The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednetcky february 9th 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy council strikes 1944 tax rate at 40 mills night constable fofdyce resigns rebekah lodge send delegation several important matters were dealt with at the regular meeting of council last monday night mayor oetwe presided with reeve macdon- ald and councillors thompson lyons armstrong mcqirvray orr and bradley present the finance committee composed of messrs bradley macdonld and orr had met earier in the week to go over the estimated budget compiled by qerk p b harrison by a comparison of last year s figures and strike a ten tative tax rate rney presented their report to council on monday night and recommended that the rate of tax ation this year be set at 40 m on the dollar an increase of two mills over last years levy it would be the same rate as was paid in 1942 the estimated budget was accepted with some minor alterations and there a as a good deal of discussion as to wheth er the proposed tax rate was tilgh enough 10 meet the expenses of the year the parks commlwdon alone is legally entitled to 1 mill of tax re- venue it necessary as an alternative to further increasing the tax rate councillor lyons proposed that the expense sneet could be pared down by including the cost of garbage collec tion on the water rate bills rendered hah yearly so that property owners would not bear the full burden in their tax rate he made a motion to this ftffect seconded toy councillor william thompson which was defeated it was then moved by oxt and seconded by mcollvray that the budget for 1944 be 40 mills on the dollar coun cillor thompson seconded by council lor lyons moved an amendment to the motion that the tax rate for 1944 be 42 mills on the dollar and asked that a recorded vote be taken on the amendment the yeas were thomp on and lyons and nays were mac donald orr moguvray bradley armstrong and cleave the motion or the 40 mill tax levy carried professor h l hutt waited on council to ask that the road through he swamp off yorjge street which is a direct route to his residence be nil ed in with ashes during the winter months with a view to making the passage usable in the warmer season he also requested that the water pipe be extended a few feet into his pro perty as he intends to erect another building there when materials are more easily available the matter was turned over to the roads committee woe will see that tht is done professor hutt also recommended that the trees at the back of the post office be thinned out to increase proper growth a deputation from verdun rebekah j lodge composed of mrs sidney mc j kenzle miss olive kennedy mrs harold cleave and mrs e l arnold were present at the meeting to ask if j council would intervene for them with the board of parks management so that th have heat in the lodge rooms when they hold their meetings mrs mackenzie spoken man for jie group said that the cold ness of the room was affecting th attendance a their meetings and li at as a rule the room would only start being comfortable by the lime lhxy were ready to go home councillor armstrong as chairman of the build j lng and property committee replica to the deputation and stited mil the council had no powers over the botrd of parks management ind hud tluie fore no lecartrtuht to interfere it was suggested that the mivor who s automaticuk a member of the boi d attend their nixt mooting md set the difficulty could be cli irtd ip council recommended lt a the rtbe kahs lodee a complaint with h ola fellows from whom lhcy rent the room and lhil lhey in t irrf ap proach the board of pirks manage mcrt at their meeting and ixplui tht situation it was poti ted oi ui the bond had had a great deal of trouble in rellint a manager but they have now in th4r emplov one who will probably be able to cope the heating problem the first item dealt with in the xtrrespondence was the formal resig nation of night constable c j pq- dyce it was decided to accept the re slgnatlon and to make arrangements for aavertising for a new man a letter from the local council of women was read suggesting that a curfew law be established and enlorc ed ln georgetown one councillor auggestect that the letter be filed but councillor mcgqvray suggested that he matter be given some thought as the agenda for the meeting was quite a full one k as decided to deal with the matter at a future meeting the appointment of areprcsentaub the weather by e l hutt last week gave us quite a variety of weather and on the whole the tem perature was 12 degrees lower than the previous week there were a couple of light showers totalling only a quarter an inch last monday night we had the first subzero temperature february in january there were only two sub zero nights while in december it went below seven times candelmas day is usually consider ed midwinter and aa the ground hog had jots of opportunity to see his shadow we are expected to get at least six weeks more of real winter well we should be prepared to tab it after the mild winter we have had so far following are the local records for the week hj and l predpi- temp tatlon date tues feb 1 18 5 wed feb 2 33 12 hiurs feb 3 31 25 05 rain fri feb 4 37 26 sat feb 5 42 32 20 rain sun feb 6 23 15 mon feb 7 26 17 1 0 snow mrs peter tulloch dies in 87th year mildest weather in yean the weather has been coming in for more than its dsual share of comment these days it isyanother of those 1 remember when winters and people are storing up anecdotes to tack on the end of that bit of an introduction