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tjhe georgetown herald seventy seventh year of publication wednesday october 4th 1944 2 00 per annum 5c per copy jialaxy of attractions at board of trade carnival vaudeville bands games booths btngo record a voice grand draw ind dancing it has everything yes we mean the board of trade carnival to be beld in the arena on friday ol this week everything that goes to make a good time for young and old even that carnival worry maker the wea therman can do no harm lor all ac tivities will be held within the arena downstairs there will be games booths reoorda voice three bands vaudeville show and bingo while up stairs at 10 o clock the modern aires tra will play modern and old music for dancing in the rose to be a little more specific we know youd like toknow more about the vaudeville part of the program which will go on in a continuous show slu ing the evening m addition to all the other attractions the wellknown kansas parmer and his hired help will provide entertainment charles jackson comedian of hamilton and clifford voysey outstanding boy sin ger and accordian artist also of ha milton will win the same wide ac claim as they did at the lions carni val last month some of our own talented and attractive tap dancers will be on the program as well as three bands in attendance daring tfae whole evening then in the arena midway too youll have a chance to hear your self as others hear you on a record- a- voice sponsored by chlnns photo- craft studio brampton this attrac tion was very popular at the toronto exhlbtlon when it was held and shohild prove even more so now when so many people have loved ones far away who would like nothing better than to hear the voices of the folks back home have a record made and send it overseas to your boy the charge is only 75 cents it would be as well to prepare your message by writing 200 words or less just as you would a letter a record something you can always keep now ls your opportunity to have one made for your family and friends you may arrange for several members of your family to speak on one record and who wouldn t like to win that first prize in the grand draw a 50 bond the second and third prizes are something to be desired too be ing 25 and 10 vouchers for mar chanise in stores in georgetown and immediate district by entering the arena you are also entitled to a chance for the lucky door prize a sully s cast aluminum roasting oven another prize has been offered tor the best clown ar fancy ress cos tume and also one for the best un personation for the parade and even lngs performance the parade will start from the town hall proceed down main street and up to the arena with the three bands playing the aforementioned prizes will be judged by popular applause during the show in the arena the soldiers comforts committee are having a refreshment booth and there will be midway games and bin go don t fall to take a look at the galaxy of lovely bingo prizes display ed tnls week in maccormack s drug store window the dance frolic in the rose room w 111 doubtless prove very popular with the modern aires supplying the music the general admission lo tie arena ls adults 25c und children 15c come one come all you can t fail to have a good time the weather by h l hutt a summing up of the records show lnat september temperatures averag ed about two degrees above normal and accounts for the fact that mos fall crops have matured a little soon er than usual this month we may look for occa atonal fall frosts and the storing of vegetables is in order following are the records for last week date h l rain temp fall tuos sept 26 sb 51 wed sept 27 63 51 10 thurs sept 28 63 50 41 fri sept 29 57 40 sat sept 30 62 34 oun oct 1 06 42 mon oct 2 55 44 03 pte bud oliver 20 killed in action in the army only nine months pte jolui h bud oliver older son of mr and mrs john oliver was killed in action while serving in france with the lake superior regiment his pa i rents received the tragic news last friday at noon pte oliver was born in georgetown he enlisted with the canadian in fantry reinforcement coit on decern bar 6 trained at yarmouth n s and camp borden before going overseas on july 7th he was in england for five weeks and when last heard from was in action in belgium surviving are his parents one bro ther wesley and four sisters mrs ernie cardlnell marie louise and june his father is a veteran of the last war cedarvale mr and mrs jacob bramsdma and daughter donna of elora mr ken neth mccackel of hespeler were week end visitors at the home of mr and mrs wm cunningham a number from here attended the churchill anniversary on sunday miss reta smith is spending a few days at her home here after return ing from b c mrs oordon margaret and doris of toronto spent the week end with friends here friends in this communltv extend their sincere sympathy to the long street tamlly in their sad bereave ment intended for last week a number from here attended acton fair mr and mrs ed pasmore and fa mily and mrs schultls and marga- ret of rockwood visited at the home of mr and mrs wm cunningham on friday night the monthly meeting of the cedar vale w i met at the home of mrs d kurren on wed- sept 30 the president brought the meeting to order by singing the opening ode