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the georgetown herald atyseventh year of publication wednesday february 23rd 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy- red cross campaign opens feb 28 synthetic rubber made near sarnia plant produces 38000 tonsjjyearly take specified quantities of oil coal mkh water and soap place in horton sphere with hydrocarbons polymerize into interlocking molecules and what do you get rubber that may be dou bletalk to the average person but at the governmentowned polymer corpo ration near sarnia its ordinary con versation from the aforementioned materials the polymer workers actually produce canadian synthetic rubber 34 000 tons of buna s and 4 000 tons of bytjl each year the picture shows one of the 13 horton spheres at poly mtr some of them 51 feet in diameter coitaintng 12 000 barrels ot hydro carbons under 50pound pressure its all part or the synthetic rubber pro duction process committee appointed for forthcoming red cross drive starting nxt monday february 28th the canadian red cross is making us nnft appeal to the people of canada for funds to carry on the great work of sending parcels to prisoners otwar blood donor service to men wounded in battle hospitals and com forts to all branches of the services all these vast commitments of the red cross on the march are steadily increasing as the fighting becomes fiercer we are now facing the mos critical stage of the war when we feel that our boys musn t lack for any thing we can give them the georgetown district has been asked to do its share and like in past campaigns it will not fall the objec tlve in this campaign has been set at 4600 nn increase of 100 over last year a canvass committee has been organized and it is hoped that when the canvassers call at your home you will give them a warm welcome the committee which has been set up with many others who will assist with the canvassing includes leroy dale chairman captains of canvassing teams ward i ralpn ross ward 11 john d kelly south of cnr harry savings north of c n r ward en william deans korval warden howard may ste arttown k c lindsay limehousc arthur benton glen williams john bingham the list of members of the canvass lng teams has not been fully com pleted ye and will appear in the paper at a later date the weather by h l hutt the days are getting appreciably ion ger and the sun at noon much higher up in the heaven consequently increased power to melt away the snow these bright sunny afternoons quite marked we are still a long way short of our normal snowfall this winter and the little we have is barely keeping the ground covered the lowest temperature so far this winter was 13 below on the 23rd of de cember the drop to 12 below last turday came close to breaking that re- torfl following are the local records for the week lions hear interesting talk qn life of the bee members of gieorgctowil lions club meeting in regular session on monday evening at the moglbbon house were prjviledged to hear a splendid talk on the life of the bee given bylr francis pollock in introducing mr pollock lion chief ross associated the guest speaker with the migratory birds who spend the summer in the north and go south for the win- only that mr pollock made georgetown his home in the winter and went south to aylmer district in the summer besides being an authority and keeper of bees mr pollock is an accomplished writer of fiction and poetry jjm of his books being very outstanding in dealing with the subject the life of the bee the speaker said that the bee had been brought to america by the spaniards and later by the en gush and dutch to the new england states prior to the 17th century honey was the only sweet known apart from the honey the bees provide the- poll nation of fruits etc is worth ten time the value ol the honey the spaker explained the many charac- tclstlcs of the bee the duties of the queen bee the dront and the work er the work in the hives the gather ing of horrey arid the swarming manv questions were asked mr pollock fol lowing his very informal talk a hearty vote of thanks was ter dered the guest speaker by lion g mcgllvray i loi chief ross then read a poem written in rather sarcastic vena by noel coward entitled donlbebeast ly to the germans this led to a ra tlier heated discussion on how ger many should be treated after the war- many and varied were the opinions expressed lion walter carpenter urged the lions to give the coming red cross drive their continued support and lion mcollvray urged ail uons interested in community betterment to attend the board of trade meeting on wednesday evening the mwtng adjourned after singing of the maple leaf to meet again the first monday in march when a new member v ill