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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday march 21st ims 200 per annum 5c a copy give generously to the red cross campaign alton seed fair and bacon show outstanding success e pearen and campbell sinclair won t eaton co president ac woodtey and his fel- offlcera of the halton crop im- t association staged an out- seed and bacon show ha the town hall on saturday mar 3oth the seed grain and ba- 00b were displayed in a most attrac tive manner and the auditorium was crowded to capacity with a keenly ln- vmrasted audience of between 350 and ho leas than 46 individual far mers made entries in the seed classes the cereal grain classes were particu larly strong being representative of approximately 8000 bus of seed oats mod barley offered for sale according to secretary j e whitelock halton tanners in need of seed gram were tnwntr advantage of the opportunity to secure their requirements of high cftsss seed exhibitors contacted were veil pleased at the nu of sales made j k pearea of acton won the t baton oo special emblematic of the ohamplon seed exhibit in the show 0 his bushel entry of alaska oats nineteen members of the halton soys and girls ajax oat club wound up their years activity by competing fai their special class with craig and douglas alexander of georgetown topping the strong entry the lat- was awarded the short course sebounftlp at oac donated by the halton crop unpnuvement agon fra- mcmstob and don mhton also of georgetown were dose rtmners up tbe bacon show sponsored by the r assn in cooperatton with the federal dept of agriculture and can ada nickers umlted was however the feature attraction fiftyfive halton hot producers each entered a hog for this show the latter part of february i k hogs had been marketed to tbe usual manner slaughtered h into wiltshire by canada pac kers limited twenty wwahlres from as many different carcasses were on display and had been selected on the basis of those dressing closest to 160 is the grand ohamplon wiltshire was produced from the entry of campbell sinclair of georgetown with an entry of chris fothergin of bronte getting reserve the sinclair entry was awards ed the t eaton special w p vn affibitit iwwtr far the ontario livestock branch to- ronto was the- guest speaker mr wat delivered one of the most able thought provoking agricultural ad dresses which it has been your editors privilege to hear in many a year in ms review of the bog and beef situ ation in canada mr watson gave credit to canadian farmers for an out- only regret thalack of space will not permit us going into more detail may we suggest that if you are a hog pro ducer and the halton crop improve ment assn stages another bacon show next year that you make it a point to take it in the five top wutahires were made from the respective entries of camp bell sinclair georgetown chris fo- thergul bronte a asbeck milton wilfrid leslie and f d charles georgetown the winners in various classes of the seed fair were as follows late and medium oats f w ruddell sons georgetown a c douglas mil ton geo 8 atkins bronte thos bird jk son george- town and s e griffen ac son acton early oats j e fearen acton gordon a leslie acton hugh redd acton w e ford milton and colm beaty milton oac no 21 barley geo s at kins bronte and miller bros geor getown smooth awned barley gordon les lie acton s e griffen son ac ton geo a fisher 8s son george town f w ruddell sc sons george- own j h wlumott milton 10 bus oats gordon leslie hugh m reid s e griffen son m t mcnabb sons geo s atkins 10 bus barley gordon leslie s e gruten son oeo a fisher sons j h willmott and geo s atkins husking com t j brownrldge georgetown w e breckon free man harvey nurse georgetown john alexander sons georgetown and oedric harrop milton field peas kenneth watson mil ton and a c douglas milton soybeans w e breckon freeman timothy donald mclean acton potatoes 8 e griffen 8e son and j k pearen acton during the morning the annual junior farmers judging competitions in grain and seeds fruit and vege tables wiltshire sides and orean grading were held with 33 competl ors in these events the top winners were as follows grain and seeds seniors angus mcnabb georgetown juniors eras er mcnabb georgetown fruit and vegetables seniors geo fisher georgetown juniors douglas currie georgetown wiltshire sides seniors gordon juni d van-goo- bund representatives speak to iodj members 2500 donated to bed cnna sedety 1000 to camp libraries fund the regular monthly meeting of the countess of stiathmore chapter 10- dj2 was held in the legion hall on monday evening mar 18th the newly elected officers were in charge mrsl j bell regent miss hilda erwin secretary miss marjory gautt treasurer and mrs c wlllson stan dard bearer the chapter had the pleasure of hearing two representatives from the canadian national institute of the blind mr wesley stanley of hamil ton field secretary for halton county and mr mcgui of toronto these gentlemen blind themselves told of the work of the institute since its in ception 26 years ago the institute was organized by a group of men fol lowing the first great war at pres ent there are 14000 registered blind in the dominion 24 in halton county blind veterans of the present war al ready total 57 they are being given special instruction at st dunstans in england and are being looked after by the institute of the blind in can ada as they return home mr stanley asked that a representative from the iode be appointed to the halton county advisory board which meets twice a year donations of 25 00 to the red cross and 1000 to the camp libraries fund were voted by the chapter miss margery mackenaflc was ap- polnted empire study convenor a social committee composing mrs a weather i byttu butt j we seem to have everything runn ing on high gear these days the gov ernment has decided that for the dur ation we must continue on daylight saving time and even the weather seems to have been shoved a month ahead of normal for the