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the georgetown herald wednatjay march 22 1944 april showers head better have your umbrella repaired umbrellas are definitely among the things that are getting pretty scarce thats why its so important that we make the most of those we have if your um brella needs recovering if it needs a new cord tip ferule or rib bring it to mcbean cos well gladly give you an estimate on repairs it may take three weeks to fix it so dont delay mcbean co georgetown phone 64 board of trade public meeting legion hall friday april 14tb 800 pm guest speaker russell t kelley of hamilton wellknown advertising executive and organizer of boards of trade throughout ontario this is your opportunity to hear an outstanding speaker on the above subjbct musical entertainment by billracdonald and his rhythm rubes a r speight pres w e nodwell secy social and personal dancrng oddfellows hall brampton friday evening march 24th music by johnny boyd and orchestra dancing 9 to 1 admission 50c 1 special dancing prizes mrs alma banklne or walkerville is a jpuest with mrs tyndall mr a h feller was hflme from owen sound lor the weekend imlss phyllis mewse belleville b tuesday with mrs w p smith mtb wllbert bradley is visiting mr and mrs e hoare in oahawa this week mr and mrs s e bucjc ol hagera- vllle were weekend guests with mr and mrs s w orr dr c e blehn of windsor was a weekend visitor with cpl and mrs walter blehn miss freda herbert or toronto spent the weekend with her mother mrs d j herbert w o horace hurley woo is sta tioned at laohlne que visited on sun day at his home in town bgt joe greoyox schumacher ont spent the weekend recently with lbdr and mrs william anderson mrs herb harlow spent a fewdays last week with hr daughter mrs e gregory in woodstock- miss norma thompson was a guest of miss betty grant at whitney hail university of toronto last weekend mrs w g mcdowell mrs p w cleave and mrs harold cleave were weekend visitors with friends in to ronto rev and mrs ostrom returned last weekend from beverly hills califor- na wnexe they were called at the death at mr ostrom s father corporal j prucyk of the rxaj and mrs prucyk of trenton mr prank stephenson of pickering spent the weekend with mrs a wright ana family mrs a mcdonald of dolly vaxden has as guests for the week end mrs jean dover miss elsie feodor and miss roberta lalng all or fergus also mr sonay mcdonald of georgetown dr and mrs mcailisteattended at hensalj ont on mondaytwst the fu neral of the doctors brothev the late charles mcallister of 32 mountvlew ave toronto mrs calvin clfirk who underwent an operation in guelph general hos pltal last week is progressing favour ably and expects to be home the latter part of next week fit lieut and mrs charles stock ford are visiting with the formers parents mr and mrs horry stookford fit ldeut stockford has just com pleted on inspection tour of air school from quebec to alberta tetrence maurice bludd son of mr and mrs e bludd celebrated his ele venth birthday on saturday march 18th by entertaining fourteen of his boy friends at an afternoon theatre party held at the gregory theatre after the show the boys accompanied terry to his home where they en joyed games and a st patrick s birth day supper jjk ikem emua m ntmj- j jtrss ia arn hmtibwij cmey t h e a t re friday march 24th hostages louise ralner willum bendix pistolpack1n mama ruth terry robert livingstone fox news saturday march 25th matinee at 3 pm in old oklahoma based on the story war of the wildcats with john waynr martha scott cartoon meatless tuesday unusual occupations chapter 5 secret service in darkest africa tuesday and wednesday march 28 and 29 cross of lorraine riri atimont gene kelly musical lucky cowboy cartoon package for jasper rajbtmebemtib ft mtosji mwammm two georgetown men torpedoed in the mediterranean hnvlnj arrived in italy about the first part of december only now has fte walter b f be ri to tell his people at home here of how the ship on which he was being taken to italy was torpedoed in the mcdi terranean en route in his letter dated february 26th he said that after trv orprdo struck he and his comrades were thrown into the sea where he remarried tor rout hours he was flnallv picked up rjj u destroyer and this ship was very near ij torpedoed that same night walter wrote that he wasn i injured but that ht lo all his equipment everybody on the dcslroyer was wonderful to the sur ivor another georgetown mn