be welcomed into the club date h and l snow temp fall tues feb 15 27 8 wed feb 16 30 2 thurs feb 17 43 27 40 fri feb 18 13 3 sat feb 19 34 12 sun feb 20 25 8 mon feb 21 40 22 iode annual meeting mrs j a grelr rcenl nn in the chair for the inn iil meeting of the countess of s nthmorc chapter i o dei there wis only a fair attendance and the meeting cotntned in t r lo gion hall the secretary and treisurer gave their annual reports a bilince on hand of 682 72 was reported and 465 51 was raised during the vear the wool convenor reported 197 knitted articles completed by the members during the jeir reports were also given of the various committees of the chapter the magazine convenor reported that in the i ox e drive for books for the camp libraries 412 books were packed and 1435 received in dona- j j mackenzie reported that the ice carnival sponsored by the rodje and the navy league was a access and that 12233 had been cleared on the project half of this mount went to the navy league the election of officers for 1944 then took place followed by lunch served by the hostesses miss helen macdonald ef j armstrong and mrs g mc- otvray i wi marathon euchre successful the women s institute marathon euchrt ended very satisfactory with twentj tables of euchre playing in the leeion hall on friday evenlrrc list hit prlzt winners for the nights plav wire mrs r watson and mr maurice h hark t fir 1st p ice mrs watson wlmlmr the cut mr hillock getting 2nd prize mrs geo ire herrlntton won bird pi consoliioi prie went to m r ird mirrhm nt door prize mr ci wlwn the r its of tl f inanition euchre id v is of 4 weks duration ne is follows mr ind mrs f h tjers irs with score 324 the prl7e belrn i cirri tiblc each mr and mrs her bert cleie won second prize with 119 points the prisr being a scrvirg ray each consolitlon prizes went to mrs george walters and mrs j c n ham with score of 47 prize being a bith towel each the committee in charge of the miratohn euchre namely mrs f mc nally mrs wm mcdowell mrs h cleave mrs d livingstone and mrs a lewis wish to thank all who took part in the marathon and helped to make lt such a success also the elgh hostesses mm fred armstrong mrs harry bailey mrs w o beh mrsj george campbell mrs dan camp bell mrs herbert cleave mrs w o marshall mm a murray the quct for russian relief made and donated by mrs stan lyon was drawn for and won by master gordon spence with no 3s6 the nice sum of 6250 was realised on this quilt former ballinafad clergy man dies at guelph rev george aitken died at his re sldence in ouelph on wednesday feb i6th following a heart attack bom in scotland he volunteered as a youth to come to canada when an appeal was made for help in staffing prey terian churches in the canadian west he completed his theological studies in manitoba and was ordained in 1004 he remained sixteen years in the west ind in 1917 came to ontario to take over the pastorate of parkhill presby terian church later he went to the niagara falls district then preached in the ballinafad melville charge from 1929 to 1935 his last church was at goldstonc and five years ago he re tired and had since made his home in guelph he is survived by his widow and wo brothers and two sisters in scot in ri misses nellie and delia aitken and walter and thomas aitken excellent band concert last sunday night the lome scots brass band fpj h regt held a band concert in the gregory theatre on sunday evening february 20th a good number ot citi zens turned out to hear this fine mu sical organization and assisting artists bandsman k r macdonald intro duced the leader sgt a dobney to the udtexux who in addition to leading thband acted as masterofceremo nies he proved himself capable of handling both duties very well indeed his introduction to the band numbers in particula were good and his expla nations lent depth and colour to the arrangements t harold peake of toronto ren dered several excellent euphonium solos bud tost accompanied on the piano by miss alva grippe sang some delightful solos bandsman carter ren dered a clarinet solo accompanied by miss cripps joe wilcox of the rcn vr baod home on leave for the weekend received great applause for his comet solo perfect day joey former gommedalust of the lome scots band the band members were very grati fied with the silver collection everyone present enjoyed the concert with the exception of a few youths who caused some disturbance and they are warned tliat this will not be tolerated at the next concert when the band will have a manager on hand the band antic pates holding a series of sunday night concerts and they will be looked for- word to by all who appreciate good music hockey minded georgetown now has two teams in oha playoffs this week rev and mrs