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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday february 14th 1945 2 00 per annum 5c a copy ntermediate playoff series drawing large crowds bombnes trounce malton 72 monday after tie game last thursday tomorrows game may be deciding factor for league championship the noxvalgeorgetown combines certainly struck their stride and the moment it looks doubtful toetber maltonwill be able to hold k under the onslaught of the attack ing red and white in the last three buries the combines have drawn wo erins and a tie which augur well for the next playoff affair and which is a fat cry from the outset of the sea s play mo doubt tomorrows game at the will be one of the highlight of the hockey season with malton matting under the trouncing of jmonday nights game and the local jtearo are eager bo annex a group championship and continue further in to the oha playdowns it is hop- led however that they will not under estimate the ability of the malton team after three hectic periods of good last hockey last thursday the flxst game of the intermediate a group playoffs ended in a 3all tie no overtime was played as there it no ruling for this in playoff games vine combines went out in the lead of the twooutofthree game series on monday night of this week when they defeated the rival malton squad 72 the visitors ere handicapped in the and second periods when they ran pte hedley shaw missing in action word was received this morning that pte hedley shaw serving with the infantry in holland is missing presumed killed in action pte shaw a popular georgetown merchant before enlisting was proprie tor of shaw s feed gain and seed store he had been overseas less than six months overseas one year bombaimer missing flight sergeant lawrence beaumont rcaf second son of mr and mrs william beaumont of glen williams overseas about a year is listed as miss ing in action over germany on feb ruary 3 according to a recent notifi cation one of two brothers serving with the air force flight sergeant beaumont who was born in the glen attending schools in the village and in george town enlisting from high school at the age of 17 years at toronto he trained at trenton prince albert rivers manitoba where he was winged at summerslde pei st johns que- into a number of welldeserved pen- d jarv duatln irom th latter as a bombaimer and going overseas last april he has just re cently celebrated his 21st birthday sergeant richard beaumont 26- vear old brother still training in can ada also enlisted at toronto but with the ground crew originally he is now training as a pilot at gimh manitoba he was an employee of the canadian bank of commerce at time of enlist ment and trained at mountain view calgary edmonton and british colu mbia he waj an instructor for some months at calgarj and bc alties they were carrying high sticks with a chip on their shoulder tnd the referee was quick to penalize the or- fending players and thus kept the game well in hand the locals played a fairly clean game feeling ran high through the large crowd of spectators when in the flrst period referee patterson called back a georgetown goal to some it looked jike a sure thing but the referee said he called it as he saw it both teams scored in this period screrzl getting the first goal of the game and eight minutes later montgomer tied it up the combines had a held day in the second period scoring lour times this break for the combines was probably perryman brothers pupils and parents enjoyed united church carnival ideal weather excellent ice and everything that goes to make an event successful one prevailed tuesday night when the united church arena night was held the carnival was in charge of the superintendent mr howard wrig- glesworth and teachers of the sun day school mr bill mhuere jr and othcr oncerj are hfc broadcasting outfit added much hon senumrs woo thomp to the success of the evening the aoa members l of the session judged the 1st vlcepresldentmrs j a qrelg costumes and had a difficult time to 2lld vicepresident mrs docide the winners awing to the mv iode annual d y f meeting monday j riant newspaper ror smith stone workers mrs leonard bell re elected recent for 1945 misa hilda erwln secretary at the annual meeting of the coun tess of strathmore chapter i o d e held on monday night in the legion hall mrs leonard j