lanct corpora john booth who mnrried the former mnnnret latimer was nppi rently on the same ship and also sur vlved the torpedoing without injur he is in tin provost corps and left cmadi foi owrstas last september pte brandford also said in his let ter that according to the latest issue o thx mivple leaf army newspaper that morning the lome scots were in the iroiit lints walter went overseas with thi ltiriu scots in june 1941 prior to enlistment he was employed at alliance paper mills ltd norval subscribe to the herald i tik ainnl meiliik if the norvnl br hi 1 i li bn isjka- foreign bible socle tj will ix lulri in tlt united church here on tuesdav 28th mirrh at 8 p m rev w mcclearv tlu iitint will mf n fill report of the vt ir wcrk of the sorutv ind in illijstntod address showing the crcat need for and the unrili of i hctti i knowledgi of the blbli l t us hive n toori ntundnnc all are welcome mrs v grain ki r of peterborough pilot officer claire grainger la chine quebec miss leon cadwalladcr of to ronto captain p h magulre saska toon were week end guests at the norne of mrs i webster j former resident of huron county died in toronto aitor a brief two weeks illness charles mcallister formerly near hen- sail huron county passed away friday evening march nth at the ramlly re sidence 23 mountvlew ave toronto haying been suddenly stricken with coronary disease of heart he had reached a ripe age the deceased was the second eldest con oi the late john mcallister pioneer farmer on parr line township of hay from the year 1849 his mother being the late mary scobie who resided here with her son tr a mcallister lor a short time previous- to her death in 191 a deceased who was one ol a family of tea brothers and sisters and for a number of years prior to retiring from the farm to toronto about thirty years ago was a valued member of session and leader of the choir for a number of years in what was carmel presbyte rian church hensall ont mr mc allister continued in toronto his mu sical bent as member of high park united church choir and board of ses sion there he also sang in the famous colliseum chorus of toronto exhibi tion in his hensall experience as choir leader he was called upon to lead iiis choir first without assistance of the choir and organ at tne morning ser vices as one of the candidates and in the evening with the assistance of the choir and organ he always used his tuning fork to strike the desired pitch and note having learned to sing by rote at one of the nearby singing schools popular in those earlier days needless to add he was voted the sue cessful candidate being chosen from among five contestants all under si milar trying procedures at the family residence sunday evening not only two rormer members of this excellent village choir one of them his organist were present but also his former friend and pastor rev e f mcl smith now retired in toronto were present at the funeral service to speak words sympathy and comfort to the sorrowing tamily and friends who had assembled in his younger days of vigorous man hood deceased was not only a succes- ful farmer on parr line huron co but was quite handy with his axe and crossout saw in the work of preparing fuel or timber for building construc tion in their hardwood bush lot and l last run for vmt kickley georgetown native end 43 tears as cn jb engineer ottawa run and now retiree under thw companys pension regulations mr kkkley was the engineer of the special train which carried prime minister winston churchill and presi dent franklin d roosevelt from montreal to canadas capital when asked which locomotive m preferred to operate mr kickley said the 0200 type the general purpose engine one of the finest pieces of machinery on the continent today mr kickley has been a member of division 88 b ot l e for 37 years and has been chief engineer of this arrival of canadian national rail ways ottawa express in montreal on march 3rd brought to a close the career of w r kickley the man at the throttle it was bills last run after neatly 43 years of continuous ralrway service 33 of which were in passenger service as h 6tepped i u1 18 from the cab of his giant locomotive bui was escorted by fellow employees to the club rooms at turcot where a reception was held j matheson was chairman of the gathering which was organized by donat germain a bro therhood official several senior offi cers of the national system were in attendance as well as representatives from division 89 