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the georgetown herald wednesday march 1st 1944 news from britain one of the largest attended meet ings held for some time was that of the local branch or the canadian legion last thursday wlta comrade president fred mccartney in the chair due to reports of delegates who attended the district convention in hamilton and the nomination of offi cers for 1844 the meeting lasted until 12 pn nazis twice sentenceu him to death theodor broch the mayor of narvik how serving as ueutenant in the nor wpgian army talking at the british broadcasting corporation mtcrophvte to overseas listener when the ger mans invaded norway broch was wrested and sentenced to be shot but j and got to britain tfaey reprieved him when they found he sptke german because they hoped to make use of him after the allied campaign at narvik the germans attttln sentenced the mayor to death for suspected collaboration with tft british but he managed to escape canadian leyion meeting th 1 d at the district convention was that presented by president mccartney of the local branch which read whereas the short period of time a man dr women in uniform has to reaoh des tination while on furlough or leave it was recommended that tke ban on bi s travel restricting passengers to the so mile limit be abolished this re commendation was accepted by the district convention nd a rider at tached that ail members of the armed services on furlough or sick leave be ted free transportation to ana irom their rcsiden e nnd respective stations tills motion carried and will taken up at a later date with the government for approval the report of comrade mrs grieve is chalrmun of the slok committee wa approved bv the meeting and con gratulatlons offered for the grand ob this comrade is doing for our sick boys a request from che lome scots band for the use of the legion hall was granted abcve the rooms what is known as a tumbling machine has been in con stant use for some time now and the noise of this machine sounded like a stone crusher down stairs we hope now that this job is done that dean will be bue with his fire escapes we hope oomrftde harlow popular secretary of branoh 130 will be in a position to give the members an accu rate account err all the motions passed at the last regular meeting the chang ing of bhe wordings of almost every motion passed made his documents loojc more uke chinese puzzle than motions before the house comrades make up your mind aboutfthe wording of your motion as herb will shortly be compelled to use part of his spare tire as an eraser notice advertising space in this column will be available at the regular rate of 1 50 per inch if any comrade desires to make an appeal to his pals to supporl him in the forthcoming election of officers terms cash in advance comrade johnny oliver is hi at his home and all members wish him a speedy recovery johny is very popular iround the club rooms and a kind friend to all get back on the job johnny wanted to purchase a few second hand theatre seats that spring back into place when not in use the way the chairman of the property cotn comrades alst taylor and jimmy ro ittee was authorized to purchase new flag and that it be lowered from the flag pole atop the legion hall at inse daily additional new applications for mem bershlp were read and approved and n report from the betterment committee appointed at the last meeting wa given by the chairman and met with uie approval of the meeting before proceeding with the nomirm tlms oi oiflreri for 1044 short recess was granted upon resuming the chair after recess comrade president mccartney called the meeting to order and nomination of officers proceeded c mn it chapman introduced a new policy of no and election ti tin jorm of ballo s and his motion m i wit the ipproal of the meeting lis in ioir seemed to be very o lir with the members as no less 1 in 81 ninies eie oulliu to tand or tiic nn us of comrides whether ijir t c present or ro were accept ed bj tut meeting and anv comrade could be nominated for my of floe all of those nominated now appear berts were up and down on the floor of the house during the last meeting these seats would come in very handy we regre to announce that comrade adam kay s chickens are not doing so well lately hlspbst record has been 16 eggs dally from 15 pullets but last week three of his pullets known as helen marie and annette were ready so probably in another 21 days adam will be advertising chicks for sale the first crow of the season was spotted by comrade dick mitchell last friday in town the crow was flyinn low over the white bridge the most successful nomination of officers ever held in georgetown was that of the legion when over 80 names help the reef cross salada