followed by the lords prayer tn lccpl jack harrison wounded while in belgium lancecorporal jack harrison has been wounded in action while serving in belgium with the 11th canadian field ambulance according lo word received by his parents mr and mrs sam harrison on thursday his wife and two children reside in toronto le cpl harrison suffered injuries to his mouth face and shoulder jack enlisted in november 1940 ard trained at toronto and camp borden before proceeding ovetteas prior to enlistment he worked at the maclntyre mines in schumacher glen williams mr w thomberry and miss mar garet thornberry of hamilton were week end guests at the home of mr and mrs jack hepburn jr miss florence manser of chelten ham was the guest of miss evelyn robinson for the week end mrs caldwell of toronto was a vi sitor on sunday at the home of mr and mrs w everoon mr and mrs gordon robinson and family of erin were visitors on sun day with mrs w halpln mrs j dickenson who has been i patient in toronto general hospital was able to return home on satur day audrey robinson entertained five playmates on saturday afternoon sept 30 to celebrate her eighth birth day audreys guests were mildred and lilian norton elsie and nancy larsen and dorothy ruth scott ray bell of oshawa spent the week end with his parents mr and mrs j bell among the boys and girls in uniform who spent week end leaves at their homes were vern klrby jack gilbert herber preston bill korzack mat jorle schenk and law fanny wea ver mrs white returned to her home in florida on thursday after spending the summer here a guest at the home of mr and mrs p s wagstaffe lac henry lorriman and mrs henry lorriman returned to saska toon last week after spending a holi day with the formers parents mr and mrs w lorriman the bingo sponsored by beaumont employees for their overseas parcel fund was well attended on thursday evening the special prizes were won b mrs h hilts and carl schenk with mrs thornton holding the lucky ticket for the box of groceries during the evening the beautiful picture which had been painted and donated by mr fred weaver was drawn for and the lucky winner was mrs mary cooper active service notes norrle kennedy of the rcaf is home on leave ajb mcndham has been promoted to the rank of leading seaman l s alendham is finishing up special radar course at st hyaclnthe this week a sub lieut dan stone ls home on a mission for the ronvr he has been stationed in london england for some time c s m carney has received us expert shot insigna he qualified for this honour when in training at long branch early in the summer law elizabeth coffin of rockcliffe is spending a leave with mr and mrs p b coffin pte elmer sonny stockford hi arrived overseas accord ng to vurd recently received by his parents pte hediey shaw is another recent arrival overseas from town walter cook formerly clerk in mac cormack s drug stort has minted in the r c ajp he is stationed tn to ronto at present v dvr claude dillon 19 killed in action in france war cast its gloom over another georgetown home last week when claude victor dillon 19 son of mr at d mrs perey dillon was injured in net ton in france and died of injuries on september 17th the telegram with the sad tidings wis received on wednesday afternoon of last week claude w1s a driver with the royal canadian armoured medical corps and had been overseas since august 1043 he was born in georgetown und attended school here before en terng the employ of provincial paper ltd paper division he enlisted in october 1942 he trained at simcoe nd debert nj prior to going over- eaa surviving are his father and his n other who is at present in hamll ton sanltorium three sisters shirley audrey and ruth and two brothers nelson and ross his father is a vet ran of the last war the telegram did not state any de tails but said when further inform atlon becomes available it will be for warded sgt t given first man to go active from town wounded in france will be public holiday georgetown jnvday hornby very enjoyable and higl 1 s icce ful anniversary services were held in he united church the weather was ideal with clear sunshine and a tangy touch of autumn in the air the church was tastily decorated with baskets of beautiful flowers and ferns md capacity congregations attended both morning and evening services the minister wis in charge of both e vices th rev weslev a hunnl sett minister in charge of the fred victor mission toronto for more than twenty five vears preached a very earnest and helpful sermon in the morning from the text she hath done what she could mark 14 8 i the choir of asigrove unl ed church under the leadership of mrs a j ruddell sang two anthems n their usually effective manner and mr w r sharpe of toronto ren dered two tenor solos very pleasingly in the evening squadron leader i he rev g w porter rcaf chap lain manning depot toronto preach- ed a challenging sermon on john bap tist the ancient paratrooper who prepared the way for christ the con queror vocal solos were given very effectively by mr- harold learmont and mr w r sharpe and a duet by mrs prank stark and mrs murray hay ward among those visiting in the com munlty and attending lh annlver sary services wore tit following mr md mr rv necliti 1 and f imiiv of hamllloi it m li dsi nceland s mr