bell was re- splendid array mr frank petoh acted as masterof ceremonies the prizes were awarded as follows children dotur prize richard grace children s lucky spot jean column lorraine emmerson children a elimination billy hewitt races miss snyder s class sandra scott leona conn sue crabtree miss dobson s classjim buck corey her- rington john whitne deans class dorothy lane jane milne muriel fapence mrs tucks class j vice libraries jean tyler mary arnold ann crab- hickey iree obstacle race denis mccartney ron denham billy arnold best comic donald duck crabtree cat george mcclure clown h c wrigglesworth best dressed couple mrs a sjieig it and mrs harvey clark tpr albert presswood home from italy after serving overseas for three and a half years with the ptovernor gen- elected regem for lie coming year oral horse auarda lxtbato trooper albert presswood glen williams ar rived back home last friday having sustained knee injuries during a tank drive in italy he was operated on and has been invalided home he will be on leave at home for thirty days hi wife has been teaching in glen wil liams public school during his ab sence tpr presswood who farmed at glen williams before enlisting four years ago took most of his tank training at camp borden he proceeded overseas six months after enlisting and com pleted his instruction in england tpr pi esswood has been serving in italy since a year ago last christmas other than a slight limp hes feel ing pretty well and is glad to be back ome again there were two other men from georgetown in his unit albert slmson and john scrymgeour secretary miss hilda erwln asst secretary mrs w biehn treasurer miss marjory gault ass t treasurer miss a hlckey educational secretary mrs w thompson echoes secretary mrs j t arm strong standard bearer mrs c willson war services convenor mrs c rue war services committee sewing mis w b ford wool mrs s w orr adopted ship miss chave ser- shaw and miss sue e cripps sells garage business and house publicity and prefab c mvenor- mrs g mcgllvray ihe regent expressed the regret of the members at the loss of two ac me members of the chapter during i ihe past month miss isobel mcdtr mid who had been secretary for the pat five years and mrs p f black mr a e cripps who tor the past best patriotic girl guide phyllis burn icse members will be greatly fourteen years has operated a ford cavanagh boy scout jim mcdonald miitd agency and garage in georgetown best hard time alfred spence mrs t1 u reports wtit read from has sold his business at the comer of bert tuck uit st ritarv treasurer and various main and quelph streets to messrs best national irish margaret i oiivciiors showing some fine work ac cicil hnrdle and lome peters of to- oung chinese flojd varev kcmphlkd d iriiu tin past jtar the ronto messrs hardie and peters have best skating costume clare burns treasure reported i total of 670 15 bten connected with the garage busi- miss white r used ii tv general and war service ness for a number of years and will largest family hie oobbic family d ih a balmie on hand of tke possession or their new premises door prit mary mcclure s83 40 oi apri j jy have a piir adults tlie evening finished oft with an ex i hi siv libi i goinniilttt a r ised the cripps residence in con due to the penalty oo oeiug stacked with malton tes this scoring spree gave the team a lot of confidence and they finished oh uie game with a ctuple more counters in the third period malton added their other goal in the second period bill richardson placed well in the local net while malton s change in goalies looked slightly weaker both forward lines kept up a fast pace but the visiting defence was somewhat disorganized as the combines bore in regularly on the net combines goal richardson de fence self and scherul centre n ferrl wings q ferrl delaat subs shropshire ward richardson munro townsley malton goal coomber defence brush pajtterson centre morton wings chauvtn curne subs buxton montgomery turney markle quacken- bush richardson referee- pat puteron toronto summar1 flrt period combines sent rtj 5 15 malum moi orm i u 00 penilties pi ur- sm i shire schertzl second period malton curne brush combines del lat combines s i opsinre combines sdn r j combinc- richardson ing game of broomball between the lorted 215 raised to date in the book nection with the garage and intend to ladies and lie men and a