yonr vote and influence respectfully solicited for a body guard to protect comrade boley front bodily harm oh i nerar mind this vote or whom you please so until you are confronted with the s64 question cheerio joe b since comrade jimmy roberts nv take advantage to advertise turned from ottawa he has been some what different towards his comrades now we know the reason why it appears that jimmy was very much in love with a cactus plant in a florist window in the capital city and ht could not resist the temptation to take it home ftor some reason the night of the last meeing jimmy accidentally dropped one of his garments on the plant which comuletely ruined his evening when he noticed that some of the needles had caught on his gar ment not that jimmy had much to say at the meeting but apparently the needles in his clothing bothered him so believe men comrades that is den nitely l he reason he could not staj put during the meeting comrade sam gisby complaining about his sore feet after a hard days work mentioned bunion and along with another comrade at the club room discussed this problem image the surprise when comrades started taking their shoes off and were proudly exhibiting their foot troubles sam won the prize for the largest bunion dis played and the length of his toes werr uhe longest seen in the rooms dis cussion closed with the remark from comrade dick mitchell when he came out with sam your toes resemble a bunch of bananas will some of you comrades nomi nated for office please make your choice for the office you wish to run or then erase your name appearing elsewhere then i might have some thing to talk about in the next legion notes comrides tsfi r ft nice to be chair ere alcd to hold office in the branch in in of the publicity where you can john mcclure died at campbells cross was resident of brampton for eighty i 1 ears bprn near huttonvillc the death occurred on wednesday feb 23rd of john moclure of camp- dell s cross mr moclure was the youngest son of the latt samuel m clure and mary smith he was born seventyfive years ago near the village of huttonvlhe on his parent death he came to reside in brampton with his brother ben and remained for a period of eight years then followed his marriage to nellie smith daughter of the late mr and mrs neil smith and his return to the farm where ho was raised here mr and mrs mo clure resided for a period of six years when lhey came buck to bramp ton to live twenty years ago de ceased purchased a farm at camp bell s cross and remained there till bja death surviving are his widow two daughters mrs a e savage doris of brampton and allene oi toronto ind three sons donald at home l a c victor of st thomas and bb- liird of bowmanville one brother ben of chatham also survives a brother darius died ten cars ago mr mcclure wasji member of claude presbyterian church 1 n urn j on the rooms and mirrh lath in the legion club 111 remain there until during that unit an visit op tjtil the amtr feisal and the amir khalid of tjtji the amir felsal and the amir khatld sons of king abdci aziz 8aud of saudi arabia vetted the bri tish broadcasting corporation during hetr stay in london k r w the amir feisal broaocasting in the bbc arabic service di ing the visit with him is mr s hillelson director of the bbc neir rust services arthur bryant m a mt arthur bryant ma distin- gattied historian and a leading autho rtty on the restoration period has broadcast a num of talks from the brttfa broadcasting corporation he ia also written the script of several historical features two of the out stnding ones being look to your moate and the thin red line programme about british rejjlment which he also produced- the worlds ne s c n through the christian scil ce monitor an xnternattonal daily ncutfapcr ii truthful conttrucnvc unbiacd free from souidoiiil m editorial arc timely and instructive and lu dady feature together with the weekly magazine section malta the monitor itn ideal newspaper forthe home the chntjan science publuhmg society one norway street boiton mauacliuietta price 1200 yearly ot 100 n month saturday iiue including n gizmo section f1 60 a year introductory offer 6 saturday ittuet 2 centi add sample coy on request maj leave his name for one office 3iil ai d all other places where his name appears on the board must be rased by the 15th dl march aftec that date printed ballots will be mailed to all members in good standing so as they may cast their ote for any name united tn the ballot for ofilcers for 1944 that is to saj unit on the ballots will appear names of the entire exe cutlve and it is up to the member u ote for whom he pleases if unable to flttend election of officers to be held on thursday march 33rd he ma mill his matked- ballot- to the- secretary of the