamilton john kindree ol hamilton clifford kindree of hamilton walter lawman ross thompson and lome murray of bteaarttown interment aas in oreen- vrood cemetery oeonntown those fron a distance who attended the lunrral were mrs margaret wu- sun mrs allan rennlr of hamilton mrs kindree of nanucoke mrs darby tof aberfoyle and mr thomas bhep- liero ol toronu mr and mrs j r imuk mrs h c heaslop and mr earl poster all of ull ton a greater proportion ol canadian army ofnceri no come from candl- datev 1th overseas service some of whom vlll be trained in england some books during the year which included elected aa chairman for th coming year other officers were honorary chairman w p bradley vicechair man david drill secretary mrs a a schrag treasurer e v meeoormacfc chairman of ladles committee mrs w mendham whose assistant conven ors elected were mrs sam marttanh a ditty bag convenor and mr b lyon as wool convenor convenor for magazines games and books rv r c todd mr belli volunteered to en quire for a regular meeting room pre ferrahly downtown as it was decided that tne work required such meetings for the ladles work had previously been held at mrs w mendhama home heporte from the various depart ment were very gratifying for the first years aorlc the treasurer reported that tlumao had passed through the recent etatementa in the press and over the tadlo have given the tmpree- tlon in tome quarters that except for the domestic retail price there is no celling on ctoer seed seed dealers point out that this impression la en- urtly incorrect there is an official eltng on domestic graded need void to th mr wiurahero harlow able i consumer and there is also an ea- man charles harlow left lor jer- 0 p- nun ctover city n v to rejoin hu hip including red and alalke were placed under rigid control last pall and maximum export peters for the various grades were established in canada active service notes y8- baxo net l m prom tag day a very successful tagdiv tu swell e funds or georgetown ewv or- bo cltuens bvi iv held t saturday with pneedi imouit- to 3100 sir- jot carter mr walter carpen lac r norman davidson l now serving alth the rcap tn the cen tral mediterranean force tpr joe hall has left re cording to a cable recently reca i by hlv parents mr and mrs joeaph hall onr risy harley has been transfer- tlierc f no celling price on seed rkl irum toronto to ne ousgow n cld bv farmers to dealers as has been 8 frequently sated in recent aeelcv but j word was received by mrs r kerr mce thlv red tv umed over to the norval from her son pte aubrey dtiler t i immtdtately subject to con- rierr tha lie hud landed safely in trol prici o be paid exporters bv the nonh alrlcu covernmei hive been fixed at iii 0 word has ixin mclved by his par- pcr bushel lor alsike and 1820 per ontn tha sir alrxr rrevi- is noa in bjhil for rod clover for top quality italy it hi ixin ssvtn vteesj since d delivered a hillfax theu- prices they last heard irom their i ho l- rrcelpts and donations 1130 10 tag day collections 123 m canvaia 152023 and amount received from headquarters 33001 expense were- wool purehaaea 33007 general ex penses 1600 disbursement to head quarters 201 40 and a bank balance of ms 03 the report from the ladles com mittee under the convenorshlp of mr mendham ahoved an active years work and a successful one alth assist ance ol mdlv iduata and organizations of georgetown and district for which christmas sen ices a 111 be held in i the local branch thanks them shlp- llun bv churches next sunday ut the ments incljded vh neu knitted aool reiiilar hour- lt everyone plan to articles 1j4 ditty bags 225 articles of herald my heartfelt wishes for a merry christmas and a happv new r to all the people ol oeorgetown hornby and dr clifford rctd aere the tsisntet point hj ire for the very ittee in chanje of the event 1 bv the following taggers mar- sargent nan brown doreen ulholland pauline norton theresa violet shepherd kathleen orace walter mamaret eileen orace betty lawr in charge wish to convey their tude to mrs t orteve for her liable help luhst trades lower qualities being fixed in pmivonton these prices must cover all costs of luembung cleaning runsportatlon barzinc labeling and oher expenses in former years the export clover reed provided a subs antlal revenue for the canadian seed trade but that revenue handling authorities sltli he perh regiment word h is been received of the ar- rval of pe jack hemphill m italy plv hinihth hao been overseas two vears with no 7 l pld ambulance rcamc lancecorporal pred ballantlne d clothing tor survivors bundles a swell as one kramaphone with 75 re cords a totaj of 10101 was collect- id at reviular work meetings and ex- innses sere 09 91 wit the balance tsid lor shliptng an estimate ol one and a half ons of magazines gomes i and books were shipped to headquar- cabo op thanks the comer pamlly wtah to thank many friend relative and jra for their kind mrrriraaalon aytnpathy and for their beautiful 1 1 ottering eccully thankliw a o w ioreman for hi eon- words during their recent be- thay alio with to thank thompson and mrs wii- f or their aaatauaa attend to join in the singing of tht- beautlful christmas carols and to nccr tlic wnonderfal sory of the birth of lie chrlit child re ild nnre more j iv a utle baby jt us w as his name lirinwinu joy and gladness whin from heaven he came i tl broaht the message o the baby s birth u wi- tin stvloir sn o all lie tarth o uiuu let us adwr hun