hockey fund campaign with other donations continue the ford agency still to tome in tht it i hoattssta for the evening i wt rt miss alitt irtanor mrs c rut ind mrs j t armstrong some time ago the labormanage ment committee registered the desire of many of the employees to have a plant publication it was pointed out that this would provide a means of letting all workers know what is going on in the organization it could also be sent to those formerly connected with the company who are now in the armed services thus keeping them in touch with their former associates the management willingly agreed tr co operate in any way possible and v- pay the costs of printing the paper the labormanagement committee representing a cross section of the or ganisation will have the responsibility for the gathering of inplant news and directing the editorial policy along lines desired by the majority miss y adams has been asked by the com mittee to act as editor with mrs lil ian ritchie as associate editor the paper will be primarily a mean of passing on items of news about people connected with the company it will endeavour also to present new about company achievements objec tives and policies as they affect all who are concerned with turning out the products desired by our customers from time to time pertinent inform ation about matters of health legis lation and the community which are of particular interest to us will be in cluded there will be only one taboo gossip is out the paper wdll be published once a month on or about the third saturday it will be distributed in the plant highlight of the first issue which was off the press last sartuday is a contest to choose a name for tie new publication the labormanagement committee will act as a jury in select ing the winning name and a prize of ten dollars in war savings certificate is offered to the employee submitting the best suggestion robert lome mcgibbon dies in 40th year h school inspectors report i followed in dads footsteps although eligible to have claimed ex- miptlon as firmtrs the two sons of mr and mrs e e perrjman of b illmafad bum tnliskd and went tutrseis with tht cmadlan a nm irniiig on the serice record of their f ither who was overseas in tht first uar while serving with tht sttond canadnn pioneer he vwis wounded m france in 1918 in tt battle of bellacourt the famllj received the sad news i ist month that lc iqpl allan earl pcrrman w is killed in utlon in prince enlisting on armistice day 942 robtrt ixrnc mcglbbon i itt mr and mrs s h tin d iddenl in ciiulph ftbruarj igui in his 40th wm of the mcglbbon on friday i the lute mr mcglbbon was born in geor- own and attended georgetown p ibht uid high schools before com- 1 ling his education in toronto he lit id a position with tht national cash rt gistcr company toronto for a i i mber of jtars and then returned o cn orgetow n he has resided in riiilph for the past five years suruung to mourn liis 1 s nt fut i ti rs and om bro htr hitl imrs i dus tri mi mr- w anderson toronto anne mrs casi- tar cobb ntw york 1 i ilh t h mcfurlarid toionto jack und tiladjs it honit the funtral service was htld irom ii latt residence at the mcglbbon he trained at orillla and camp houst main street on monday feb- report of inspector w a jemimas mil r h w ui dttcihkir 1 194 actommodatlor no chniits in ac innuhl ition liu bui muli snilt tin previous lnp ction hu building i maintauuci m i nasonibk good tilt repilr uid the tarttiktr is co jpentiiik will to ktp it cli an the luol la ks tht modtrn facilities ahtrtbj an up todate high school can bt tnrried on it is without an as tmblj room nd gymnasium ns well is tht accommodation for the teacli- inii of agrituliue shop work and household science organization and administration t i to 1 tnroliiun is slightly lariei li n tliat of list jt u howeur nont of tin- tlasms tit too lirt ind tench ir are fl t n opiwrtuiiitj to watch the piogtts i th mr and mis cripps and family n ed to oorretown from acton fourtfpn vpit ago while resident in acton mr cripps w is i car silesman for a ctuple of ears mid was in the t xpress and cartant buslni ss for seven fvrs before that thtir pi ns for tl e moment ire undecided but thev hope to find a suit ibli house and re mtin ihins in georcetown we join ith tnelr friends n trusting that surh all be the cise tor mr cripps has played a promimnt pirt in com in initj