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seventyseventh yew of publication georgetown ont wedncday march 22nd 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy ioh says town fortunate in having services ol health nurse tax collectors salary increased night constable hired navy league granted tag day buy new town pumper town council meeting in special ses- ion on monday evening received and i accepted tbe report as given by the i coh- dr c v wullams and mayor i cjpve on behalf of the council congra- tulated dr williams on his very com- i s and rtetfuledstfttejnent otpublich ftealth conditions themoh report showed the popu lation of the town at 368 as shown on the assessors returns- 10 births dur- tag the year of which 1 was a still fctrth and 21 deaths two of which oc- ourred under 1 year and no maternal deaths this statement does not accu rately represent the situation in georgetown as many births and deaths of georgetown citlaens occur in hos pitals outside the town these are registered in the municipality in which they took place chlerinatton bocomnundod dr williams said that ten samples of the public water supply were sent for examination during the year and that seven of the tests had graded lower than a he said it was apparent the infections were caused by non- disease bacteria but that if it was possible for such bacteria to gain en- trance to the water supply he recom mended the only safe method of in suring a safe water supply was to pro- tide for chlorlnatlon pubtto health nurse the mo h stressed the important work the public health nurse miss walker rjf was doing among our die school children while her qme wasllmlted due to being divided equal ly between georgetown milton and acton he believed the setup was working out satisfactorily we quote from his l apart s0r musing programme in general nslsu ot supervision of the health of 313 public school children tbis involves a great deal of work de- tails of which appear in miss walkers report recommendations for the f u- tun public health nursing programme are the town has been fortunate in having a public health nurse with the experience and ability of miss walker r n who took over her duties during april uh3 her work has been of in- valuable assistance to the public school staff the board of health and the town at large miss walker divides her time equally among the municipa lities of acton georgetown and milton this limits her ablmjy to carry out a full time public health nursing pro- lajmbedjhavm jbe fiearj future such a programme will be avail able in georgetown some other fea ture of public health activities which would then be available would be pre- natal visits to mothers with group i demonstration home nursing super- vision visits to infants and instruc tions to mothers visits to all preschool work was valuable in bringing the epi demic under control most cases of scarlet fever were so mild that it was frequently difficult to make a diagno sis it js probable that a few cases were not detected in addition some s of ther armed services on leave in georgetown brought with them scarlet fever and chicken pox it is improbable that there will- be another epidemic of measles mumps or chicken pox for at least five years because most of the towns non-lmmu- nes have been immunized by having these diseases recseationml the town council and certain pub licspirited citizens are to be commend ed for their success in maintaining the skating rink with the exception of the rlnkj the municipality has provided little for she use of its junior citizens some individual church organiza tions and service clubs have made an effort to provide recreational facilities for the town youth their combined etofrt falls short of requirements a re creation hall a central playground for children of all ages and a swimming l owned by the municipality are long overdue the cost would be re turned with dividends if one con aiders the health and morals of our young people to be ot any value it may not have occurred to many thai themen and women of the armed for ces are accustomed to all of these ame nities and will be property insistent that their children be provided with what they are aoustomed to consider as necessities council interviewed two applicants for the position of night constable and dealt with four other applications re ceived by mall mervin robb of milton was hired for the position at asalary of 3500 per week subject to the appro val of national selective service hls duties will commence as soon as the approval is obtained the navy league wis granted per mission to hold a tag day on may 23rd council decided to purchase a gaso line pumper for local town work and cleaning out the reserrorr at a cost of 136500 a letter from the tax and water collector asking for an increase in sa lary was read it was decided to ln- crease his salary for 1944 by 10000 making a total salary of 175000 per an num the 1943 tax roll as returned by the collector was also accepted and re turned to the treasurer and the tax collector authorised to continue the collection of all tax arrears a motion was tabled asking the pur chase of a town truck with snow plow for town work but was defeated on a majority vote the