at d m i t c all sunday evening brought the news to mrs thomas given that her husband stt thomas given had been wound ld n action in prance sgt given las ben overseas nenrlv five years he vis the irst man from town to enlist tor active service and went overseas with the first canadian contingent in january 1940 gt givn served i i the reserve militia for many years prior to th outbreak of wir he has been award tl the efllclncy medal for 14 years service in the militia w len he went tive i v is with the lome scots but when the invasion of europe started was transferred to the highland light infantry or c in ida prior to i ubtmeut ht worked at alliance p per mills ltd n ski given was it the invasion for cos a div or two ifter d day and h is seen plenty of heavy action in the it tie of caen and in the fighting t closed the calais gap lions club donate 10 to tag day for the blind georgetown lions club met for i their rtfcular meeting in the mcglb- 1 don house on monday evening with lion presiovn leroy dale in the 1 chair the lions were privileged to listen to a tilk by mr westej stanley dls tr ct ret resentative of the canadian nation i in tltute for the blind mr stanley who is himself sightless gave i very ei 11 1 tening address on the work throughout canada and in this district in particular of the institute for the blind he said there were 13 000 blind people in canada ad 24 i halton countv lions kellv and cochrane tendered a very hearty vote of thanks to mr stanley for coming to the meeting and giving such a splendid talk and a iked him to return at a later date a motion was then pissed making a donation of 10 00 to the tag day for the blind which will be held on sat urday it was reported that a landscape gardener would view the proposed park site this week and plans made for further levelling of the site and the possibility of sowing grass seed t lis fall the secretary was instructed to w rite a letter of sympathy to the timily of lion dave brill whose son has befcn wounded on the fighting front tht next regular meeting will be dlstriet governor s night when every lion is urged to be present the georgetown heraw soldier comforu fund card of thanks we wish to extend sincere thanks and appreciation for the many kind nesses and beautiful rioral offerings from our many relatives friends and neighbours tendered during the illness and death of our dear mother the fa mlly of the late mrs elma longstreet the roll call a pickle recipe was answered the scripture reading 10 psalm by mr oox the minutes of the last meeting- were read and approved plana were made to send 8 bsxes to boys over seas also for a halloween due and box social tn october the following program was then given instrumental eleanor griffin reading lira wtddls doet lira wood mrs cmroingbain home boo nomlca by mr henderson a contest mrs oox mrs wwdls being wtnnera the meeting then closed by the stag ing of the national anthem forwarded to s idlers comforts committee 973 54 cash on hand a cknow ledged 175 43 a friend 50 rebekah work committee 15 00 loyal true blue lodge 4th 10 00 total october 1174 t the herald bntuh war victims fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram 3302 76 cash on hand acknow lodged 13 07 total october 4t i m i alr mr and mrs howard wrlg usorth ind son of georgetown at mr clifford wrlgglesworth and miss lx rls mnlhieson and miss eileen dale f 1oio o at mrs mcintosh s thai ksgivlng services will be held it e lr 1 ch r lies next sunday nil the sicnmcnt of the lords lia v ill be obrv d in the united and ch rrh n tie evening at b o clock of mllu daughter lcarmonts r w r sharpe i it mr hafcold g w porter and mr toronto at the par mr d mrs albtrt downs of bur ir visittir at the home of mr fl vd downs mr eima longstreet dies after short illness the neath of mrs elma longstreet b llinaf ad occurred in guelph gen eral hospital on september 28lh after short illness she was in her 52nd year mrs longstreet was formerly elma lane daughter of the late margaret soott a id jonathan lane limehouse she married clayton longstreet in 1916 who predeceased her 12 years ago she was a member of balhnafad united church surviving are three children prank it home mrs walter linham ruth acton mrs willard sanderson vera toronto also two brothers mourn her loss nelson of toronto and rev william of mayronne saskatchewan the funeral was held from hor real dence lot 3 con 8 erin township on monday afternoon at 2 o clock bev a o w porsmaa oondneted um ser vice interment was at blalra ceme tery belfountaln pallbearers were messrs a mcenery w wright d sinclair l marshal h isley h hilts the funeral was largely attended with friends present from kitchener toronto ancaster ripley guelph hespeler and peterborough a profu sion of floral tributes was received which testified to the high esteem in which mrs longstreet was held flowers were from pillow the fa mlly grandma lane and family aunt martha benson aunt maude and uncle ed and family aunt birdie hall uncle jack longstreet and fa mlly florence ind ced cross and fa mlly uncle norm and aunt ida maude and jean the good neighbour club peggie hyde and family mr md mrs d mckenzle mr and mrs l marsha mr linham glads and dave mr and mrs thomas and bui uncle nelson aunt vera and velma court of revision appointed