life having served on george town council for several terms 1nstititfs hold homb bfrden ind went overseas in jinn 1941 lnndlng in fr inci on ddiy lc cpl perrjmin was wounded jul returned to his platoon in august ind had sen much action in the month before his dtith pte til mis flwood primnin in i tea ibout uie same time as his brc r and afu r training in orillla c imp borden woodstock ind lon ion win overseas in november 1943 h v us womded in itilj last scpltm ind r joini d hi i 1 in i jer m n arv 19th b the ra bt trcrs were messrs c orge birnes walter mt mill hi hrr nmifl mi sibarro gi tlpli cochane albert tost lawson k c i curlph ind lnii nm nt w is il t uckquu teds of si stewarttown iilgrovb nn tl rnifl rjptjiwii itx- titute held m joint meetuig on mon- dav sftemoon feb lth at tl bone 1 mrs fred mcnilk the meeting ptneri b iinging of the institute vii i id rept iting the prayer the l rkiown officers conducting af- 1 1 i brief bi siness period mrs w g duil pupil and to mcdowell introduced miss masters of mrs f c hllock succumbed to heart attack for tliirtj fhe years a resident of georgetown mrs f c hillock the former ellen amelia mdnnis died suddenlj on friday february 16th at the home of her daughter mrs r w woon in toronto mrs hillock sof- fe ed a heart attack and passed away tht same evening born at arnptt ontario ellen ame lia mdnnis was the eldest daughter of the late mr and mrs george mdn nis on march 25th 190q she mar- joint meeting ried frederick o hillock who prede- crimed htr mi and mrs hillock re- tenwood cemetery active service notes ved h turn 10 00 15 15 17 10 17 14 schtrudf 18 00 kit ir n morton third period ward scherl 12 15 thrt a fourth sisttr i ii lp slstt rs it home in n l md eorhlna rs j cimplxll ii es his rett nwij of htr son ho w is killtd in september 17th famllj have lorne scots hockey peimiic shr p i ton towndev rt h r 1 urnev mor irtson currlt w i d ihi scliid ii of tin ami has ten completed romp in ilajeci nif i o ii lor u c coy ii last k ime on di irs- i mis pirc ulllc memoriil cross in iv chudi d lion j i n i prune 1 ist i t i rrtcs which tin ki dij il lowed i tx displaced in the il witukm t i ft w das is of i i tlliik liver and btirs claude b j mi r ink m id nuiiibt i inscribed on bi k a t ird accomp mylng the i this mr mortal cross is lilt- jo i on behalf ol the nn nt of ct nrtn i nrnwy of tion of uit siilijrct w lis ism j w i th it lie ii ji it g english 1 1 ummt nded in i lural however lsidi 1 tin tin to uie spec- it piovision has been i pu md i wttk for edu in i in nidi ix pro bt inndt for uie recep- bro idcasus relittd to this the priiu ipul die nem of time for 3 o t it hut i rtjnl i i ns in itel that ht has of u i p ipils anil ibili i time lablt in generil tht u f lood qinlltv n ade dtflnite pi i l i rhe ns for ndeii ii ork s i effort sided in south river until 1910 which time they moved to georgetown mrs hillock was a member of knc presbyterian church and of the royal circle four sons and one daughter mourn her loss howaid c canadian army active camp borden gordon m mel mrs robt w woon mar jory doronto maurice c george town jack c toronto also surviv ing are three brothers and one sister john t mdnnis g elwood mdn nis chatsworth herbert b mdnnis hanover and mrs thomas miller minn ret i bognar the funeral was held from her late reldence queen st georgetown on she also iolntcd out with tuesday february 20th at 3 p m rev u li imphass tint the rural com jc c cochrane conducted the service iimt ntids uie uilxin and the ur interment was in greenwood ceme- ii needs thi rural m bt irers were her four sons and we snould nil strive to do a little two brothers g elvood and john t re in mliboi iif ind help the com mdnnis mtv in w ih w ll to live the h i ill mi- is komt to pli in put in uit lift if he nation in i i t wi divs in ilosiiif miss ivt tl i 1 iii s four thimes bi oi wn h to work out a imilton who wis suit bv the gw- imii t address the gathering her p being citizenship which i is follows citizenship is being number of n group of people who t togithc to foim a government snud to bring equal opportunities r i good lile to all members of the orant entertains 1loimes v a lt i wi rid and i i tin in id irt be 1 h t th 1 1 ortdit 7 7 it t g ime of th irmy i i georgetown and if i st r well in the plaj offs s i il sho ild be at the top h 1 md tin order of the teams at the end ail