to pass on years hence certainly the weather has been exceptionally mild with no snow to speak of yet al though the mercury took a sharp downward curve at the first of this week j while we leave comment on the weather in georgetown and district to the heralds reliable weather prop- bet items in exchange papers indl cat the unseasonable weather is causing widespread comment all over the province among the items noted was one in the burlington gazette which stated i that last wednesday with the tem perature around 72 farmers worked on the land drawing out manure many farmers labored during the af- ternoon in lhelr shirt sleeves and were quite comfortable chris pother- 1 gill wellknown farmer of nelson township however set up a record for january when he worked all afternoon stripped to the waist drawing out mamn and sweat during the job he worked right through until six oclock before donning his apparel rhif is a unique and unusual feat for the latter part of january the orangevule banner cites the ex perlence of neil wright 14 yearold son of mr and mrs frank wright lot 30 con 9 west mono who kflted a twofoot garter snake on the road ihe boy was on his way to the mall box when he sighted the reptile crawl- the death of isabella wards widow 8 on the roadway to sight a of lhe late peter tulloch occurred at e january is decidedly unus- ihe home of her daugnter mrs e r ual in of ontario robinson james st on rfonday jan uary 31st mrs tulloch had been 111 since christmas she was in her 87th qftt lloyd mccneiv tells year i bom in st margarets hope orkney islands the daughter of the lata mr and mrs david bain wards she and her husband came out to can ada fiftyfive years ago they settled first in fergus where they lived for twentyfive years thirty years ago the tulloch s moved to georgetown mrs tulloch s husband predeceased her eighteen years ago a member of the presbyterian church she took an active part in church affairs while she was able and of late had done war work for both the red cross and the navy league rev c c cochrane conducted the funeral service from the residence of her daughter mrs robinson and rev self minister of nerval presby- terian church conducted the graveside service in greenwood cemetery one daughter mrs e r robinson georgetown survives those from outoftown who at tended the funeral were mr fred de verson mr gordon hainer and mr ray cowles of toronto miss mary dass mrs a w muir mrs maofcen- zlewatt mr james imlah mr thomas loghrin and miss norma robinson all of fergus s no election until after war won r m prime minister mackenzie king in the clearest declaration on election policy that he has made in the life of the current parliament told the house of commons on monday that he had no intention of calling a gen eral election until the war is won the prime minister as he did in his september 27 references to elec tion policy in a speech before the na uonal leral federation made quail flotations but bhey were neither so long nor so complete and while stating his disapproval of the principle of a parliament extend ing its term he threw out the sug gestion that consideration to that po licy mlgh be given in june of 1940 if the war continued to that date in his federation speech mr king declared flatly that if the war con tinued on into 1945 when the govern ment s term expires it would be nec essary regardless of what- may hap pen meanwhile for the government at some time in that year to go to the country loca 1 an thorities in britain have salvaged and returned to industry or ouierwtse made available for re use no ess lhan 4 500 000 tons of yaluatole ma enal obtained from household waste from ocorgolown council to serve on public heilth board with repre aim fr m- acton milton and jiteton considered il was moved by p rii mpson and seconded o rn is lyons tint reevt k r mac do iki 1 ipponiltd to ihis potit io i ii moti n cirriid nil mimo isly a b liw h tint a ilduciiott ol 4 ii lb on urn la d u iihistiiii of 10 i res oi in r vw uu he municipal u aib rtid thrte tiniluand passed i wi noved ii d- seconded ih u the following iccounu be paid c lin s o rait ioati iruck g r mutkirt richaraso i s hardwire arena miss l francis w rebate j williamson w w rebate wiui ntptunc meter co ww a e cnpps town iruck p b harrison registration fees k m langdon legal fees u bell telephone co mrs geo wallers ww rebate scott s garage town truck hydro electric p b ha rrigin stamps etc w g marshall postge richardson s hardware sts h j sienko ww w spence umber for arena r lane park j p rekl sts georgetown herald printing welfare accounts w a marshall taxi council adjourned j oo 32 j2 17 4j2 2 js 3091 2197 1350 36 00 2084 i 10 3800 71 18 1000 100 us u 800 840 93 t3 2jb about kiska gnr lloyd mcenery of the 24th field regiment is home on leave from lhe island of kiska with his parents mr and mrs archie mcenery erin gnr mcenery in describing the lijand said it was small and of a rocky formation standing on top of any of the hills you could see the ocean the ground in the valleys was springy and marshy with no trees or vegetation he had been stationed there since last august and in that tune they had had very little sun shine lhe weather being almost al ways foggy and damp the canadians despatched to the enemyoccupied island had expected to see plenty of action but found on lheir arrival that the japanese had withdrawn their orcea and left ttie place deserted for the first few weeks the food situation was pretty bad and many of the men ate jap anese rice left b the fleeing enemy however after the rations started