the mayor was authorized to pro claim a public holiday for george town when vday arrives at the re gular session of council on monday nit it in the municipal building mayor cleave and councillors thomp son lyons armstrong macdonald mcotlvray orr and bradley were present in response to an appeal from georgetown 6 newly organized reha- billtation council it was decided to urant them 2500 to carry thp lnol- ental expenses connected with their work an invitation from rev c c coch rane for the council and municipal officers to attend morning service in knox church a week from sunday when the honour roll will be de dicated was accepted they wiu meet at the municipal building at a quarter to eleven and proceed to church in a body federal sales and engineering re plied to the resolution forwarded last month by council protesting the im portation of japanese labour for their plant a copy of the resolution had also been forwarded to mr a mac- namara minister of labour and a re ply from him was also read mr macnamara was of the opinion thai georgetown should accept these workers because all were naturalized canadians with records checked by the mounted police and because of the shortage of other skilled labour available the court of revision will sit on novemoer 6th at a quarter to eight following will form the court cleave orr macdonald mcguvray and arm strong a new nomination meeting by law nad to be read and passed because of a change recently made by parlia ment in the municipal act in the section under which the old bylaw was passed the dates and all parti culars were the same as before it woo decided to contact selectlte service immediately to advertise for a man tor general town work mayor cleave on behalf of the board of trade asked that every councillor be a member of the board stating that it has a wonderful- oppor tunity for good work in georgetown and ls just what the town needs b was worthy of every support permission to fence in the road running out from their property and to put a gate on it was granted to the federal sales and engineering co ltd the matter of caretaklng for the municipal building came in for some discussion and all agreed that some one was needed to look after it proper ly it was decided to approach night constable mervyn robb and offer him an increase of 10 per month for un dertaking these duties councillor armstrong was authorised to look into the matter of purchasing a thermostat for the furnace and re port back to council regarding it at the next meeting the following acounts were passed j beaumont w w rebate 4 2bl miss e king ww rebate miss o kennedy ww rebate halton county park dept of health welfare cain s garage town truck neptune meter co ww canada valve hydrant v4tthew halton outstanding broadcasts have become i m iuiq thp siegfried line near associated with the name of matthew vnhtm of t e opening of the belgium halton in the minds of th inds of parliament and of the fighting in canadian listeners now making his holland halton ls heard regularly radio headquarters in brussels hal- tn the cbc news roundup dally from ton has recentlv furnished unique des- monday to friday at 7 45 pjn over crlptlons of his jeep drive into ger the transcanada network ufa rd more co limited flebrates 100th anniversary acton september 27th one hun ircd years ago george l sint bevrd m re started the tanning business in hamilton ontario which this jear rllcbrates n century of continuous peration the occasion has been marked by sevonl i ppv events com meneing with a fine picnic given by the company and held in the acton pirk nearly 2000 were in attendance the ca iadkn concert band provided music and entertainment and supper vns ei jojed bv all this being followed b a street dance for all the citizens of acton each employee was pre sented with a leather wlndbreaker and the employees on active service were remembered also a parcel was srnt to each one of them and a leather wlndbreaker will be waiting for them when they come home again an anniversary holiday with pay has been announced for october 10th on monday last the employees car ried out a plan they had quietly or ganised they gathered in the plant grounds at noon and presentedto the principals ool torrance beardmore and mr o bennett beautiful gold watches suitably engraved from an of co w w bell telephone co j b mackenzie town coal d marshall w w w t sinclair park p b harrison w p t b hydro electric lane cartage sta welfare 330 2fc7- m 1330 2m 80m 2148 l28 6j ieoo 1000 6b0 01 14l0o 1606 pte jack brill wounded in action pte jack brill son of mr and mrs dave brill has been wounded in ac tion while in belgium according to a telegram received from ottawa on friday morning jack who ls a graduate of george town high school is a member of the toronto scottish regiment he went overseas at the end of june this year further particulars regarding his in juries will follow jack has a brother arnold in the roaf newfoundland the employees a further striking evidence of goodwflj and thougfattul- cess ww the additional pxasentauon co them of gold tie clips and collar ptns from the wives and f am tiles of the men on active serrioe ool b and mr bennett spoke briefly expresstt their beaxt- felt thanks for the gifts wvl wffl be treasured by then flarlnc thatr jb lifetime