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the geoi m town herald wednea january 17th 1945 snf vjb ammsukiaaeas john doe dec 45 i but is rr paper 1945 on the label of your newsprint rationing and mailing regulations make it essential that our list be kept paid in advance your cooperation helps to make it 100 per cent so check that label today you wont want to miss one of the interesting features scheduled for you in future editions full cover age of the local hockey leagues smith stone news column high school news stories of our men overseas as well as full quota of local and district news items over 1350 copies of the georgetown herald are printed every week over 100 new subscribers have been added to our list in the past year odmer boat cntj- jzsiti batf fc imtfc frqty jtiti feshwetson of the avyi n sydney rtfilaa a letter from 3 iutflnttety telling u that he wf fln bad woeiod cigarettes regolsilyt paokjweol iiunwl lastly his gtarfsfe maijmircel on peoember 13th all to good condition he bad leave in horn a lew days before writing- and sad met donald mcfhau and bxl hnl two other old s s employees a very interesting card arrived from bill drlnkwater in holland it was mint ed in red and green on the front in side was a verse printed in gold and bui had written inside as follows heres wishing you all a very merry christmas and a happy and prosper ous new tear this card was made entirely by a couple of boys m my platoon hardly a thousand yards from jerry cheerio and the bestqf luck to all at s b the trade mart appearing on the book in small green letters is silt trench publisher tno we are pleased to welcome back to the bakellte dept this week gordon james who has been discharged from the army its nice to see the boys come back again in the assembly we welcome doris presswood- who has returned after being out for about a year we are sorry to report that jack harlow is unable to work again and since his arm is not coming along very well it is necessary for him to go to toronto to see dr ckallle a bone specialist tough luck jack we hope youli soon be better from oar office window the other day we saw a most interesting and a sight some six or eight girls were trying very hard to push a big car which was stuck in the snow at the edge of the road the funny part of it is that they succeed ed and got the car started merrily on its way the manpower shortage nlte in the funniest places the office girls intended having a tobogganing and akilng party last fri day night but it was mild during the day so the party turned out to be a theatre party with lunch afterwards at isobel richardsons it was necessary for them to hike around several blocks after the show in order to work up an appetite for all the soup and hamburgs prepared for a skiing party but we are pleased to report that the plan succeeded and all the food was coisumed one fellow in smith stone had to all out a questtonalre recently as to why he wasnt at work one question john sturgess baritone star of jolly miller time win appear on the feature production a man for a that over obcs trana- oanaav network thursday janu ary 05 at 103o pjn the proi gram is presented in honor of ro bert burns iwth birth date the canadlanhorn radio singer com- mutes from buffalo to toronto each week to join the jolly mil ler company heard wednesday at ajqo pm apprreciative lettrb to navy league pkom ttrm bag reotjhknt an appreciative letter from the re cipient of a ditty bag packed in geor getown waa received last week by the local branch of the navy league and as it will be of interest to all those energetic ladles whose time and money makes these possible the secretary of the branch has allowed us to repro duce it here is the letter january 1st ims dear good people i regret that i do not know how or to whom i should address this note which of necessity must he brief but who ever reads it must take it for granted that i mean what i say when i address you as good people when i arrived in halifax on christ mas eve i dont mind telling you that i was feeling pretty blue it was not just the thought of being away from home at christmas time i am getting quite used to that now as i have only spent one such time in england since the beginning of the war that one was in 1939 and even then i was not at home but at school and as ber of the home guard or as it was then called local defence volun teers i was on watch since then i have spent the season in all sorte of strange places around you bow grately every stogte man w rj tfiopfcad me a i them so l tomft a note of appreclauooh fifk helr own i ditty rt marly all hands i thjog astttobut r jo however there jlpt wfib do noli lojf there are two men bnlxjthla trip w cannot read or y others who do not 1 and others who are afraid that their grammar wouldnt stand the strain for myself i know i cant write de cently and if my grammar doesnt stand the strain well thats too bad i opened my own ditty bag on christmas morning to find the most super assortment of presents imagin able- every single thing is very use ful or as in the case 61 the piece of christmas cake i received jolly en joyable the people responsible for choosing what to put in those bags and i mean of course totj really are doing a grand job and are doing it perfectly yon certainly know what we like and what we use and i oeht wish that i knew of a way in whsov- i could thank you all for your kind thoughtfumeea when i unpacked my bag i began to think that i really dont deserve all this it should be going to someone who really needs it more than i let me tell you that your ditt bags dis pelled an awful lot of that gloominess about the ship this christmas and for that alone i am very grateful to you so thank you again youre swell yours sincerely david olabjk oadet said what was the nature of your the world sometimes hardly realising illness h mim win -rv- what the date waa renew your subscription to the the georgetown herald 52 issues packed with interesting news and features for only 200 illness he