com lng in the food was very falr during the months they were sta tloned there the troops built up their own camp and constructed many roads in the island they were so busy during the first weeks they had no time to think about amusements even if some had been available later on a movie wai shown once a week but the boys themselves mostly pro- ided their own e with concerts and so on after gnr mcenery s ihree weeks leave arc up he will reporl back to vernon bc fo- mother posting he enlisted in the irtillrry a jear ago list november minor hockey team wins another game in an ontario minor league hockey game at lhe arena here on monday night the smart georgetown outfit were again victorious over their erin rivals by th caose score of 31 the game is reported to have been a good one with a fair crowd on hand the georgetown team scored once in all three periods while erin netted their lone counter in the- third period waddcll was the erin scorer while cliff norton netted two and j hep burn one the orangeville team has dropped out of the group due to having play ers over the age limit this necessitat ing double schedule for the george town and erin teams the next games win be played on thursday and satur day in erin and on monday here wlrners out the group will meet the winners of the fergusejora series lineup of lhe georgetown team goal bob hall defense j burns g scott centre cliff norton wingo roy norton jack king subs j crawford j louth b hepburn e vivian thompson and beaumont referee was bud hill lieut nursing sister helen lane posted back to canada albert riss buried from glen williams albert rlgg for mam years a rest dent of glen william passed away in st michaels h toronto on thursday february 3rd in his se ventythird year he hod lived in to ronto for the past seven years the late mr rigg was bom in york shire england he and his wife who was formerly agnes preston and fa mily came to canada thirty years ago mrs rigg died in 1940 settling in g3en williams mr rigg was employed with provincial paper ltd for a num ber of years surviving are one son walter of georgetown and one daughter mrs harry hlpkln toronto the funeral was held from the home mr robert addy olen williams on february 5th mr r waugh of the glen united church took the ser vice interment was in greenwood cemetery active service notes mail has been received from tor joe hall telling or his safe arrival in italy mrs a collins has received word from her husband alf collins who is a member of the merchant marines posted from aden on the suez canal it was several months since mrs col 11ns last nad heard from him one thing the sailors really appreciate is the ditty bags sent them by the navy league according to mrs collins let ter the department of national defence has announced the award of the can adian efficiency medal with first clap to sgt a herbert 2nd res btn lome scots vpx h regt mrs alex korzack received a letter rom her husband a flight engineer in the rcaf to say he had arrived in reyjavik iceland sgt korzack en listed two years ago after taking a special sixmonth course at central technical school in toronto and has been stationed at yarmouth dart mouth labrador and mont joll prior to enlistment he was employed at smith stone ltd georgetown people will be interest ed to know that gordon pass has en listed in the rcaf and is ataboned at present in toronto he was formerly ymca instructor at the rcaf school in centralis men inuniform noticed home lhe week end included pte wheldon emmerson camp borden lc hedley shaw brantford ac2 jimmie gta- ham pte ted rogers camp borden lc bdr william anderson kingston aol peter 9 bessey has been trans ferred from brantford to south matt- land njs ac2 john evans of calgary is home ori his 14 day furlough congratulations to leslie clark for mer employee of the herald who has been promoted to flying offleer sgmn cecil davidson overseas for several months now has been promot ed to lance corporal lieut lex schrag has been trans ferred to the public relations board and expects to be posted in london for some lme formerly on the staff of the toronto jpmjing telegram ueut schrag wdtaa thai his sum position will be similar to the work he was doing tn canada in dvcuan life ttvo recent session of esquesin t township council womens instttots hold social evening i the regular monthly meeting of the women s institute took the form of a social evening held at the home at mrs harold cleave on wednesday evening february 2nd no business was transacted and the members enjoyed a game of euchre eight tables played mrs joseph hal mrs art scott and mrs fred mcnally were convenors in charge of lhe even ing and also donated the prizes first prize was won by mrs norman sny der four ladles tied for second place mrsj h- lilllco mrs w g bell mrs dan livingstone and mrs frank fetch in the draw mrs w o bell was winner mrs f cole and mrs r erwln tied for consolation prize and mrs erwln won out light refreshments acre sened by lhe convenors asmsted b their com nittec ind ifter a htart otc of thanks to mrs cleat c hostess of the evening the event closed tith the singing of god save the king spocnl rieetmtj of bsqucshir township co incil w is held in george own on thursday afternoon all mem hers were present nd ree c h vi i presided minutes of the last meeting had been read at a previous gathering moed by murray seconded by cur e that w c cunningham be ap pointed road suoerintendent for the township of esqueslng at a salary of 1300 00 per annum duties to com mence january 24th 1944 and the clerk be instructed to prepare a by