j moore former residents here observe silver wedding on friday february 18th rev and mrs james moore of shakespeare ce lebrated their trwentynfth wedding an niversary they were at home to theli friends both afternoon and evening uid were the recipienu of many con gratulations for their continued health mid happiness rev moore was pastor f georgetown baptist church about twenty years ago and both mr and mrs moore have still a warm spot in their hearls for the friends they had made in georgetown rev and mrs moore have five sons two of whom were bom while thev rtsided here and three arc now serv- i ing king and country ross in the rca j at dartsmouth ns neil a flight sergeant serving in ceylon and africa and who now is in india where he says the sight of famine is terrific norman at kingston and keith is a collegiate ind grant is living in kit chener herald readers who will recall the pastorate of rev and mrs moore will join in extending heartiest congratula uons to them on the observance of their silver wedding guelph hospital unique setting for golden wedding anniversary mother of mrs nielsen passes at streetsville the death occurred suddenly on 6a- turday feb 19th of mrs e a hew gill streetsvije mrs hewgill passed away in her sleep and her death came as a shock to her ramily her husband pre deceased her just a year ago mrs hewgill was bom in toronto gore but had resided in milton and toronto prior to going to streetsville twenty years ago where she and her husband conducted a red and white store surviving are two raugnters mrs m nlelson of georgetown and miss alma hewgill of streetsville the funeral took place on tuesday afternoon with interment in toronto gore cemetery norval the women s day of prayer for norvai and community will be held in the united church friday feb 25th a 3pm plan to be there the need f r prayer is urgent yet the lord wondered why there was no inter lessor thelina hunter has passed with ho nours her grade ii piano examination r the sunroom at guelph general hospital was appropriately decorated by the nursing staff in honor of mr and mrs geo ismond of norval who celebrated their 50th wedding anni versary there mrs ismond has been i patient at the hospital for three months due to a broken hip mr and mrs ismond formerly florence mcklnnon of prlceville were married february 7th 1894 at norval manse by rev argo making their home on the 5th line west chinguacousy until 7 years ago when they moved to norval fhere are two sons douglas on the homestead and john of ashgrove also six grandchildren they are members of norval presbyterian church lsmond served on the managing board for a number of years and mrs ismond is a life member of the w m s mrs ismond received her guests issisted by her daughters in law miss campbell superintendent poured tea assfstcd by several of the nurses a beautiful bowl of yellow roses a gift irom the nursing staff adorned the ta- ble ilso a three storv wedding cake mide and rieconted by mrs d ismond as lunch wa served rev mclver proposed the toast rev self respond mr tsmond dr howitt thanked it the toronto conservatory of music thelmu is a pupil of miss thelina cimis atcm l jt s of bramp- ld fo uwuum j the nurses for their hospltalitv after singing tor thev are jolly good fel ind bhst be the tie that binds self led in praver mot it the gifts received was a large ox r fruit rrt the church and a isket of 50 yellow ciaffodlls from tht intermediate a and jltveniub games may shatter this yfcars attendance mark still more army hockey too it takes more than a war to keep a hockeyminded town like georgetown irom blossoming forth with some kind of a hockey set up no less than three teams are now in the playdowns two in the oha and the brampton army team playing their games at the local arena getting a bye for the season it was a pleasant surprise to learn that georgetown had entered a team in th qh a intermediate a playdowns going to guelph last wednesday ight the team met the oac team and were victorious by a 6 5 score it was an excellent game from all reports with some fine hockey being exhibited the game was very closely contested as tht score would indicate with just one team and then the other taking the lead the goal score for the georgetown team were mcmeekln 2 richardson 1 munro 1 x erry 1 and ward scored the winning goal with only a few minutes left of the game to play carrying a onegoal lead into the re turn game here on thursday night it looks as if georgetown stood a fair chance of advancing into the interme- diite a playdowns goals count oa the round and a goal lead on the home ice should give them the advan tage a record crowd for the season is expected on thursday night the local team lines up as follows goal bui richardson