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the georgetown herald seventyseventh yen of pg georgetown ont wednesday june 28th 1944 200 per annum sc per copy acting chief robb nabs robber suspect wkrktnd manhunt ends in abbes acting on information iran the brampton police department acting chief of police mervyn robb had an ye for business on monday morning and nabbed harold garfield lawson wanted for robbery with violence by tbe peel county police dawson was wanted for robbing and beating john francis a farm hand of tbe oaledon district on saturday night ana escaping with his 46 roll of mils aj day sunday police and farmers joined in a manhunjfc of the nearby countryside but lawson was not lo cated until monday morning here coming to georgetown on sunday the slyearold youth who said he baled from manitoba rented a room at the meoibbon bouse and spent the night there in the morning he decided to purchase some new clothing b town and did so at silvers dept store checking the hotel register on mon day morning and receiving a better description of the wanted man and bis new clothing acting cblef robb lo cated lawson at hughey mac donalds pool room and placed bin under arrest and taken to the muni cipal building where he was questioned by robb and t o ray mason of ac ton and provincial constable ron hewitt of brampton who happened on the scene lawson was taken to the brampton jail after admitting he was the wanted man he will be- charged with robbery with violence he clubbed me on the head twice said francis a farmhand still dased by the attack i fought him and we kept fighting he threw me into the creek when he thought be had me knocked out but i got out and we started fighting again i wanted to get my money back he threw me into the creek again and was starting away as though he thought i was drowned but i got out and started fighting him again he threw me into the creek again and got away francis said he met an acquaintance near the farm of his employer thomas neiritt caledon the other he told police asked him to walk south to victoria where he wanted francis to help him fix a car after walking sev eral miles there was no sign of a car during the walk francis bought some candy and peeled off a bill from his roll of 48 ponce think this might have aroused his companions envy according to police the wanted man told francis he had a cabin in the buau near victoria as they went to ward tbe cabin the man took him aside and said he was going to take way his money francis received- two blows on the head and herewas a desperate struggle not only have i lost a friend said f tve loot my money and rve weredwith mud from the river police believe lawson is wanted in the west for escaping custody georgetown hurse first in france rflmn thtmas parry married overseas of interest to many geor peo ple was the marriage overseas of rflnm thomas parry romn parry lived here fox several years and worked at tyers creamery before going over seas four years ago the wedding ceremony was perform ed on may 16 at bournemouth parish church when rflmn parry took as his bride betty bishop of 40 ehdtwry pfc rl moordown bournemouth hampshire the bride wore an after noon dress of dusty pink with a co- sage of orchids hex slater rosemary was bridesmaid in a turquoise drew and juliet cap to match she carried a bouquet of ipink tulips the bride is a nurse in an evacuated children s nur sery and the thirtyseven children all under five years of age formed a guard of honour as the happy couple left the church rflmn parry wrote to mrs tyexs telling her about the wedding a small reception was held after the ceremony at a cafe where they enjoyed a re markably good meal for wartime they had a nice wedding cake and a piece of it is on tbe way to the tyers fa mlly big doings in brampton on dominion day while the day will probably be qiuet in georgetown big doings will take plice in our neighbouring town of brampton on saturday july 1st do minion day the brampton lions lu axe staging a field day and horse show followed by a dance in the agri cultural hall there wilt he races for young and old parades softhall and lacrosse games in the afternoon and in the evening a fine horse show and other special events will mark the occasion featured also will be the hobby show which will be held in the agri cultural hall at the north of the falr grounds excellent cash prizes will be awarded for aeroplane models photo graphy scrap books woodwork art and general hobbles entries may be placed between 10 am and 3 pjn so if its excitement you want on the holiday go to brampton lions mam moth field day and horse show st john ambulance til brigade parade to baptist church sixteen members of the st john ambulance brigade paraded in uniform to