brotherhood of lo comotive engineers to wish bill kickley many years of happiness in re tirement v a native of georgetown mr kickley came to the metropolis and obtained his flrsjob in september 1001 with the grand trunk railway as locomo tive fireman five years later he was promoted to engineer and handled freight trains until 1911 wnen trans ferred to passenger service for se veral years he piloted the portland i of whose promotion we were ln- traln between montreal and island formed lsgt tuck is one of the pond vt and later the new york and i many georgetown men serving in the boston trains between montreal and mediterranean forces st albans vt for the past 12 years i t wheldon emmerson hias been mr kickley has been assigned to the i transferred from camp borden to i prince rupert b c and left on march 23rd for his new station he re- too as a healthy diversion he was a poru ka interesting trip west and has valued member of tne local hills- kn horae pictures taken of the trip green baseball team which at one i through the rockies time won out over the nearby more i je three sons of mr and mrs matt practised team from hensall u shortly be celebrating their not being able to do any work in re- birthdays overseas and we take thlsoc- active service notes cpl wllbert bradley has been posted to vancouver b c after having been stationed in ontario for the past six months 6gt r jf dick beaumbhe has- been transferred to no 5 e f t sl from edmonton alta pte o s stacey is spending a fur lough at his home inrtown pte stacey has been stationed at kingston with the veterans guard of canada and ex pects to be transferred to windsor ont at the termination of his furlough cpl walter blehn north bay spent the weekend in town congratulations to lsgt a f tuckv tlrement years he was variously em ployed lately as an insurance broker he was a staunch liberal of the old school he is survived by his sorrowing wl of the day spr archie lawr who is with the engineers will be 30 on april 3rd he arrived in england three years ago the end of this month and has dow formerly miss hannah sproat sm been married me other two boys daughter of the late mr and mrs ij bom g march 31st tpr harvey will be 22 and sgmn sheldun will be 20 since arriving overseas all three have visited their grandfather henry lawr who lives in putnam and is hale and hearty as be approaches the grand old age of 89 march 31st seems to be a popular birthdate with members of the family the boys grandmother mrs 8 spence also claims this as her birthday as does a cousin joe ma who id serving with the army in canada james sproat of klppen ont daughter maude mrs frank brook of toronto at one time before her marriage teacher in keele st school one son j edison mechanical engineer of gait ont in employ of gtoldie mc- cullougb and one brother dr arthur mcallister of georgetown ont remains were interred in hensall union cemetery on monday last ser vice being held in the oarmcl united church this is ont in a series of advertisements explaining problems of electric supply to farm uid hamlii consi nurs servtd dicct by the hydro electric power commission of ontario new hydro rural rates reduce your bills note the saving you will obtain under the new rate of 4c i 6 10c and yc in the following examples showing compara tive quarterly bills for several commonly used quantities of energy where old rate was 4c 2c 3 standard farm service hamlet 2wire service 3 monti s kilowat hours your old old rate bill at new rate 3 months kilowatt hours your old bill at old new rate rate 150 860 656 100 693 552 300 1152 886 200 887 754 600 1735 1353 300 1082 910 tilt so tunpics llhi time int- s ilnc v i will fee n re in our hvdro bill in rural islrtk wherr the old rnlr wis or shown above tho imounij shown r tofciunrterly hi bdls including dominion government wii ti the eduction in jour bill in b dls trlcl hivuit it hlj cj old rale such ns 6c 2c i oi c kftuter than tin eximplcs shown above i will be proportionately p1- m h7 p i n form 1 1 li iln chnn f is discontinued but the minimum imrr is fi v per quirk r fir which amount up to 168 kw hrs can be t n i in i r f rmrr t it of c and 2c this same amount would have cost er for which thev m us f 4c and c this nmo ml mi iim un would nn in hnlf r 83 kw tost the consumer 6 46 but the minimum bill is in a district having uncif rstind the rt rate in our next e uniform rate in the meintlme n inl district superintendent the hydroelectric power commission of ontario