clrist jie lord aitr v loij sxii ut u usually fine 1 idles tipped washed and remade otter point bc has returned to hi mld weither wmei descended upon many- of the used articles and not one outside a small nominal a apendlng a twoaeek us n real nmest over the weekend pcce of used material was wasted it charge established by the w hl4 ph col and mrs on monday morning the thermome- anything could be made from it 1 tab mm oai a 1 terv during the past year many hanks go to mrs mendham and her small group ol assistant who have worked hard to present such a ktiitlfylne report for the first year of tin navy leosue tn ocorgetown the of has completely dlreeri buntuie iter recorded temperaures as low as ed so far as the exporter is eonohtud lac aoid ura oeorge oumer havs ten below zero the export prices as established bjr returned from calgary where lac perhaps the dry frosty weather will the pederal authorities are all that the oumer has been stauoned for the past heln tc v encl to the tlu epldeml stantlal balance is oh hand with which seed hade win he paid all profits ob- months oeorge has been traru- rom hlch several of oar residents totned by the ooremment export j erred to the training centre at jarvts have been suffering agency above these prices will go to the we were very pleased to leottre fanner through the system of parti- 1 christinas card from pte reginald clpatlon certificates eatamiiriarl last hoare overseas with the queens york pall on all primary ojsansd seed sold to an authorized dealer participation certlflcates an given the rower and any proflls made by the export board wjll be divided among toe rawer on tha basts of those cwrtiaoata rangers last week in addition to wishing the herald the seasons greeting reg adds tm sun reothr- ins the uerald quite regularly and flttd it vera- pleasant to read all the news of home please print in the tne 4th annual meeting of the wa of st stephens church was held on dec 7th st the home of sirs r orr the excellent reports showed that two bales valued at ms had been sent to two minum in canada all pledges for the branch were met in full and iso was given to the appor tlonment fund of the church a but to vtart the new year ofbotrs elected for 1044 are- president mrs w w thompson vicepresident mrs p chlsholm secretarytreasurer mrs m j bussell dorcas sec mrs h brad ley living message bee mre e price educational see mrs p brain dele gates mt r orr and ur p wel ter and this bring us to our own stories for this seek we havt been handed a clipping telling of th formation and success of the world famed dagenhsm oirl pipers no doubt ib article was wntun prior to th war but u none the leu interesting we quote sixty young girl of an avsrag ass of only sixteen year are relaying ifee way gallv round th world and into th nearta of a doarn different rr that briefly dtacrlbas the intams- tloiial conquest of th daftnhaa oirl ptptr the only oomblnatlon of its kind to th whole world and th ro mantic equel to n unajnmuous hobby thai began in a sunday school alas eight year ago today the fame of the nagenhim ctrl pipers is universal in a year thaf travel over 20000 tnllee fulnlllng a many aa 360 engagements playing dancing tinging on private lawn and carnival field at fete and fair on cabaret floor and maatehatj iisaw and in th rnarkatplaosa of europe and scandinavia now they go to and denmark and norway to th 1 indies to ihe world pair maw york to the canadian national wsusitsivn toronto as well aa to towns and vu- lagea throughout britain but turn back th ejvgagamanls- talendar back to the years u31 and 1930 when the pages were blank and a handful of unknown girl from work ing das homes on the london county councils housing estate at rtusnhswi practised behind locked doors on pi broch chanter and highland bag pipe what an ideal whoever heard of girls playing bagpipe no one bad not until the rev s w graves dd dagtnhsms first congregational minister had th idea that there was no reason why girl should no learn to plsy the pipes as aell aa boys so purely aa a hobby and recreation he formed a class of eltven- and twelveyearold girl from hi sunday school and engaged a pl major pot eighteen months th prac tices went on virtually in secret and in april 1033 when the band had et- i continued on page six thomas learment peums in 88th year i hornby correspondent again it is our tad duty to report tne death ol another orour oldest re- smtnus in the person of ur thos u vrmont who passed away at th rure of his son stanley on saturday a emoon lost dec llth at hornby mr ltarmon- nad spenr pratlcally ill of hlv ion life of elithty seven years n tnls vicinity and was highly iivpeced by a large circle of neigh bora and friends he wxv always hrlgh and cheerful and though not in th best of health for many years he never complained his wife predeceased him some eighteen years ago he also suffered the loss of his only daughter ufa peter stephens of streetsvllle with hom he made his home for soma years he is survived by his only son stanley for whom the sympathy of the community is felt in his great loss a private funarul service was held at his sons home on ttiesday after noon interment being made tn ever green cemetery mfjton cazut or ttwnu we wish to convey our sincere thanfcf to our nslahbour and friends for their beautiful floral trabuts and ezrpraa alons of sympathy eatended to us ta our meant gad loss of a beloved zsothar and srallrzbsotlsar ut oeorg uddau and nunttr