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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday november 15th 1944 2 00 per annum 5c a copy georgetown lead halton in seventh victory loa 561000 subscribed in this district citizens show what a town can do n georgetown and esquesing georgetown district head halton county in the seventh victory loan with 145 of their 385090 objective subscribed on monday returns showed subscription total of 561000 which is eater by 1 40 1 50 than the total bonds bought in the sixth ictory loan last may all the industries in town oversub i scribed their payroll objectives the fanners gave greater support than be fore and individual subscriptions in tbe town proper reached a new hi the per capita subscription in town was a 150 bond lor every m wo man and child this la three times the national objective ol a 50 bond for every man woman and child to the dominion on the 7 pjn sunday news broad oast over station ckby it was an neunoed that georgetown topped all halton county chairman of sales e v macoormack claims the success ox this loan was in a large measure due to the wonderful cooperation of the committee which was large and active enough to create enthusiasm headed by joint chairmen w f bradley and l e fleck and including x v maocormack and leroy dale joint sales chairmen sid silver pub licity chairman r b foulis payroll aavingb chairman k c lindsay stewarttown rev s r colebxook norral arthur beaumont glen wil liana they and their committees are to be congratulated on an excep tionally fine job 73ie energetic sal boosted sales in no small degree we list them be low with their total sales a brown 33800 w deans 69 000 p kersey 42600 w olegg 5650 w a wilson 21800 c h may 60200 georgetown la one of uie most pa triotlc towns in the dominion tak ing the number of young men and women from here as the criterion it must be gratifying indeed for oar fighting men to know mat the folks back home are supporting them so splendidly the town council la holding regular statutory meeting inlght to deal with some important mat ters prior to nomination the weather by h l hutt following are the local records for the past week date b and 1 l raln- temp fall tues nov 7 44 21 wed nov 8 46 21 thurs- nov ft 47 40 so prl nov 10 m 44 sat nov u 46 s3 sun nov 12 44 23 man nov 13 51 so november meeting womens institute four dogs poisoned in church street neighbourhood citizens of the church street neigh- gouxhood are incensed at the actions of a person responsible for the poison i ing of four dogs during the past week local police are working on the case and all owners of the pets are bent on prosecution to the full extent of i the law for the doghater who has taken the law into his own hands i in this drastic fashion the pets belonged to pilot officer l j prank whltmee norman verdec and mrs o e oneill prompt anti strychnine measures resulted in the recovery of three of the dogs but the fourth a pet terrier belonging to mrs oneill which had made its home with the n h brown succumbed to the poisoning this was particular ly unfortunate as mrs oneill has been 111 for some time and sklppy was a great source of pleasure to her the dog poisoner is believed to be the same person wio wrote anonymous letters to the georgetown police de partment to the herald and to tbe verdec family threatening to take tlon unless dogs were stopped from running at large in the neighborhood the november meeting ol the geor tetown women s institute was held nov 1st at the home of mrs pred armstrong with the officers mrs w o mcdowell and mrs harry bailey presiding the meeting opened in the usual manner after which the mln utes of the previous meeting were read and adopted and the correspondence dealt with mrs bailey mrs e r robinson ard mrs mcdowell were appointed delegates to attend the convention at guelph on nov 0th and 10th the members provided cash and articles to oil three ditty bags the programme committee for tne day were mrs fred mcnally and miss mamie campbell ven woo thompson gave a very interesting ac count of the life of pauline johnston and read some of her poems which were much enjoyed miss mary mo ver sang a very pleasing solo ac companied by miss molly hepburn and doryne mulholland gave a hum orous recitation after a vote of thanks to those tak ing part in the programme also to the hostess the meeting closed by ringing god save the king a cop of tea was then served norval friends fete hughes family on removal from village poppy day receipts increased this year pno club active in war work the summarj of activities of war groups of past noble orands club of verdun rebekah lodge no 184 georgetown as submitted at last meeting showed a most gratifying amount of work accomplish during the term ending in octobertor uie ear 1944 which included cash donations russian relief 49 red cross 15 00 minesweepers league 10 00 solvation army 5 00 soldiers comforts 30 00 marine home in bjo 3 00 local can legion 3 00 navy league 10 00 138 30 is above the the citizens of georgetown and dis uict supported poppy day very well indeed this year with 20000 raised for this worthy fund mrs t grieve secretarytreasurer of the poppy fund reports that the sum raised