the baptist church last sunday morning the weather was perfect and the girls looked very smart indeed in their attractive uniforms the minister rev j e ostrom brought his congregation an inspiring message he reviewed the founding of the order of st john and gave a brief outline of its activities bringing it down to the present day when they have great opportunity for their work the theme of his sermon was fellow workers as when a patient cooperates and works with a nurse mr ostrom said the order was founded on sound christian principles and ft fine chris tian spirit which lifted tle work of its members above that of ministering only to the applications of the oody as they minister also to the afflictions of the soul mr ostrom sang malottss setting of the lords prayer and the ohoir sang the anthem there is a foun tain georgetown public school june promotion list the weather the storm last friday night and saturday reached gale severity and was evidently only on the outskirts of the cyclone that made such navoc up hi middlesex county and caused such loss of life down in pensylvanla and virginia jlajrt meek we passed fftan spring to summer time with an ac- compning rise of six degrees in the daily average temperature over that of the previous week harder on hu mans but better lor haying following are the local records the first canadian women to arrive in france since dday were two rca nursing sisters wlnnlfrea pitkethly of ottawa left and molly mulhollaud of georgetown ontario they landed with the main party of an rjcaf mobile hospital super vised by wing commander j m growse of london ontario the above picture taken lust before tbe field hospital unit crossed to the invasion coast shows the two ontario girls with the hospital mascot after a wonder- date h and i rain temp fall tues june 20 65 61 wed june 21 66 66 thurs june 23 60 60 prt june 33 78 58 38 sat june 21 76 60 job sun june 35 so 60 mbn june 28 88 54 ful crossing of thef channel the girls pitched in with the rest of the unit to put up tents and unload vehicles lieut n s mulholland is a daugh ter of mr and mrs james mulholland main st and a graduate of st josephs hospital guelph following her graduation she was on the staff of peel memorial hospital brampton prior to going overseas she was atached jo roaf hospital units at st tho mas and oarden bay nfld lieut n s irene mulholland spoke over radio from france local council os womek on june 16th the local council of women held their closing meeting at the home of miss ann staunton the president mrs ralph ross opened the rnoetmg with silent prayer after which she welcomed the guests the minutes of the last meeting were read and affirmed eight well filled ditty bags were brought in miss hettle lawson read a splendid report of the provincial council convention held in kitchener mrs ralph rosa mrs j b mackenzie miss barber miss hettle lawson and mrs r paul having attended part of the convention l wa moved and seconded that a mile of pennies day be held in the near future to help the upkeep of the wading pool with mrs j b mackenzie as convenor the guesfapeaker was our od friend prof hutt who gave an interstlng talk on up to date iris prof hutl had some lovely varieties of blooms and several pictures of iris of real beauty especially mentioning the flower grower as a book of real in terest after light refreshments the ladles dispersed through the grounds miss staunton was assisted by miss hettle lawson and mrs paul halton farmers in urgent need of help to harvest crops the bottom of the feed barrel for canadas livestock is in sight states agrlcj representative j e whltelock during the past twelve months canada and parts of united states have made tremendous demands on tbe granary of western canada this situation is the result not only of poor crops in saatern canada and the u s in 1m3 but is also definitely oorreutted with the increased livestock production ana holdings over tbe entire north ameri can continent in view of the owlnd- itqg grain supplies in the west it la most essential that ontario craps be awed this year prospects m central are excellent in halted fox hay fan wheat and spring oram stated mr whltelock he pointed out however that a man working alone on 100 acres to 300 acres cannot take off his hay crop and harvest without help few farmers in halton have been able to get any help this year from selective service offices irreapecave of wages offered industry too is reported to be abort handed wbue mr whltelock hopes to get approximately 20 western farm hands shortly this number wih by no means till use need nnergency or commando farm labour would ap pear to be the only solution for many farms in this county with this in mind ja jooal committee na been set continued