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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday november 22nd 1944 2 00 per annum 5c a copy halton makes victory jjym pfford m ahapa million went a million oer objec tive georgetown and dis trict well in the lead final figures lor the seventh vic tory loan in georgetown and esaues- tng georgetown district are now available and reveal that a grand to tal of 563600 was invested in vic tory bonds this is 147 of the 385000 objective and leads all other sntijea to halton county by a good margin of this amount 348400 a little over the total quota for the dis trict was subscribed in georgetown and 177100 in eoqueslng as a ape- l mark of honour for this achleve- jnt the halton county plaque will i presented to georgetown and dis trict next wednesday night at 8 o clock in the municipal building the public is invited to be present a t weldon oakville county chairman will make the presentation oakville and district were second high in the county with 136 of their objective obtained milton and dis trict stood next in line with 135 it is to the credit of the county m a whole that every co over subscribed its objective with the re sult that the county went nearly a million dollars over the top of its 2350 000 objective a total of 3- 006800 was invested in seventh vic tory loan bonds this amount is the largest ever raised in halton county in any loan and official word has been received that the county has made a record per capita in canada charles icam terra cotta dies in 88th year terra gotta s oldest resident charles icam suffered a stroke at his home and passed away last sunday morn ing in his 88tti year mr loam sod of the late mr and mrs joseph icam was bom m knaland and cams out to canada hi an oldtime sailing ship when he was only 14 yean of am tjbe journey took atx weeks he uved in the georgetown and terra ootta district lor several years before returning again to england while there he married miss kate bowler and they came out to canada together in 1003 mr and mrs icam settled m terra ootta and have lived there ever since for toe past fifteen tears mr icam has not been wan and has led a very quiet life surviving him arehis wife and ave j children norman and leslie terra ootta bdna mrs waiter harvard i ouelph elsie mrs harvey pucker ing toronto georgtna mrs russell kidd oaledon there are also atx grandsons and one granddaughter the late mr icam was the last surviving member of a f of five the funeral service was held from bis residence with rev j l self of nerval and union presbyterian churches taking the service inter ment was in olen williams cemetery the following were pallbearers jos mchrlde wesley rutiedge ben totmg ftred lyons edward town- send george whitney council plan to keep streets free of snow the weather by h i hutt after an unusually one autumn fol lowed by a whole week of leaden suei winter settled in on us yesterday with an all day light fall of snow that by night had reached a depth of thro inches i with no frost in he ground it will no doubt keep melting away under neath and it is possible we may yet see bare earth again this winter now is the time to come to the re lief of toe qirds fifty cents invested in scratch grain for the hira and little of it mattered each morning where one can watch the birds enjoy ing it would yield big returns in plea sure for the whole fanujy all winter following are the local weather re cords date h and l proctat- temp tatlon chrotroaa gifts sent by iode to adopted ship members 01 toml uolulcu ib wednesday evening in special session to discuss plans for clearing the streets of snow this coming winter while no definite action has been taken it expected that the matter will be settled a the december meeting and that georgetown streets will be plow- ed this winter a street light was asked for by the residents on arietta st and council agreed to take the matter up when all members of council were present council decided to meet again on wed nov 22nd when the interim statement could be gone over and final arrangement made for nomin ation and the holding of an election necessary arathmnrw chap- turn nov u 51 20 wed mot 16 45 37 10- ntn thum mot 10 36 35 4 ratal fri nov 17 as 34 sat nov 18 39 35 06 ram sun nov 19 39 33 mon not 30 3 30 3- gucnt sgt james emmerson in england with the rcaf has been promoted to plight sergeant rebekahs hold successful bazaab the bazaar in knox presbterlan church basement last friday after i oon and evening under auspices of past noble grand s club of verdun rebefcah lodge no 184 as a decided success at 3 o clock mrs harold cleave president of the past noble grands club welcomed the ladles who were present and introduced mrs florence young district deputy president of centre district no 23 of toronto who officially opened the bazaar and af ter the singing of god save the king the bazaar was in full swing the various booths were very pretty decorated in the lodge colors of pink and green and filled to capacity with articles made mostly by the mtmbers the booths included fancy work treasure chest home baking fish pond and toy animals of every description the tea room was well patronized during the afternoon the following talent contributed musical numbers mich were much appreciated by all miss marlon hildon pianist toronto miss mary moyer georgetown vocal solo piano duets miss june clarke and mr kenneth harrison miss mol lie hepburn and mr kenneth har rison mr harrison also played se veral piano selections the committee wish to thank all those who patronized the bazaar