this year is greater than that of last year by a considerable amount there were twenty me taggers throughout the town in addition to the amount raised by the sale of poppies the following do nations are gratefully acknowledged dominion seed house mr l e fleck alliance paper nn ltd ladles auxiliary canadian legion smith stone ltd beaumont woollen mills carroll s store canadian legion branch 120 c b dayfoot sc co estraeslng township loyal true blues mr leroy dale mr d o h wright lions club verdun rebekah lodge georgetown fire brigade lo cal council of women and all mer chants in addition to organization pilled 6 ditty bags for navy l gue which number will be exceeded this year forwarded 3 large bales containing clothing quilts afghans etc to rus sia contributed 2 quilts as well as 12 knotted articles of sweaters etc to the salvation army the above provides for benevolence ne tre and work for outside interests while upwards of 60 00 was expended by verdun lodge for delicacies flowers remembrancl cards etc for sick and bereaved members and friends of the outstanding match held by hatfon county plowmen big season planned by curling club a very enthusiastic meeting of the georgetown curling club was held on thursday november 9th in tbe arena when plans for a better club were talked over the popular president jack williamson was in the chair and he was well supported by officers and members the following officers and commit tees were elected for the coming sea son president jack williamson vice president fred thompson secretary p w cleave treasurer g w molmtock general cbmmittee jas richard son w mljhere walt richardson j ritchie c bradley social committee h sienko r bradley r parrott ice committee c sargent k king publicity w g bell another meeting will be held in the on friday evening november 10th some one hundred and eighty five friends and neighbours of mrs james hughes and prank met at the norval parish hall to do honour to them a short programme was given mr walter fldler performing the duties of chairman very ably wanda karczewoski and helen surtel danced in costume gloria mylan and nedia jablonskl played piano acoordians these girls were from glvens street school toronto miss georgtaa bo des gave a reading mr carson wat son of union played the harmonica and guitar mr clifford jordan step- danced and mr wilfred leslie show lj ed several moving pictures this was followed by the addresses vhlch were read by mr robert cun ningham aftet which miss margaret russell presented well filled purses to both mrs hughes and frank after the presentation mrs elme may expressed her thanks on beuvlf of her mother and frank in a fen well chosen words a dainty lunch was served and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing to music supplied by the siortill orchestra of balllnafad the following addresses were read mrs hughes and frank dear mrs at first when your home was burn ed we old not realize that your per manent home might not continue to be m our midst but in the last four months you have been only about two weeks at norval bo very lowly it has begun to dawn on us ttiat your home is no longer with us for many years you have lived among us one of the best neighbours lost the district has known and we would not want you to leave without expressing to you that we were fuuy conscious of your fine qualities as a neighbour and as a friend there is very little that we can say w were truly sorry when you lost ov borne but these tilings happen and e nntstcarry on we hope that you may enjoy good healtjh wherever you may be and tiat sometimes you msv think of us- dear prank to you frank we may say that we should have shown in some tangible way our deep concern over the tragedy which occurred to you in the loss of your home some months ago indeed we had all hoped to return something of the good neighbour policy which ou always have practised in help ing you prepare to build a new house that was not to be people so often tarry too long in showing their appreciation of others we have waited until we are in dan gcr of losing a truly good neighbour and friend to show in a very inade quate manner that we do hold you in high regard we do not know your plans but viatecr they may be we wish you ou well and as a token of the es twm in which your mobher and you are eld we give you this billfold if gifts are valuable according to the feelings of uie givers then this ome will commend itself because it is the gift of iriends signed on behalf of your neigh bours and friends and school pals r w cunningham w j cleave w h fiddler w j russell albert hunter harold early key w mcclkary secretary of upper canaba bible so ciety addresses local society the annual meeting of the george town branch of the upper canada bible society was held in the base ment of the baptist church on thurs day evening of last week tbe devotions were conducted by rev j k ostrom after which mr godfrey the president took charge the financial report was presented by dr watson the secretary treasurer and showed that last years objective had been met and a sum exceeding 75 remitted to toronto mr oodfrey was reelected presl dent dr watson who had served as secretary for thirty three years said it