law to comply with resolution carried moved by wilson seconded by cleave that this council do now ad- fcnjm carried stewamtown fob 7th 1944 held their regular meeting on monday attelocdbpat74tetm o w mar- ray councillors qeorge b clean george ourrle and wtaua wilson were i miv presided itctiiit scre read pre cut itct r m miles 1 the h rui ad ptcd mr alex noble ind rev mr dun lop of norval tridrcwd the council mr nobi spoke in reference to a re quostby the county council for a li uuor store in milton he sahfthat while he was aware the request had been turned down for the present a could not let the opportunity pass without referring to it mr dunlop asked that a bylaw be passed for the taking of a vote on lo cal option in the township in his re ply reeva may said the matter would be looked to as to the proper proce dure a letter from department of high ways referring to overexpenditure on roads during the imat2 months of 1942 owing to excessive snowcau as shown an the auditors report amounted to continued on back page lieutenant nursing sister helen lane who has been serving overseas with a mobile hospital unit since octo ber 1941 arrived back in georgetown on monday where she will spend ft leave before being posted to her new duties in canada lieut n s lane is of course quite happy to be back home but says sh win miss the members of her unit and the friends- she has made in en she noticed things about canada which we who have been living here right along take very much for grant ed in the matter of food she said the abundance of fruit and eggs impressed her most as both these cojmnoditdes are very scarce in england h 8 lane also said it would take her some time to get used to seeing bright lights again as england is still quacked out she said lt was queer at night in london or for that matter in any- other centre for not a light is seen and one would think there was no on at home anywhere everyone carries a flashlight when they go out the people of england said lieut lane ar very cheerful and although they are working under hard conditions never complain all through the bri tish isles the people are very kind to those in the services and nothing seems to be too much trouble for ihem proof of this fact may be re membered by herald readers who read the interesting letter lieut lane sent to her relatives at home telling about her leave in scotland which she kind ly allowed us to publish canada seemed a pretty cold coun try to the nursing sister for when she left england it was spring with the primroses in bloom she had been able to enjoy a few games of tennl3 too one of her favourite pas times over there was cycling m the english countryside which is very lovely asked aoout air raids she re plied that several had been made new her station but that they bad bees over too quickly tor her to reauy be come frightened by the time fear registered the huns were off again lieut n s lane can really appre ciate the travelling fadlittes in can ada after the complicated system la england although their trains travel faster theyre very crowded and the great nunuer of stations makes lt di fficult to travel any distance in spite of this fact nowewr she has spent leaves in scotland ireland and wfcusa and enjoyed them once jfte had- jnasv ered the art of unveiling in lengtum other than pte herb harlow to was also attached to the 2nd casualty clearing station lieut n lane net only two other boys from qeotgsiam cpl jack watson now serving in itnfe and stsgt bill king sbessidir was only through the herald that she learned who was to england and what ttbey were doing it was a case of be ing so near and yet so far before she enlisted lieut nb lane was practical instructress in nursing at east general hospital in toronto and before going overseas was stationed ato toronto military hospital camp bor den and sussex n3 halton firli innurancf company flect ofhcfkk the hilton union farmers mu lual re imtirnncp compn reports tola assi ts of 93 19 48 a aain lotil uibilitie of 56 623 22 at the rl se f the car 1943 the surplus of the comianv represented oy the ces5 of assets ov er liabilities has rlsm to sg6 69626 during lhe year 1943 the company purchased 15 000 00 of dominion of canada victory bonds in addition to contributing 500 00 to the aid to russia fund officers elected for the year 1944 are i follows chas readhead r r 3 milton president e f fordr r 1 hornby 1st vicepresident leslie kerns freeman 2nd vksepresldcit and a t moore oampbellvule se cretarytreasurer nert monday is day feb 14th st valentine becomes grandfather and father on same day william preston of trueman st vlu known citizen of brampton and a member of the citizens band last eek became a father and a grand- fuher at hie same lime rovdon charles porter his first nndcliild was born within a hah hour before robert michael pres ton his second bon and fifth child rne two births were in the peel me morial hospital mrs porter is the eldest daughter of mr and mrs preston and her hus- land 4kbervlnp in trie armed forces m oiitano she mikes her home with her parents cw ac s may now carry suitcase in the armed forces owacs may now carry a suitcase or club bag when travelling individually to ret woun ded canadian soldiers to quickly supply trucks can 4e into emergency service i special sets of harness now i manufactured in canada to carriage ft stretchers italy tennporarfly i iflp hi fiosft fisb line duties now gs s dhaneo to om anxuiary conducted totoa m abjmb place to itaflan operas ess a h of a pafcitlngs rw- hcrys are golntf to see films of eh worlds baseball aria