on page bight family and friends of lieut n s molly lrerm mulholland were thrilled to hear her speak from oaen france on an overseas hookup of tne cbc saturday night the program came lo cally through station cbo at eight o clock n 8 mulholland and another nurse were the first women to reach the invasion beachhead they are serv- ing with a mobile rca hospital unit molly said hetto to her mother ana dad and also to her sisters kay and ticky and niece judy it was com forting for her f amtty to hear her say she was well and happy so far the unit had had only one patient and he was a dispatch rider who had fallen off his motorcycle she crossed the chan nel a couple of days after the invasion started they had a wonderful crossing she was quite surprised to see how poorly clothed ube people of normandy were but they had plenty to eat the broadcast was over in a few minutes but nevertheless sei assure her anxious family here at home they have had no mall tram her for several weeks executive meeting of the red cross on thursday evening the executive of the local branch of the red cross held a meeting in the municipal butto ing to discuss plans for the lifebuoy follies being held here this week and also to discuss tentative plans for a gardepparty some tbne in august leroy dale k o president re ported that the last red cross cam paign was the most successful ever held in georgetown there were 1180 sub scribers and a total of 806616 was subscribed mr dale explained that 85 per cent of all funds xalsea was sent to headquarters to be used mainly for prlsonersofwar parcels and the ob taining and shipping of blood plasma these causes are becoming more ur gent as the war progresses and he urged the cooperation ol everyone in obtaining as much funds as possible mrs w r watson chairman of the purchasing committee resigned from office as she will be leaving town shortly 3 norval presbyterian church anniversary over 500 people crowded into norval presbyterian church on sunday morn ing last end almost the same number in the evening when anniversary ser vices were conducted by a former pas tor rev norman mcmillan of caledo nia rev mcmillan held the pastorate about six years ago he delivered two excellent and inspiring sermons and was assisted in the services by the present pastor rev l j self in um voning another former min ister bmt itraar of part m the services he nad ministered to the congregation between 1909 ana 1013 l w m oaj toronto who sang the lords prayer and come unto me the church was beautiful for the occasion with peonies roses and ferns grade i to grade ii honours ross davis lorraine given jacqueline graham anpe hyde be verly hyde sandy mackenzie patricia schrag sydney shaw dale tost pa tricia wiuson f pass dorothy brandford susan crabtree joyce denham beverly dew- hurst jack handy gordon jenkins donald lorueso arthur maybenks jean muckart louise oliver betty held marjorle roe sonant scott donald seddoh william nwit robert tost david tost robert tns- cey douglas tucker kathleen wuv recommended tqola wwn ter- rence mcgul grade ii to grade hi honours robert twy donald cleave nell maoartbur mary mc donald dorothy williams pass marie armstrong mary bar ber betty bouakul oxetohen bradley david burke helen chaplin leon conn mervln davidson roger dew- hurst gterma doherty robert free stone billy glbbs bury w george harrington donald living stone ian macneale margaret mc- gulgan edward mlddleton terrene norton billy fenson martens ran louise tucker marilyn women george webster robert webster n- recommended margaret bryden edward cox lynn macneale claude mlron barbara thompson grade do to grade iv honours martin armstrong jim- mle buck eleanor burke dennot campbell annie chalker betty lo davis allen darby marina emraeraon jane glazier ernest korneta robert lucas ross mcglll sandna sbw muriel spence passann bedeu marine bludd ronald breen attdrey bradley ruth brawn frank darter gterald co ruth dttlqa john doherty joan fid dler- joan harrison yvonne hendry daftpy hewitt joan jenklns ronald ftltehte richard slenko donna thompson keith tost allan walker billy jvhltaey fo recommended syrrta lamberb lawrence rayner georgetown high school middle and lower school results grade xn students have been suc cessful in the subjects following their name alexander craio eng hist math chera lat fr bradley margaret eng hist math chem lat fr devrjes joan lat dobson mary eng hist math chem lat fr farmer john eng hist chem hepburn marion eng hist ubtje ethel maths chem lat lindsay jean eng hist math chem lat fr main joan aig hist chem lat ft mcolure mary eng hist math ohem lat fr mclellan muriel eng hist math chem lat fr fetch ross eng hist maths chem lat fr smith ruth eng hist math chem tapp shirley eng hist math