was impossible for him to carry on in that office any longer his with orawal from this office called forth remarks of genuine appreciation from various members present mr wat son wlnfleld was elected secretary treasurer on motion the office of honorary president was created and dr wat son was elected bj acclamation to that position the meeting was then turned over to rev w mcclearv seereuir of the upper canada bible society who gave an illustrated address by moving pictures on the bible in a warring no rid the thanks of the meeting was extended to mr mcclrary tie benediction was pronounced by rev c c cochrane esquesing council meet suw artlown nov 6tb 1044 tlie nov mber meeting of esquesing towiu ip council was held in the council chambei oi monday after noon deputy reeve g w murray councillors creorge e cleave george currlt and win a wilson present reeve c h may presided over the meeting minutes of the last meeting ere read and adopted and corres potidence read moved by currie seconded by mur ray that the following accounts be paid bell telephone services 381 r 21 2 04 3cd 225 total 5 10 he pc brampton lights at council chamber j4 05 letter shop supply co 63 24 1 m bennett paid burns transpor ie lists 0v c h may cecil chla holm a w benton and i m ben t tit selecting jurors oct 7th 5 00 ach total 20 00 federal fire insur ance co lo c brown agent renew al policy on township hall to nov 18 1045 20 00 general fire assurance o c brown agent renewal policy on adams diesel grader to nov 16 1945 67 50 canadian legion geor getown popp day fund 15 00 carried moved by wilson seconded by cleave that road accounts be paid as presented by the road superintendent 86059 carried i moved by cieae seconded by wil son that relief accounts as presented b the relief officer be paid 1635 carried moved by wilson seconded by cur e tha this council do now adjourn to meet friday december 15th at 10 o clock am or at the call of the reeve carried sgt buster hale married in toronto the wedding took place in toronto last saturday of margaret devonporte of toronto and sergeant airgunner h e buster hale son of mr and mrs harry hale of georgetown sgt hale is stationed with tbe roaf at mont joli quebec previous to trans fening to the air force he was with the rca in newfoundland holding the rank of sergeant major among those who attended the wed ding were mr and mrs harry hale mr and mrs roland haines of glen williams and flightlieutenant and mrs joseph hurst of acton from there brampton man charged with assault walter d helste so of was charged with assault on sunday afternoon when chief w o mnh took him into custody attar be bad been notified that the man had in duced a couple of little girls up da cnjt track from the vicinity of tbe station tt was about 4 e ttm little girls were unharmed halite la being held in mlkon jsh h win appear before court ban an llwdnss- day afternoon mrs w f smith wins victory loan window display the window displays for the vic tory loan were judged last week and though there werent as many dis plays as in tbe last loan the wlnn ing windows were excellent first prise of 1000 went to mrs w p smith of smiths shoe store whose window displayed a mock battle field pointing up to tbe victory loan to support the boys fighting there at clarence bain of readys store won second prlae with his window dte- plaj of photographs of local servfcv- tnn mr x r mnlniiilivfi won third prise with bis army of tagtifal- ly arranged victory loan posters mrs donald campbell passes in 89th year mary jane dausy lyons widow ul donald campbell passed away at er i ome in georgetown on sunday november 5th 1044 deceased was a daughter of the late thomas lyons rd the late sar it ann starrett si e is born atrcheltenham in 1855 she ed ii erin township after her mar r age in 1886 until retiring to george wn in 1920 she was the oldest member of georgetown united church aid also of georgetown women a in stltute and a life member of the wo man s missionary society her husband predeceased her in 1822 ind a daughter sadie in 1815 sur ring are one son john on the horn stead and two daughters mrs w t sinclair and mamie of georgetown and four grandchildren campbell sinclair margaret donald and bui campbell mrs campbell was uie last member of her immediate family of which there wen ntne the funeral took place tuesday af ternoon from the united church to melville cemetery oaledon tbe ser vice was conductedby rev r 0 todd assisted by rev c c coch rane during the service bar cousin mrs francis thompson sang zn the shadow of his wings there is rest the pallbearers were her six nep hews tbos lyon tboa leaua w a lyons oeoxge leslie adgr lyons starrett ladle construction soon starts norval hockey kjbtfc plans for the skating rink which is to be constructed at norval by the norval athletic club are progressing and construction is expected to start on the rink next monday when wee louth and his men will star putting in the posts with the cooperation of messrs w cunningham and john slandlsh grading has been completed at the schoo grounds where the open air rink will be located rev j l self of the organization reports that the canvass for membership and funds to carry on the work is meeting with