said flu then the questlonaire said what doctor if any he put in dr mcnlsh and the slip was passed through it was true though the doctor was in a 26 os bottle pottery pieces jum we three again with some news from the pot tery wonder if wedding bells will soon be ringing for a certain press man and a fettler in the casting de partment it looks very serious this week we welcome back an old friend mel spence helena looks happy about it all ray pinkney is back with us on the press une ray is one of those two job men who spends his summers on the farm the winters at s 8 glad to see you back ray our merchant naval man bruce collins has returned to an eastern base after spending a few weeks with his parents mr and mrs alt collins and sister blame bruce was busily engaged throughout his leave at 8 8 working on a clay press hoping to see you again soon bruce herb preston of the glen discharged from the alrforce a few weeks ago reported to the army this week during his leave be resumed his work on the presses glad have had you with us herble gordon stringer terra cotta was completely snowbound last week hi only way of getting here was detour- lng approximately fifty miles last week he made it only to be snow bound ogam this time away from home gord is a very energetic fel low working the land in spring and summer running a clay press fall and winter and year round taking orders for waudns products anyone need anything whats the matter reg and dave no singing break ing eye glasses is the order of the day on the car line douglas herring- ton was given his rejection paper last week glad to hear mr emmerson has regained his voice anyone wish ing to try his throat remedy write or- call dr mcnlsh guelph across from the onr station james says its very special we hear one of our press men harvey bip king is busily en gaged curling we wonder if he curls as well as he plays crib spider has joined the same sport lets see what you can do boys dorothy hu1 has shown us a fine collection of photo graphs of belgium and holland sent to her by her brother jim serving with the cdn army signal corps on the border of germany we hear our junior glazer has not only taken chicken raising m his stride but also shooting rats kept quite busr no doubt eh bui a young bachelor from here celebrated bis birthday on saturday a special request the song cedarvale mr smith griffin jr attended the short course which was held at the oac in guelph friends in this oomntuntty extend- their sincere sympathy to mr and mrs d root and family in the death their infant daughter alice liar- ion owing to the condition of weather and roads it has made it hard for oar local mallman to make his oute mr arthur grlffln has received word of his nephew opl lloyd griffin who is back in a hospital in ufla after being seriously ill overseas eqs f hope for him a speedy recov ery number from here attended the miscellaneous shower in erin hsu on friday evening for mr and mrs btor- ton and family who recently lost their home by fire no it was not just that which made me feel a trifle blue although of course that didnt exactly help i i was expecting to go to new york instead of to halifax when our orders were changed halfway across the atlantic in new york i have many friends and relatives several of whom hajj planned out my stay in part for me i think i know new york as well as i know most places in my own country as i have been there some seventeen or eighteen times bo now i think you can understand why felt rather disappointed when came here i have been to wh once before but on that occasion did not have much time to get to know it however i like the people very much to me the people are so much more like the than those la new york are and that after all makes quite a difference to an eng lishman i this may sound to you rather a dubious compliment as x dont know your vtewb concerning us but please believe me when i say that is my way of making a complim ent the english never were good at expressing themselves were they on christmas eve a few hours af ter we had docked a naval launch came alongside and brought a whole load of ditty bags the exact number of the crew had been kept from the last time we came here november ims so precisely that number of ditty bags were brought on board i was made responsible for thelssu lng of the bags and i need hardly tell hit dont pence me in was dedicated tjilm at the dance saturday night whats the matter dont you like 11 bill we are told one of the maintenance workers has had the hon our of meeting crown beauty miss ajax at isabels house pretty nine we hear she would make a perfect model wanted a tew singing les sons there seems to be no difference between a glazer bit screeching and the car girls singing while on the subject one of our girls was almost in tears this am during an argu ment about the popularity of prank sinatra and blng crosby she was a sinatra swooner but theyre both very good we think we feel a great deal of credit should be granted to a very good friends of ours the man who brings our morning nourishment ernie thompson for fourteen or fifteen years ernie has brought n to the plant through all kinds ol weather including the enow storm eta maybe missing day or two when be couldnt find a chocolate ow take a bow smle annual meeting ot u esqutsins agricultural soriaty operating georgetown fair wol be held in the municipal building saturday jan 27 at 300 oclock sharp general business and 1944 fair report election of officers for 1945 evhrybooy weloomb ladies ore especially invited to attend and form a lady directorate craig heid president p w cleave treasurer u mcgilvray secretary this get results lost i reward to anyone iady yellow gold wrist tftl and bracelet believed lost on g saturday evening r r ouelph st and post offloo rnder pleam notify i shortly after the herald was published last week j the finder of this lost ar- tide contacted the herald office and was put in 1 touch with the owner try a 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