oi helped in any way to make it the success it was balunafad the november meeting of the mis sion circle was held on friday even ing at tn of miss lydia snow the worship service was in charge of the president assisted by miss betty macoaskul and mrs n sinclair the topic was given by miss norma mc- kechnle and the watchtower by miss betty mdler mrs wlllard of toronto spent week end at the home of miss b hilts the farm forum meets this week at the home of mr and mrs root mo- eoery the women a association held tbefa meeting on tuesday at the home of mrs john snow plans ware made to have a supper in the near future word has been received of the pro motion of malcolm brandford over seas to the rank of lance corporal i o de met for their regular monthly meeting in the legion hall on monday evening the regent mrs l j bell presided and mrs walter biehn acted as secretary for the meet ing the treasurers report was read by miss marjory gault sixteen mem bers were present the christmas parcels the mem bers of the crew of the adopted mine sweeper have been shipped and con tained chocolates cigarettes pockcit editions thermos bottles playing cards and games christmas cake 40 00 was also voted to take care of gifts and candy for christmas for the chapters adopted northern school a bale of warm used clothing will also be packed for the school and members are asked to bring or send their donations to the next meeting which will be held on december lltn at the home of mrs woo thomp son 500 was donated to the poppy fund and 25 00 to the blanket fund to be tisld for blankets for british bomb victims due to the inclement weather the guest speaker mr wesley stanley of the canadian national institute for the blind was unable to be present lhe chapter agreed to render every issistance to the blind possible in response to a letter from the provincial c lapter a resolution will be forwarded to the halton member of parliament asking that the gov- mment send reinforcements overseas mrs walter biehn agreed to act as i o d e representative on the rehab illation committee the hostesses for the evening were mrs s mackenzie mrs c wiuaon miss marjory gault prenonunationsurvey indicates mayoraltyand 2 elections board of trade news at the executive meeting of geor getown board of trade held wednes day november 15th the following p ogram for winter meetings was drawn up december 6bh municipal building town planning and need for a pro per survey map of the corporation of georgetown speaker james a murray staff of school of architec ture and city planning board of to ronto january agricultural night ar rangements to be announced by agri cultural committee february labor and management relations arrangements to be an nounced later by industrial commrt- tes march future of small retailer arrangements to be announced later by retail division of board of trade georgetown board of trade are of fering a trophy to be played for by teams of georgetown and district which can be organized into a midget hockey league walt richardson chairman mrs percy king as holder of the lucky number ticket at the board of trade carnival won the sully alui m in urn roasting oven kewmembers join georgetown lions club a hunting party of seven men from town and district including george muckart art scott ted bludd of georgetown andrew young and char lie dyer of hlusburgh and two men from hespeler have returned to their homes after a ten day hunt in the huntsvllle district they got one buck and a couple of foxes unionneighbours honour mr ancpmrs eric leslie ninety friends and nelghgaure were present at a community presentation held at the home of mr and mrs g c bishop on friday november i7th in honour of mr and mrs brie les dear francis and eric a delightful program was enjoyed with rev j l self norval chairman for the evening mildred eason- gave a reading carson watson a guitar solo and jo lyons a recitation on behalf of dose present messrs clifford cook and hartley cameron presented mr and mrs leslie with a gate legged living room table and while this was being presented miss merle hostrawser and mrs ernie arm strong uncovered a studio couch which was also presented to the newlyweds with the following addremt dear francis and eric it is with feelings of keen pleasure that we your friends of the com munity have gathered here this even- tnr to express to you our best wishes on the happy occasion of your mar riage occasions such as this an some tinged with s feeling of sadness but that is entirely absent ton were bote bora in tins nelfbbor- hood and received your education at the same stone schoobxmse and now w miotes that yon are making your borne m car midst i as we look forward through the years of life s calm and life s stormy weather and life 5 sunshine and life a rain we see a bright future before ou may heavens richest blessings i follow von to the end of the trail i shakespeare said to wed is to toll i to work to weave and to spin if so may your tolling or weaving be interwoven with rays of gold of love j of friendship of success i you frances have always been found to be of a cheerful disposition been considerate and kind to your many friends you were always ready with our time and talent when the need arose brie your genial man ner and everhelping band has made for you many friends and we are sure you will have a happy life with such a helpmate as you have chosen as a token of our esteem toward you both we ask you to accept these gifts and we trust that providence may be kind to you and that you may be blessed with kmg life and happiness after