marked success in the district though returns from norval proper to dataj have not been as high as expected canvassers jim clark hartley gamer on and t l mcmeekln have collected about 260 to dau frank fendley and walter fldler close to s100 and hardy baxnniu and rav pomeroy 6000 in nerval village christmas trees fanners cutting christmas trees on their own property are permitted haul these trees in their own trucks beyond tiie 35mile limit other per wns may not haul trees in trucks be yond this distance favoured by ideal weather coodl- tions a record crowd attended tbe annual match staged by the halton plovmen s apociation on the farm of tbos snow of nelson township o friday november 3rd thirty oosv testants matched their shu and de spite the fact that the soil was ratner stubborn owing to the continued drought some excellent ridges were turned while the number of con- totants was the smallest in the past years the event was generally re cognized as the best all round matcb in the history of the county the outstanding feature of the day in the opinion of many spectators was the di play of labour saving equipment and farm machinery staged by a sped- 1 committee under the chairmanship of mr stanley hall mjpj in tha special paddock set aside for the par- pose w e brecknn of freeman wltb the aid of loud speaking equipment acted as masterof ceremonies among those introduced and inter viewed by mr breckon were the ruddeu bros of georgetown district who had brought down their homeconstructed com sheaf loader a power mower wttts windrower attachment and a power chain saw with this latter equip ment the ruddell bros later demon- st by cutting down a tree etc geo mccormick of freeman who also during the past season had construct ed a corn sheaf loader messrs stan ley hall guy bussell and wubext mccurdy of the hornby district wno each had contributed their home made buck rakes harvey nurse of georgetown on his corn picker francis thompson of georgetown ms new corn sheher jack taylor of freeman his poultry picker walker bros milton their one way disc and disc plow arthur diamond rock- wood his home constructed rip saw mansell nellis of acton a hom- constructed potato molder or hffler h w hitching of the oac re a fertilizer attachment on a tractoc plow for plow sole delivery geo at kins bronte re his manure loader and thos wilson of milton rebls electrically operated lawn mower mr breckon himself had on display a row- crop tractor with cultivator attach ments w hitching of the agricultural engineering department at the o a very ably demonstrated wttb aid of a dynamometer proper adjust ment or a tractor plow ah of th exhibits and demonstrations were fol lowed by a- large crowd at interested spectators which at times threatened to crush the demonstrators under foot at the milton town ball in tbe evening president w h rotdnsan of the plowmen s association very cap ably presided over an excellent pro gramme j a carroll secretary and manager of the ontario ptowmenv association was the guest i while ronald stewart tnor of clarkson contributed elections on behalf of the 10 bar ton farmers who received tbe evftv valent of 1405 days work from to ronto commandos stanley hall m p p expressed appreciatlor to all who had contributed to the success of tbe effort and presented small gifts to alderman n innes and red 1 connell who had charge of the or- remember your friends like to ganlzation work at the toronto our get their names in print send in hall others who spoke briefly m- our personal and social items continued on page 5 dead of two wars revered at remembrance day service an impressive and wellattended remembrance day service was held at the cenotaph at 10 20 sunday norning when the citizens of geor getown paid tribute to those brave men who were killed in action or died while on service in the great war and trils present world war the parade which included the lome scots band c company lome scota r girls pipe band town and township councillors legion post 120 legion wa the boy scouts and cubs formed at the legion hall and marched to the cenotaph xjlooi o b s oousens was marshal of tbe parade during the march the pipe band played tbe hymn onward christian soldiers his worship mayor harold cseav opened tbe service attar which tfjs hymn o ood of bethel by wboas hand was sung many beesssql wreaths ware pesesd upon the ceno taph followed by the hymn when i survey ttewbneoas eross hevj e ostrom pastor of the baptist church conducted the service also de livered the address m which he paid- tribute to those who had sacrificed their lives in both wars the honour ron was called by ode wallace thompson secretary of branch 130 canadian trfigkm tbe last post was sounded followe by two minutes silence tbe obis pipe band played tbe leasent over the seas to bkye reveille was then sounded after which rev ostrom pro- nouneed tbe benedictton end all join ed in smfttnc the ksjfaosl ahtbem wreaths were pleosd on tbe osno- tapb by oanafthrn lsgtotv branob 130 ledsta auxiliary canadian le gion town counctt aei coas ts commute nshrtsrti lsdge x ocdm mrs tost adfae mmstex elrs kennedy hnx jeaaasjer eadf mrs harry hdta mrs ftsnete coy lone soots lfr sttdley ft scout troop mrs imr