defence leo- f nard self walter richardson centre munro wings ward and mcmeekln subs mcmurehy n ferry q ferry clark taylor and schertael lbcal fans certainly need to be broughfto task for the way they nave been supporting our juvenile oha entry how we expect to encourage our young talent by staying at home and not supporting their games la more or less a mystery but that is what has been happening these boys are our future players for after-the- war years and we should boost them at every possible chance they have come through their group games with firin with flying colors and are no meeting the elora team in the pla offs a playoff la scheduled for the weekend mke a point to be on hnd this juvenile team had a hard fight for the group playing the first gam in erin the teams tied 3 all in the return game here on friday they took 30 minutes of overtime to knock out the erin team which had been strengthened by special permission by players from acton and orangerfde jtour boys showed some hockey class and their games are worth twice the admission charge tlie line ups were as follows erin goal harris defence sxntth ind mavcal centre weddell wings fines mcenery subs hackett robb hoarse townsley georgttown goal hall defence btaumont and campbell centre vi- i in wings norton hepburn buds u nth niorfipson king norton scott uid wvlle notes fentj of hockey after all this sea- local council of women meet in municipal building mr and mrs lome cleave norval celebrate silver wedding anniversary the locil council of women hell heir februir mcctlnc on fririnv ihe 1h h in tl c uncjl clnmtcrs of the vtunlcipnl building mrs ralph r05 the president wis in the chair the r and treasurer gave their reports after which the business d lit with it was moved and se conded that 10 be given to the rtd cro drive three of the members took part in the programme mlss a ryan read a very interesting article is your town ready for post war miss e bar ber read a report on national cinema fnterrainment inform yourself tho roughly mrs nielsen read a paper on edu cation as printed in our year book mrs ross thanked the ladles taking part and very specially thanked hiss kettle tawson the untiring corres ponding secretary she does hey work quietly and very efficiently the meeting adjourned until march 1 nul mrs lome cleave of norval bt i ri uiilr 2olh wedding anniver j i m ndn fxbruju t whvn y i w in d their home to receive over wo 1 inn id finnds nul m ihours on lie luppv occislmi mr and mrs h a di lson mrs clem pjruiu leceivcd with the host ind hostess during the i u rn kn ind evening in addition to r 1 1 nit hearty congratulations and good wishes from all their cillers mr ind mrs cleave were happy to receive i contrratnlaforv telegram from their nephew a b franklin cleave of the royal canadian navv halifax and many long distance telephone calls from friends an event of unusdal interest at the celebration was the baptism of mr and mrs cleave younger son hugh barry at the supper hour the ceremony was performed by the pastor of norval united church rev f j dunlop an heirloom pitcher belonging to barry s greatgreatgrandmother was used as ihe baptismal bowl another son james attends georgetown high school i in tin tei room the table was ver 1 i trjctivc vvilh a beautiful lace table cluli cnitcred with pink carnations i lie ladus issistin were mrs harold dolson mrs w i mcolure mrs mel villc ackroyd mrs t o dolson mrs j clcuc mrs william mcdowell ms isobel cleave mrs joseph hart lev mrs ellsworth amott mrs ar chic armstrong mrs ethel summer- vllle mrs noman cameron mrs f j diuilop misses norah cleave ethel leslie lone mcclurc doris smith friends and relatives were present from toronto brampton guelph ac ton mllon hornby union and george town mauling list corrected our mailing usta have been corrected up to saturday february lfttta please check your label to see that your pay ment has been correctly recorded if you are in arrears prompt settlement would be appreciated those who are i subscribing for service men s sub scriptions kindly call and check the expiration dates with as ctt on ttie band wagon for the ptoy- see the vettnns go ward rlchard- n and mcmurehy we hear rev len self of norval plivcd a steadj game at gttpfele week while joe schertzel wasnt on the line up in the previous game he ib i ekpectcd out on thursday night joe has been playing mercantile in toron to this winter johnny jones handled the refereetac of the intermediate game at querpta bob lone has made a fine jdb of handling the juvenile team and 2m i has the ready assistance of oord pricker the juveniles are already eaixdnt reputation for themsatrei keep op the fine vork boya y brampton army beam had glorious win over wo 1 camp team last night 3sa