the presentation many wars called on to eoagratalate the happy couple sad wish them waq ad join ed in a social time fooowmf wfckn a bounteous inms was served by in indie at the dinner meeting of the geor getown lions club held monday even- ng in the mcglbbon house five new members were initiated into the club the initiation ceremony was under the direction of lion harold mcclure assisted by lions walter carpenter g w mclintock w f bradley jas ballantlne walter biehn and uon chief leroy dale new members wel- xmed into the club were vic dlggins mayor harold cleave charlie wulson jack armstrong and eric oolvln memorial park discussed omest of the club for the evening was mr glover landscape gardener of the ontario reformatory ouelph mr glover presented sketches of a pro posed memorial park to be erected on the water street property adjoining the post office which is owned by the club the property has been graded and levelled and further work in this direction will be done within the nex few days it was mr glovers suggestion that the park be planned as a formal gar den which would beautify a central section of the town and stand as a memorial to men of the two world wars club members were impressed with the plan and further discussion 1 nd planning along this line is to take place zone meeting report the secretary lion carpenter gave a report of the recent zone meeting at oooksvitle which was attended by lions dale carpenter brill licata and benhaox an invitation was re celved from the newly formed ouelph lions club to attend their charter night next month l plans for a de- ember meeting at which mr mlsener of the bell telephone co will give an illustrated talk on the telephone were discussed and lions carpenter mcgllvray and mcclure were appoint ed a committee to look after this it is planned to invite anyone interests 1 to attend this talk which advance re ports label extremely interesting lions christmas tree lion ab tost reported that ticket ales on the christmas lucky draw were meeting with marked success in addition to the usual prizes of fowl this year a doll dressed in 25 one collar bills is a big attraction of the 1 ticky draw proceeds from sale of tickets are used for the annual chrlst- mj tree for the kiddles which has become one of the years mostlooked forwurdto events pte mrs t o dolson speaks to norval juniors the monthly meeting of the norval junior institute and junior- farmers was held at the home of elsie and john bird on tnesday evening nov 14th marlon hunter took charge of the meeting of the junior institute due t the serious illness of the president charlotte mccullough marlon cur rle and betty ruddell gave a report of the institute convention which they attended in ouelph nov 0 and which also included a tour of guclph h mayor robson ismej kean re viewed recent current events and showed a scrap book compiled of varl j news items mrs c b dick in a most interesting manner spoke on three modem canadian authors lloyd douglas maso de la roche o qta ham and described several books which they have written books i should be educating as well as inter esting and should leave the reader with something to think about at the meeting of the junior far- mera mr john pawley spoke on farm management i an interesting feature of the joint meeting was the presentation of a hassock to aeolyn and gordon fisher doris harding favoured with a solo accompanied st the piano by john bird my carson gave several musi cal nu mrs t o dolson was the fuast speaker of the evento and chose as har topic ttasnsmp aba stressed the tm of ettfaenthlp the batter the home bfe tn a com munity the better wtrftie ok eom- munity ward brownrldge moved a vote of thanks to mr and mrs bird elsie i tnd john for their kindness in open ing their home to the juniors re freshments were then served by the lurch committee jean lindsay and craig reld the next meeting will be held on december 12th at the home of harry dcvereaux rocky lorusso home from oversea another veteran of the european campaign arrived home in georgetown last thursday night in the person of pte rocky lorusso pte jlorusso was one of the lome soot who left for overseas in june 1641 after training in england he went to france on july loth and was invalided from there to england after seeing action in the normandy campaign aithoug pleased to be back with bis family in town pte lorusso hated to leave his pals overseas perhaps a further reason is that he also leaves fh the old country his wife the for mer mary wright of glasgow soot- land rocky is to our knowledge the first of the george boys to marry overseas the wedding took place in scotland on october 21st 1 1p41 mrs lorusso is a member of i the ats and expects to join her husband here sometime before next easter meanwhile she is keeping ffi touch with life in her future home b reading the herald the couple had the misfortune to lose their baby son born in 1mb pt lorusso ba notua hot good to say about the treatment sosorded the canadian troops in atflssnd but when he mentions scotland he uses superlatives however perhaps a cer tain scotch lassie has prejudiced him in that regard he wttl spend thirty rav furlough in town and then re ports to toronto tor treatment at christie street hospital he also men tioned the good food served to the troops in france which was superior to that served in the camps in eng land an older brother spr frank lor- nso is serving with the canadian forces in italy to victory loan committee the georgetown and district seventh vlctorv lonn committee dear sirs once again the dominion of