phys lat fr williams joyce eng hist math chem im fr standing 1st mary moclure 2nd shirley tapp the following student have been promoted brackets denote failure m that subject from grade xi to grade xt booth betty brtu bernard brown- ridge doris dawson darren de- vrtes henk devrles joan deckle jean kelly peggy klrktrlox mary long norman mcalustr ar thur lat and frj mcclure islay ostxandet william bpntrn t rwda smith joyce van vhet dink standing 1st doris ted jean dickie aeq from grade x to grade xt barnes violet brown robert clarke june ferry brian lat har rison kenneth hunter reld mc- robinson patricia sargent walter tost alfred math standing 1st kenneth harrison 2nd robert brown from grade ix to grade x addy robert alexander douglas boyle ross bums clare oousens qfcorge davison harold sc haines john sc hoare william latimer douglas mcdonald slaiam sc geog ostrander victor geog williams david chapman virginia chester jean oofell june haines catherine hauptmann ingeborg lyon joan sc mcolll helen morgan mar garet mayer olive muckart shirley preston shirley robinson evelyn smith eleanor standing 1st douglas latimer 2nd douglas alexander upper school results following are the final examina tion results for upper school stu dents armstrong doris eng lit eng comp m alg ii trig 1 fr donald marjorto mulhnllanriry i auth m f oomp o phys o chem norton pauline parker donald lat reduction in strawberry prices commencing monday june 36 the celling price on strawberries will be much lower than during the earlier part of the season p i j sejdon central ontario prices and supply representative announces that quart boxes wha well not higher than 37c and pint boxes not nigwr than 16c the ceiling price for quarts u sstte a nd pints 16c when gold within is miles of gro shipping point if the berries are sold farther afield transportation charges my be br beatrice eng- lit c eng comp h mod hist m alg c trig c germ auth c grm oomp c lat auth tu lat comp dx cleave norah eng lit n eng oomp n alg n trig h germ auth n oerm oomp n fr auth i fr oomp i lat auth i lat oomp l oousens barbara eng lit c eng comp c alg c trig c phys m chem m ft auth m ft comp n lat auth ri lat oomp xl crjjchton richard to be filled in after receipt of certificate from dept eng lit eng oomp alg qeom trig phys chem fr auth fr comp faram barbara eng lr c eng comp c mod hist n alg ttt trig in phys m onem c fr auth c fr comp c hughes berh3ce eng ltt n eng oomp n alg m trig dt oerm auth hi germ oomp tjx fr auth i fr cotap i lat auth i lat oomp i lawson robbstrr geom o phys c ohem c fr oomp o mover mary ut hi eog comp m alg trig c fr auth c fr oomp c f- nielsen loss kkf utt eng oomp nx alg i qeom i trl i phys n ohem x fr auth ni pr oomp xl tapp sbxrw lat anttx ni lat oomp it- grade iv to grade v honours jacqueline beaumobt owen conn david dobie joan dabble binie doherty bob terry joyce her rlngton jack hilller ronald hulme dorothy lane joseph louth george mcclure jane milne norma oiney pass allan bauey paul barber earl beerman june bouskffl harry brandford miriam grace gordon hardman bulle fi douglas hut june lurty bob mcoul betty mudfe heather rasmuasen mable shepherd bobble slmson allan teeter recommended brook bradley tje nald sanderson patsy paulster grade v to grade vi honourstack balrd david bar ber david bowman barbara boyle ann crabtree bessie harley allan hendry joan latimer bflry macootw mack james mcdonald sarah wylie7 pass frank anderson jean beoeuv joan bradley betty clarke donau4 oofell kathleen cox shirley dobbte james ford pearl glazier corey har rington dolores herrlngton bjoy hilller doreen hornby iran huffman benny lorrknan gerald morrow dnej glas norton marie rom bob rogedl kathleen stookley jean tyler dean thompson floyd vaxey gyrus whsoh recommended bert carey maruyn chap james fallow john mob3b- bin grade vi to grade vii don honours margaret bradley bums albert carter joan margaret golden wm goodchlld moira kelly keith king john nodwett hugo tapp shirley thompson bali walters pass eileen allen jean ohlmajii ron denham don herrlngton win hewitt wm hyde root ivosejom lorusso denis mccartney joyce mc millan wesley oliver 7 obm preston alt spence belle itabnant jack thompson john tyers ronald vivian recommended eleanor anthony richard grace eileen grace grade vn to grade vhx honours joan buck marlon durj linda qdnsburg pauline herringtotk marie hulme betty king margaret mqr marie rttehte kotth tbonwjson pass wm arnold byron bedeu robert bouakul donald brffl wm buttvsnt betty oonb george farmer james ouster june hutter kennett tannrlham donald peter robert pe tew ross horton george rogera liar garet younk evelyn patbator is t james golden win mtak otoey those who are 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