branch or turned jn by other com rades the night ol themeoting if un able to ittend the meeting rn ou mail your marked ballot it will be in order to mark the word ballot across the flap that yoa seal these envelopes will be opened only by the scrutineer on election night please note that if our billot docs not reach the sccre tary in time for the meeting it will automatically become null and void each ballot will no doubt contain i several names for each office pick out tin one j iu desire to ote for and i mark jour ballot as you see ftt after nemimtlons the meeting closed 1th the singing of god saie the kin lloion notes comrade clifford staccv from bow minvllle utached to the veterans guard spent ust week end at home sqsm henry shepherd from new market spent last week end with his famllj henry is to report to toronto where jie has been promoted to the district flrr marshall staff congratu latlons henry from all the boys we were all sorry to hear that com radc chas pnrton was on the sick list charlie left his home for work when he accidentally slipped and injuredhis anklej tore some ligaments in his leg- and lnured his knee we all wish him a speedy recovery comrade hepburn is back home after spending somi time in christie street hospital we hope to sec him around again reil soon comrade n c warren from hutton llle was a guest at the legion last week end he is employed nt oe vic tory air craft in the capacity of test pilot comrades stalford and tennant last saturday held what we ihay call a leg show both these comrades were discussing their particular leg ailment when they started exhibiting their legs in the club rooms sam won the argu meat when he displayed his proud va rtoom veins and other leg- ailments peace and quietness now prevails ift the letfsbh otuto rooms since comrade dean hartey tuaoompleted the job of redtnubisc tome cavupsb in his plant apply now for yoor new gasoline licenses and ration coupon books on march 31 ihe presenr gasoline license and ration coupon books will expire after that date no gasoline will be sold except on the presentation of a 194445 ration book in his own interests every vehicle owner is asked to apply at once for a new license and ration coupon book for each of his vehicles application forms irrasrtx completed in dztntl commencing april 1 under the 194445 rationing plan the opcra- tion of which will be hasirally the same as that now in effect all non commercial vehicle owners m 11 again be allowed a basic aa gasoline license and ration coupon book containing 40 units or a passenger car or 16 for a motorcvclc similarly owners of ehiclcs eligible for a special category who can pnnc their need w ill be granted in extra vocational allowance fixed in ii iikc for the t ir ending m trch 31 1945 in determining the cxrri allow mcc which will be measured ro individual needs the pre ions catelor ind mile ige of the car will not necessarily be m import mt consider it ion the extr i oc uion il coupons will ag un be issued in books labelled peciil md eich book will torn un not more th in 60 units to permit const int ro lew of the net k of each t itegory applicint only one special book or portion thereof will be issued at a time the 111 ontrollcr also h is the right to refuse any ipplicaiioo for i sxci il catcg r or to suspend any ration coupon book for an infrittntn of the regiilinons tlit shortage of gisohnc is still acute do not ipply for a special catcgorv unless mir need is urgent gisolinc for conmicrci il chiclcs will again be rationed to issurc rhcmsckcs sufficient gasoline to carrv on normal business actiw tics after m trch 31 operators of cominerci il vehicles arc urged to complete at once and in detail the required ipphcation for each of their vehicles on and after april 1 service station attendants will not accept gasoline ration coupons unless the license plate number of the motor vehicle for which they were issued is urtttcn tn ink on each coupon tvery motor vehicle must ajsdisplay on its windshield a 194445 sticker indicating the category of the coupon book submitted at the time of the purchase if the owner of a motor vehicle sells transfers or disposes of it in any way it is his obligation to sec that the gasoline license and ration coupon book for that chiclc is returned immediately to the nearest regional oil control ofiicc to obtain a gasoline license and ration coupon book secura an application form at jour ncaresx pwvt qtfici study the form and follow carcfulb the instructions contained therein whan you receive your 194445 gasoline ration book guard it carefully do not leave h in your car h bacaute of your negligence it lost or stolen h may not be replaced the depmtmeit of munitions and supply canada is short of gasoline use your c0up0n5 sparingly