past week we have been enjoying balmy april weather with the showers thrown in the daily average temperature was 48 degrees for the same week last year it was 318 and last year on the 19th it was down to zero but this is only the middle of the month and there is plenty of time yet for more winter weather some pre dict we will be shovelling snow again before the end of the month the frogs hyla pipens have been piping up gaily for over a week so we might as weu join in with them and enjoy it when we can here are the daily records date h and l rain temp fall tues mai 13 49 28 wwt max 14 91 26 thurs mar 16 64 39 fri mar 16 j 66 43 44 sat mar 17 68 38 55 sujy mar 18 63 34 moh mar 19 66 38 mb g mcnicol honoured by government mr gilbert o mcnlcol has had the honour of being awarded a certificate from the department of civil defence of canada as a result of his efforts against the german reich and other beaumont mrs s w orr and mrs ails powers details of the job done r barber were appointed to arrange cannot be revealed for security reasons for socials during the year the first mr mcnlcol who lived in otaawa un- of which will be held in april til a few months ago when he and a bingo was also planned for the his wife came to georgetown is a middle of april georgetown old boy hostesses for the evening were miss the certificate which is in the her- helen maodonald miss phyllis turn- aid window is signed by prime mini- bull and mrs g mcoqvray ister mackenzie king the minister of pensions and national health ian a mackenzie director of cm1 defence ir xxt a i p i i federal district alan k hay and the halfway mark readied m of rayu mmt for aaaa red cross cam active service notes leslie acton zen acton cream grading seniors ward hrowfiridge georgetown jktmors douglas alexander georgetown ward brownrldge of georgetown was the high senior and fraser mc nabb of georgetown the high junior of the day with the first named wlnn- bag the halton seed trophy gordon standing job of food production he i leslie the strathcona orchards tro- as we go to press mr leroy dalei kc president of the local red cross society informs us that the halfway mark has been reached in the cam paign with over 3000 in subrjerip- one among the generous donations re ceived last week were o r muckart fe roy iftagloughlen apple products oo gientextuesud barley hay ltd county of halton provincial paper georgetown lions club robert simpson oo ltd a e cripps sunday school anniversary at united church also streeesd the ne of a con- phy and douglas alexander the hal- tmued prosperous agriculture in or- ton cream and butter oo trophy der that canada as a whole may con tinue to enjoy a reasonably high stan dard of living a prosperous agricul ture he intimated necessitates not only that we retain our present ex port jnarkets but develop others to aomeve this ws must be prepared to trade and furthermore we must be prepared to improve the quality of our export products the british people satisfied with the quality of our chestra under the leadership i at the present time but he add- j h uuioo provided special music present united 35 00 3500 5000 j soon 10000 30000 7600 35 00 3500 3600 word has been recelvel of the safe arrival overseas of gnr ken beerman pte bill isley has been transferred from england to service in italy congratulations to former george town high school principal j leon ard lambert who has been promoted to the rank of captain captain lam bert is serving with the cic in eng- georgetownflnursing sister home hying officer molly mulholland who arrived home on monday from duty overseas with the roaf is pic tured above just prior to leaving for normandy fo mulholland and p0 wlnoifred pitfcelthy of ottawa left were the first canadian women to set foot in france after d day a large congregation was last sunday morning at the church when the annual sunday half of the club by w h biggar school liiniversary service was held oakville in recognition of his untlr- tasr a b delly beaumont ronvr is home on a 60day leave at his home in glen williams sfft larry mackende was home on leave last week with his parents mr and mrs 8yd mackensle congratulations to 2lt john tapp whitelock receives w recently graduated from the of- briefcase in recognition of training course at brockville 10 years of service j u tapp is spending a leave in town with his mother and will report to at a recent meeting of the directors petawawa camp at its termination of the halton county holsteln breed- he is a graduate of the army course crs club helo in the agricultural of- ol the university of tor floes milton agricultural represents- pilot officer bill armstrong spent tltoe j e wnitetock was presented the week end in town with his parents with a handsome briefcase mr and mrs fred armstrong the presentation was made on be- congratulations to david crlchton who has received his promotion to flight lieutenant fitlt crlchton molly mulholland r n home after service in europe ffo d r molly mulholland b n one ci the few service women to have served in france belgium and holland returned to her parsa home on monday morning tier hav- lngbeen overseas for two and a half rears a graduate of st josephs hospital guelph f 0 mulbwhand is an ro afniirser according to letters recently recerr- ed by mrs mlno her husband lac will mlno and lac reggie broom- head have met in india they are in the same camp and reggie ffoes by wilfs tent to get to the air field the temperature is really torrid being 100 in the shade at 6m time of writing the camp it right in the jungle and lac mlno wrote that the previo evening the boys had some novel en tertainment when they were unofficial visitors at a native ritual plete with paint feathers spangles and drums but entertainment of any kind is the exception rather than the rule there the camp is looking for ward to having a movie projetcor and when this is obtained the pictures will likely be shown in the moonlit rice fields nearby the eightpiece sunday school or- ins services to the holsteln breeders