matter of the curfew was held songstrb88 ciuldren visits to tuberculosis patients 1 over until a future meeting due to the suspects and contacts supervision of crippled children etc other comments from the m o ha report are as follows recommend qualified sanitary inspector the sanitary inspection service in general consists of inspection of water supplies producers of milk pasteuri sation plants restaurants supervision of refuse collection and disposal and investigation of nuisances after the death of our former sanitary inspector dr r learmonth there was no vete rinarian or qualified sanitary inspector in the town special permission was given the town to employ mr w g marshall as a temporary sanitary in spector mr marshall has riven the lateness of the hour council adjourned at 1165 all members of oouncll were present with the exception of councillor s orr who was ill esque8ino agricultural society sponsoring 75 bus husking corn club in cooperation with the halton crop improvetnen association the executive of the esqueslng agricul tural society decided at their last meeting to sponsor u husking com competition states craig reid presi dent of the latter organization the object we understand is to ascertain if husking corn can be produced pro- to the fltabl c in haton time he has available for these duties it is recommended that when possible excellent prize list totalling well t s100 tins already been subscribed a veterinarian or a qualified sanitary while the field score which will in- inspector be appointed control of communicable duease the local board of health dealt with outbreaks of disease to the num ber of three chicken pox 97 cases measles 118 cases and scarlet rever cases of these chicken pox and mea ales are not susceptible of lmmuniza uon procedures an antitoxin is avall- elude unifo runty of stand weed i trol etc may be taken into consldcra- 1 uon the major proportion of the points in awarding the ten excellent prl7es will be based on yield r snelled corn i the objective has been set at 75 bus of shelled com per acre it will be in- j terestlng to find out how many can i attain this high yield h the objective able for protection against scarlet f rt fever but has been found to be of crop produce dlg doubtful value as a public health pro cedure control therefore consisted of frequent examination of school children for early signs of these di and strict isolation miss w walker public health nurse was forced to give much of her time to this work which entailed a great number 61 house visits in the case of the scarlet fever epidemic particularly our public health nurse followed every suspected out totbe home called on contacts made certain that a pyhslclan was mil tlve nutrients that a 60 bus crop of barley will yield the corbpetition calls for three acres and to date ten entries have already been received we also understand that harvey nurse well known farmer of aabgrove is securing a comb nation picker and husker and has already undertaken to custom operate for the competitors in the competition other interested toentertag the competition should contact garfield l mcguvray secretary of the esqueslng i ed for diagnosis and investigated i society or agricultural representative campuintn of tweaking quarantine her j e whitelock at milton eleven topnight canadian radio enr tertainers including attractive song stress frances cramer above m up the company of broadcast stars who twinkle through the afternoon pro grams of the liptonaires monday to friday at j30 pjn but 530 pm adt- tbe shows musical director u jack allison a canadian ooy who onoe sang with rudy vallees gang frances cramer is married to norm barber formerly of georgetown norm is now a member of the r c a p band ruskarnold wedding in milton last saturday the presbyterian manse milton was the scene of a wedding last saturday when norma audrey daughter of mr and mrs wllbert rusk of milton was united hi marlage with onr george j hfcrbert arnold younger son of mrj and mrs george arnold of george town the bride was becomingly gowned in agold and brown ensemble and car ried a bouquet at roses her sister miss doris rusk was bridesmaid and the groomsman was mr elden henry of milton folowlng the ceremony a ception was held at the home of the brides parents after a short honey moon the groom will return to toron to where he is stationed at exhibition barracks mrs l j bell new iode resent the countess of strathmore chap ter iodj3 met for their regular rfjeeting in the legion hall qn monday erentog- tbenow regent mrs l j bell presiding there were nineteen members present and following the minutes the treasurers report was given two new members were welcomed into the chapter and given their pins mrs h e batkin and mrs charles irue as associate member the retiring regent mrs a j grelg was pre sented with a gift from the chapter in apprecaton of her efforts during the pasvyear a donation of 2500 was made to the current red cross drive flans were made to observe the fifth birthday of- toe chapter on april 11th jwitti ft special dinner a committee was appointed and further particulars will be announced later it was deckled to send 3000 cigar ettes and a collection of chocolate bars d members of the