wrt i r cdj pi ij he mam attend st ai bn s llims v1ld baaar ant dfnner the annual bazaar and supper of st alban s ladies guild glen williams w i- htlc on throve tuesday febru- arj 13th in the pirtsh hall the event port credit 13 pts oakvllle ii pts proved even more successful than us- otorofttown 10 pts brampton 6 ual and the ladles netted s250 for their pts orangeville 5 pts the playoffs funds through their homemade bak- begin tuesday next feb 27th in ing booth sewinr table ash pond and georgetown on that date a doume- roist beef simper afternoon tea with eider will be played to decide the 1 i i f the regulir schedule js as follows inn tin fimilv pte it ilv n eddie in albr i n umm home reguhrly and all re- tpndwich ind cake was also served the raffle ori a child s wheelbarrow loaded with groceries was won by mr e b tyers georgetown the rector archdeacon w eml finals in the first game beginn ing at 820 the teams finishing first md fourth play namely port credit and brampton in one second game the second and third teams play thompson opened the bazaar the namely oakvlue and georgetown both la ales in charge included mrs w games should be close lnce brampton hadley mrs thomas halnea mrs john hepburn jj mrs arthur beau mont mrs mary cooper m5s s pugh mr dickenson mrs young and mrs herbert prerton ns impoved greatly in their last few games while oakvlue and geo are very evenly matched ooxne and see two good games admission 3sc ard 15c elvea their christmas parcels from iheir mother c1 e c law stationed at a37 infantry training centre pctawawa has recently been promoted to that 11 ui il t oi cleir oral an i i mi m witli i food i- i obt iiihiil uiie it mi k- u d r innmenda ions mr h int nm s to idmmist r the iii i t tl i cipibh on the oli hts orbiinlitlon of the pro- c immi of stualt is designed to meet thi speci i itqulremenus of the pupils he is receiving satisfactory co oper i i m from the teachers and student od this school did not open this lc d for die ml unselfish minmr of thanks 1 tstici ri hi lon nirks uie i ladles is there in eer h v mr ind tht were pa il they and in their responded to rank from lanoe corporal congxatu- ear until september 22nd taking la lions this into consider i tion satisfactory cpl fred armstrong who has been progress is being mid m covering be in georgetown for a few weeks on courses the teachers realize uie lm- leave from the rcaf left on sunday portanoe of dealing thoroughly with for a new posting at mount pleasant the topics selected rather than striving pex to rover every detail of the syllabus of mr and mrs j n cnelll have re- eich subject delved word that their grandson tib i the total enrolment is 130 made up john d bhelev u with the invasion i of 52 boys and 68 girls of the 120 forces on luzon in the philippines students enrolled there are 13 town sgt dick b has been trarw- students and 44 halton county stai- ferred from pearoe alberta to gtmh dents and 4 students from other eoun- manltoba ties moved to miss master- mr and mrs ostrom and mrs pa il also the hostess mrs mc- nilij and the meeting closed by h cing the national anthem af ter which a cup of tea was served by t he hostess assisted by a committee atttvk service notes sgt alex korzaok of iceland is home on furlough with his wife and daughter lynda p0 bill armstrong and 8gt larry mackensie have reported back to st thomas after spending a few weeks leave at their homes here flgt h m hunter oi norvau re ceived his honourable dlscmrrge from mrs w v grant entertained niem- f st cioi i s wa at a volen- m pi tj on widnesdaj evening feu i4th itn hi j vtd i viell arranged iri ini of umes and contests mrs sli macken7i md mrs j mcmenemy i tin v 1 l n rntist mrs sam walker and mrs w g o thompson t lie telegram contest mrs william biillnnnt the mtmory contest mrs b fnncla the cosmetic contest and mrs sargent uie health contest during the evening a collection was taken to be used for repairing the choir vestments delic ous refreshments served by th hostess brought the evening to a close the rcaf last thursday and wul nutomatlcauy become a member of the reserve airforce he has been stationed in toronto and out west congratulations to chief ptttt of ficer jack tost on ma stepup irom the rank of ptty officer ojpcibst is stationed at the xkstooaal sgmn rank msmrick ot debert ns was bome on leave wsfr us parents in terra ootta b junaty