can ada has had a sitccessful victory loan campaign the final figures for your district are as you know e 4366 400 e i 177 100 total 663 500 each district in the county by ex ceedlng its quota helped in making this our biggest loan to date the county of halton in subscriglng 3 008 800 has made a record per capita subscribed through salesmen and ganka which has never been approach- ed in canada we would like to extend our most sincere congratulations to you and your committee on such a splendid job and assure you that we appreciate your efforts more than we can say we would appreciate ityery much if you woum thank the members of your committee canvassers and subscribers on our behalf tooth very truty w n btdda c d lfooreary tthtt organisers yo r has b qolng soms preelection sleuthing this week and indications are that there will be two man contest for mayor of george town in the december elections as well as a race for councillors in at least one ward mayor harold cleave when inter viewed expressed his intention of seek ing reelection this year after serv ing one term as director of the towxrtl affairs i feel that the past year br been a good one and the 1944 cotmow has made a success of its work stat ed mayor cleave and if the voters see fit to reelect me i will devote the same energy to toe business of th coming year mayor cleave is a veteran public servant having served several terms as councillor and reeva and being warden of the county in 1035 no newcomer to the local political field is exmayor joseph gibbons who has announced his intention of re entering the mayoralty- contest after a years retirement i guess its in my wood said mr gibbons when inter- lewed and i have decided to go be fore the people again this year as a candidate for mayor cr garfield mogilvray who served his first term on 1044 councu will be a candidate in ward 1 as wia cr bui thompson who has served se veral terms on council another firsttenner cr jack arm strong will again be a candidate to ward 2 cr cliff bradley is stm un decided as to his intentions in want 2 with four years service or bradley is one of the senior member of this years council the present councinors in ward t crs s w orr and thomas l lyon are both in the field in that district which makes a potential 100 bm for reelection from the present coral- 41 1 reeve k r macdonald will onda more be a candidate for that office af er serving a year on county oounofl present indications point to aa ac clamation as no councillor has nidi- ated a desire to step up this year indications point to an election ka ward 2 where thos bason jr bav announced that tie win be a candida for office art speight president of the board of trade who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for council states that he has absolutely and definitely no intentions of runn ing sam mackenzie former coun cillor who has been mooted as ft pos sible candidate also was quite empha tic in stating that at present bis plans did not include a return to public life perhaps the friday nomination meeting will bring forth some dark horses in the field perhaps some of those interviewed will have a chaagw of plans at any rate the above is a summary of election prospects as we i see them next weeks herald will tell the story cabd of thanks mr and mrs i m of laxevlewi wish to express many than to al liance paper mills ltd and e yees for beautiful bouquet of 1 received on armstice day in brance of their son victor presentationfinshonour of mr and mrs andrew mino a presentation and social evening as held at the home of mr and mrs william mitchel on novemger 16th to honour mr and mrs andrew mlno who were just recently married a argc group or friends and neighbors f limehouse gathered and short ad dresses were lead by rev c c coch ane messrs h price k c lindsay a benton mr mino thanked those present on behalf of his wife and himself in very appreciative terms the fo lowing address accompanied the presentation of two occasional chilrs dear andrew and mrs mino this is an occasion to which we as vour friends in and about the village o limehouse have looked forward vi lth considerable anticipation and pleasure for it affords us an op portunity first of all of expressing in some visible manner the esteem in which you andrew are held among us and secondly of welcoming to our midst the lady whom you have chosen lto be your wife we think perhaps it would only serve to e you lfwe were to try to list those qualities of mind and heart which have secured for you place of so great respect amonc as suffice it to say that this is an op portunity which none of os would wtntngly forego and for you mrs mlno 1st os ax- press on behalf of the community a very sincere welcome indeed know ing your husband as we do we look forward with confidence upon your decision to live among us we intend to be good neighbours and eventually fast friends if in the days that u ahead there is any way in which we can be of service to you you have only to let us know very cordlaqy john n newton t h pries a w benton the evening was brought to a close by the singing of god save the ktnff and a dainty lunch served by the ladies active service notes news of the promotion ot brooe hurley to lance ooxpoial bm been received lcppi hmlej la with the mfaltieirnean h4 staff in xtaly mr and lto robert scant of st nmnrtm noehx wad neent- 17 ita their ho bad taen ka to milan on tfae western nnot 1h xoecotfi m ftrocr lejmenbi off tfeto or the w o anthem awetam about twenty or twmtrtumf eat theru tm trtenae tt osmjafevto l nun thy nt extsodsd n famox