lew hom from prince edward island of mr of the county during the ten years j island last week end and is spending music hat he has been the agricultural re- two weeks leave in georgetown and ed they are not going to be satisfied for the occasion and a girls quartette presenuuve in halton i toronto with the quality st bur bacon nor with the anthem will your anchor our cull beef which we have been hold sung by the entire school were i shipping her once the postwar period pjn the musical features of the ser- comes with the reentry of denmark thr minister rev r c todd into the british bacon market and the soul anchored to christ argentine with her high quality beef 1s his sermon theme the conclusion we drew from this j several certificates and prizes wer outstanding address was that we must presented to the pupils the following retain the british market for our snr- plus bacon but that we cant hope to do so with only 26 of our hog pro duction in grade a w prior to introducing w s mcmul- jen district fleldman for the federal livestock branch agricultural rep resentative j e whitelock threw out a challenge to halton fanners by stat- i am convinced we can in hal- increase our percentage of as from 40 to 60 in 146 if we are ppared to market our hogs at the proper weights and we can he added do this without changing our breed- teg stock w 8 mcmullen who had been lar- fjely responsible for the excellent ba con display ably demonstrated the being presented by the minister- prizes for memory work the lord is my shepherd claudia m1 ross mcoilvray colleen todd gau king btlh thompson douglas wriggles- worth and tommy dobble robert ralkes certincates and attendance pins tor attending at least 50 sundays during the year norman long 13th year mary dobson 10th richard grace ehh joan buck 9th donald bums 8th james buck 7th betty clarke 7th miriam grace 7th joan main 5th marion dickie 3rd james fallow 3rd jean tyler 1st doueibs wrlgglesworth 1st i mr j w kennedy pr the following on behalf of the session certificates for church attendance difference in quality in the respective j jamcs fallow richard grace joan wntshlrea in the four groups tnto bucfc rn burns james buck which the twenty carcasses had been e oraee jean tyler betty clarke hwtded mrlam grace fr re not only hn- prises for catechism dorothea lane addressea of both and annie chalker muriel spence i dobble joan the week of the saviours holy passion march 25th to 30th ob3erve it this year with reverent worship in home and church citizens are invited to attend community services monday georgetown baptist church preacher rev r c todd tuesday st leorire s church of enrland preacher rev c cochrane wednesday kncx rtetcrian church preacher rev j e ostrom tharsdav thr georgetown united church sacred cantata by choir of stxti oicos prajers ven archdeacon woo thompson offering all aenices at 8 p m thurstiaj 8 15 pjn good friday tnree hours devotion in st geornes church from 13 noon to 1 00 rj m with thankful worshipful hearts let us his last days on earth bill chaplin marries overseas a quiet wedding took place on feb ruary 28th 1945 in dford essex eng land when kathleen only daughter of mr and mrs victor vardlgan be came the bride of private william bill chaplin youngest son of mr and the late mrs william chaplin of georgetown hornby mr delbert downs had some very unwelcome visitors on wednesday night march 14th tjileves broke into the office of the mill picked up the cash register and took it with them it was afterward found abandoned in a ditch by the road side near ash- grove only a few cents had been stolen from it and no great damage was dona to it congratulations are extended to mr ward brownrtdge who had the good fortune to win senior honors far judg ing grain seed fruit and vegetables ot the annual seed and bacon show sponsored by halton crop improve ment association held in milton last suurdav march 17th hornby community received another great shook on monday in learning of the sodden death of mr gordon ohis- holm who passed away at qoon while at the dinner table mr ohlsholm was one of the best known and highly respected residents of the community and he will be greatly missed by all it is only a few weeks since his only brother william passed away nurse crossed over to normandy on landing ships tank a few days after d day to become the first oanadfa women in the invasion the hespttal undercanvas bad not been set up when they arrived but by nightfall the boys had a shelter made and tba nurses work began at once the cross ing itself wasnt nearly as bad as she had anticipated said f0 muiihol- land and they simply didnt have time to be scared asked about the cities she had visit ed pp mulholland stated that most of the laige cities had been pretty weu flattened but that paris was stu beautiful and brussels in belgium was a lovely city before coming home ffo mulhol land was awarded the royal red cross in the new years honour list for her exceptional work on thenonnandy coast the investiture was made at ruckinghnm palace by his majesty king george ffo mulholland says its very very good to be back in canada again with its bright lights and good food she expects to be posted in canada for the duration but will spend a thirty- day leave at home before reporting back for duty f io mulholland enlisted in the rcaf in june 1941 and was stationed at st thomas and in newfoundland before proceeding overseas in october 1043 she remained to england until june 19th when she cross over to france to serve with a mobile roaf nursing unit glen williams what might have been a very seri ous fire was promptly averted by the following boys of our glen school on thursday afternoon last kindly re leased on request by mrs wm beau- mont their teacher the long grass in oar cemetery had in some unknown way become ignited and assistance as above was requested the boys whose prompt action saved the situation are asfodwn bob norton ken scott harold hilts joe fry gerald xnshe grant harding junior beaumont oarl sohenk ken norton