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the georgetown herald wednes february 1 4th 1945 ler express findsamlsmpsreaiideeitor hollywood george memnrrsy traffic solic itor for the canadian pacific express company at edmonton alta was the santa claus who provided four reindeer for para mount pictures in hollywood when that company had to have them for scenes in road to utopia forthcoming film on the alaska gold rush starring bob hope bing crosby and dorothy laipour he had a recollection of a fellow somewhere in saskatchew an driving trained reindeer when the word went out that the film capital had to have atmosphere for the picture he checked wifii the publicity office of the saskat chewan government in regina and found j j dalke of por cupine plain between hudson junction and tisdale was the fellow he had nine reindeer all trained having found his man mr mcmurray made arrangements to ship immediately and in the top picture the canadian pacific express man had his picture taken with mr dmlke left and the unusual caa also provid ed for koad to utopia but naturally segregated from the reindeer for shipping were 27 sleigh dogs with the lower pic ture showing some of the huskies being trained at ryans farm at st albert near edmonton mr mcmurrays claim always has been the canadian pacific express can ship anything and the reindeer ana the huskies be lined up on this assignment makes it no idle boast tne reindeer fiveyearold cupid a lady and dander prancer and dancer aula aged cix two and three required a specially heated car and their diet of turnips earrot3 potatoes cabbages and gramaloo called for special care the reindeer were available be cause mr dalke their owner refused to believe those who said it was impossible to train and harness the creatures he has dehorned the four who fill the hollywood bill an omission which the property department likely will remedy the reindeer must be back from the united states id 29 days according to the firs permit issued on t milton council meeting a motion was 1 authorizing tbe purchase of the att far a sewerage disposal plant and mrs prank perry received i ifor last week that their son pte alttmr perry serving in holland with 1 fyhtnti ia seriously 111 announcement was made today that brigadier p m lott of milton with the canadian dental oorp has been awarded the canadian efficiency de coration mrs lloyd mcmurdo and merelyne have moved from milton to the wil liamson block in acton james bradley 78 formerly well known barber diedyesterday at st marys hospital kuteer born in milton he tsarted as a barbers ap prentice in fergus when 16 and open ed a barber shop in kitchener in 1896 o am pi on knox church annual meeting members of knox presbyterian chunci received and adopted financial reports at the annual meeting held tuesday evening february 6th which rcealod uic very satisfactory poltlon the congregation the overall bulances were shown to be substanti ally greater tiun at the previous year- end and a considerable sum was set aside for the lenovation of the church property the brief service of worship was conducted by the minister after which tin business was transacted mr coc irane was elected chairman an t mi ajex hume secretary of the meting in his address the chair man expressed his appreciation for the support which had been given him during the year and for the encour agement which had been afforded hhn bv the congregation generally re ports wert then reviewed and adopted ithe election of new managers to re place the three retiring from the board rt- ulted in the return of messrs robt alexander william cromar and ed ward mcwhtrter mr cecil dobie was re elect d treasurer of the congreg ation mrs herbert harlow and miss jean martin were returned as stew artis mis janet mcdougali was re tl cted to tin office of budget treas- ur r md messrs s j mackenzie and ft b poutis rt appointed auditors upon the retirement of mr fred 1 homp on from the office mr sam himwn was elected record secre tary a vote of ciianks was given to each of the following officers miss janet mcdougali mrs herbert har low miss jean martin mr cecil do bie mr s j mackenzie and mr r b foulls for their painstaking work in connection witi the finances of the congregation all were reappolnted to their ofneet for another year mr edward mcwhirter assumed the chair for a further discussion of busi ness relating to the congregation and a full discussion was heard of the problem of renovating the church building the meeting was then ad journed and delightful refreshments were served by the ladles of the con gregation hockey play off tomorrow norval and malton card of thanks in grateful appreciation of the many expressions of sympathy from friends in georgetown in the sudden iocs of a loving father walter and mary biehn liquor control board of ontario notice to individual liquor permit holders do not destroy your present individual liquor permit liquor permits will be extended not reissued to march 31st 1946 on application and payment of 100 at any liquor control board store on and after march 19th 1945 the decision to extend the use of the present permits will effect a substantial saving in paper y and printing costs and is in keeping with present day conservation policies william g webster chief commissioner carrolls lyimer condensed soup nabob coffee vj 43c muffets special 3 pktp 25c honey z soc shortening 19c tomato juice oc palmolive st z lie frys cocoa 19c 31c baby foods llbbys 7c javex btl 14c brutes bird seed loai 17 fiom miller puppy midgets a ife s5c chan speed coat u 59c 9se suds 1 3tfe prtncmi soap flakes x4e to clnwi paintwork solvease ase snow x3a aylnwr bblr ptocwj peas mi tin ito cream of wheat m i4o s2e oregon wafjwts ib 53c shelled almonds ib 9c c b marmalade hiwmc sardines ti iso qalr quaker oats tg 19c wo reamre th rlfht to uattt untitles of all merchanntne new cabbage size 96 grapefruit size 300 lemons 4 for 7o dox 39c coupons to use february 15th sugar 46 to 63 preserves 33 to 40 butter 90 to jt because filial mufiom are eailly tort w cannot take ordrrj over the if r lo iy rationed metcluiyhic to be delivered and the coupons collected by the del very coy h you i acoutomed ia having year order deilrered and you require rationed merehardiie t wh be netempr ic yoa to iee that we retrlw the cm pom before we can del w the order phone 357 georgetown mada nr we re pre i thai thousands of applicants have- had to line up for telephone teracec- telrphone equipment has been critically sherk berause this is a communication war and of cour the irmril forces th government and war industries still move automatically tor the head of the line their needs come firau only as material becomes available for test argent needs can we take care of ear waiting list and on a firstcomefirafcaerved basis we realise ita no fun having to stand hi una thli way applicants have been snrprulafly cheerful about it a fact we deeply appredatav we just want them to know that we wiu hm every bit as glad as they when we can once again meet every request for telephone service fully and promptly