adopted mine- tbe members also chose a name of one of the crew to send a birthday card the following members compose the executive and heads of the various committees for this year u aslantmrs w q o thomp- 1 regent mrs l j ben 1st vice regentmrs k v barber 2nd vice regent mrs s mackenzie secretary miss isabel mcdermld asst secretary mrs a j grelg treasurer miss m gauh asst treasurer miss m chave ohoea secretary mrs j armstrong standard bearer miss h erwln press secretary mrs o mcgllvray wool convenor mrs s w orr magazine convenor mrs h shaw sewing obnvenormrn w- ford empire studyrmrs w blehn child welfare mrs a beaumont bducatkmal secretary mrs w thompson cbnvenor for adopted ship mrs c v williams the meeting closed with the singing save the king followed by the of light refreshments the were miss m m over 5100 raised in red cross campaign the weather bybl l hutt surely the official who said this was spring must have been joking we hope the robins do not take him too seriously and come back to get their toes frozen at all events here are the figures to prove that last week was still winter date h and l temp tues march 14 26 16 wedrmarefr 15 2b 33 thurs march 16 32 25 fri march 17 36 31 sat march 18 23 8 sun march 19 17 0 mon march 20 27 ib precipi tation 30 rain ration book no 4 soon available wjta loml offlees prepares to issoe new coapeneoklet preparations are being made by dis trict branch offlees of tbe wartime prices and trade board for the issulng of ration book no 4 which will re place the one currently in use in an other section of the herald appears an advertisement advising the places dates and hours that our readers may secure the new book perhaps tbe following dos and donts will simplify your problems in getting the new book 1 read carefully alf instructions contained in the advertisement in this issue of the herald 2 fill in at home the card printed in red to your old book numbered r b 99 3 sign four usual mgnasure at the bottom of the card cards of persons under 16 years of age tmm be signed by a parent or guardian 4 dont detach the card from your book this will be done at the distri buting centre 5 dont wait until the last minute to get your ration book b dont destroy your old ration book it is still valuable miss m gault and mrs s mackenzie uult v death of baby son saddens gtown home peter kerr barber axe 8 months died lat friday a local home was saddened last week when peter kerr barber son of onr and mrs george barber passed away suddenly in his- sleep early friday morning march 17th the baby was born last july 19th and his sunny pre sence will be greatry missed around the home the funeral service was held on sa turday from st georges church of btigland with the rector ven w g o thompson conducting the service in terment was in greenwood cemetery oeorgetown the pall bearers were tore uncles william kerr eric barber and thomas barber and percy hill besides his parents baby peter is survived by three brothers oeorge jr david and paul the father onr oeorge barber who has been stationed in the east is at present recuperating from an illness at oakvule casualty retaining centre the herald joins with their many friends in town in ex tending sincerest sympathy in their sad bereavement glen williams mrs w h barth is visiting with dr and mrs k colbeck of welland after spending a month with mrs jane roszell of pusllnch the battle of egypt cost the axis 75000 men over 500 tanks and over 1000 guns sun some districts to hear prom the red cross campaign in george town and district has topped allure- ylous records this year with total dot nations amounting tatieijn by tues day noon there are still some dis tricts to be heard from and it is ex pected that the quota of 4600 set ten- tatlvely by headquarters will be-over- subsorlbed by nearly a thousand dol- ars altogether there have been 80 suscriers to date the response ha been wonderful said o camp stroke fatal to mrs john presswood annie shaw widow of the late john presswood glen wlllams died thursday march 16h in her 78th year mrs presswood had been in fail ing health for quite wnne but suf fered a stroke last thursday mornlns- and passed away the evening of the same day the late mrs presswood was born in knotttngley england and came out to this country and settled in glen williams thirtyone years ago her husband predeceased her eight years ago she was a member of glen wil liam united church surviving to mourober loss are 4 sons and 7 daughters tpr albert ser ving with the governor generals horse guards in italy ralph george town william oeorgetown harry glen wuliams mrs fred hill brad ford england mrs j bell ot toron to mrs o patterson toronto mrs edward sharpe rochester n y mrs 01ivertorey of georgetown mrs alvln staitet of glen williams mrs charles gibbs glen wullams there are also 25 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren rev a o foreman of balrrnatad conducted the funeral service from the home of her daughter mrs charles gibbs glen williams on monday march 20th to the olen united church for service at 230 ocloot- pbd bearers were messrs robert and jack bason archie bodes cecil barth howard garvin james inglis flowerbearers were gordon fricker and three grand children wallace and charlie sharpe rochester ny and victor starret glen wullams beautiful floral tributes were re ceived from edith alvln victor and douglas harry katie ijfid jimmy ivy charlie and family janet jack and family alice andjad susie ou- ver arid bobby tteneand tlatphtasr- nle and charlie and family albert eva and ruth bill lizzie and family l b fleok charlie annie and wal lace dr and mrs paul mr and mrs h garvin and family mr- snd mrs arthur beaumont eason brothers benflle nellie and jlmmle mr and mrs dixon and family gordon frlc- ker mr and mrs joe hendrlck mr and mrs sydney martin mr and mrs emerson ough clarence and alice and family mrs jane haines official totals in the different wards are as follows ward 1 62425 ward 2 north of onjt w60o ward 2 south ot cnr 46085 ward 3 sixkmw ste- warttown 61620 glen williams 37035 norval 0865 llmehouse 15400 specials 100500 the drive bas been under the chair manship of leroy dale president of the local red cross branch mr g w mcllntock is treasurer following ia tlie complete canvassing oo ward 1 ralph ross chairman george alcott j j gibbens harry stock- ford walter evans mrs a e cripps miss barber mrs ralph ross mrs p cleave miss mocumber mrs p b blackburn ward 2 north of c n r harry savings vice chairman fred bralsby mrs betty anderson john lucas mrs n mcnlven miss d mc- enery yard 2 south of ckjl j d kelly vice chairman mrs thomas grieve miss jean mcdonald mis curtis miss agnes jackson miss ann wyhe miss malsle lorriman miss margaret curtis ward 3 william deans vice chairman freeman ker sey mrs john reid mrss h laiwson mrs a duncan miss frances deans thomas lyons william miller nor- val howard may vice chairman lome cleave georgy brown rev h colebrook edward townsend oliver hunter graydon chester glen wil liams village william schenk vice chairman mrs john hepburn glen williams rural john bingham fred weaver kathleen given harold bing ham hay crlchton jew k- c lmdsay vtee chairman w lawsotx nelson stark h devereaux mbtosv bird l devrles john bird m h moyer llmehouse a w benton ytoe chairman russel mcdo over 60 attend st patricks tea the st patricks tea held on satur day afternoon march 18th by th young ladies auxiliary of knox church was very successful about sbttyprtrom delicious salad supper the sunday school room was prettily decorated with gren shamrocks for the occasion mrs c o cochrane and miss jean martin received young ladles assisting with tbe tee included helen richie jessie martin gladys lane jean ruddell marjorle hunter jessie hill reta richie doric macdonald ruth latimer ada sin clair marian williamson jean mao- donald grant of 1000 made to assist the lome scots what does your label say does your herald carry a 1944 date if so you are a member of the paidinadvance club if not we would appreciate your cooperation in bringing your account uptodate themailing list has been corrected and all dates on this weeks edition should be correct check your label today i other items at march meeting halton county council red cross society gets 1000 divided among five branches in county bank rate on borrownr rjdnced the march meeting of the halton county council was held in milton with all members present with the exception of deputyreeve smith oi nelson col bertram capt smith and oapt mcclure officers of the lome scots regiment addressed the council out lining the activities of the regiment during the past year and asking the support of the council for the present year col bertram reported that the regiment now consisted mainly of two groups of men one of boys around 17 and the other of older men not subject to call non6of the officers are eligible tor active service but the efficiency of the regiment had by no means fallen off last year 477 men and the band were sent to camp and as a rural re giment made a very satisfactory show ing part of last years funds had been used for the purchase of a 16 mull- meter movie projector which was used for demonstration purposes m training the meri t cjpt smith gave an outline of the regiments financial standing and said the regiment was subjected to the most continued on page eight lorne scots band entertain ladies at banotnbt on a recent tuesday- evening the lome scots band held a ladles night in the form of a banquet and social at the legion rooms about seventyave officers bandsmen wives and lady friends sat down to beautifully deco rated tables delightfully arranged and prepared by mrs grieve who catered for the band a toast to the bandsmen active service was proposed by bandmaster a dobney and responded to by sgt a herbert bandsman 8 a fay proposed a toast to the guests i which was responded to by capt h o mcclure following the supper the so cial commltee conducted a row con tests and games and program consist ing or a violin solo by bandsman b speilvogel gymnastics- by the 1 brothers and singsong led by man s a pay with bandsman ohttv landsborough at the piano an bpur dancing to nrusio supuedjjfdojt hulls orchestra completed tbe even ings entertainment bead sfeesldent k mcdonald presided st the banqoet table and the social committee of carter t herbert sera bfeaon wen responsible for the comptob ittstyi ments for tbe night easter sunday is two weeks from