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the georgetown herald wcdne march 21 1945 his red cross mother ifjghttng through the mud and icy blush of flooded battlefields our boy id the front lne have learned to mess the tens of thousands of devoted women who labor as volunteer workers for the red cross through five years of war these canadian tuue smock workers have knitted hundreds of thousands of pairs of socks made mil lions of other comforting articles of clothing packed millions of red cross food parcels other specially trained volunteer women serve as drivers as nursing aides as office workers aatd dietitians local headquarters freely giving thai tune and labor these hard working volunteers make yoor red cross dollars stretch farther thanks to their efforts each dollar yon give is muuiplttd tbrtm uf4s in the value of food clothing and medical supplies it buyx give and give generously to support their selfless work let yout contribution to the canadian red cross be the token of your thanks to these devoted women who serve in very truth as another mother to your boy or your friend or neighbor in the figrnrng line telephone 19 canadian red cross multiply by millions yovv often watched the teller stamp your cheque every day in every branch of every bank in canada cheques axe being scrutinized stamped and recorded during the war years this daily bow of cheques through your bank has swollen to a torrent deposit accounts are more numerous and active than ever before this increase re- beets the tremendous activity of canadian life and business production purchases and payrolls have all reached record levels in addition three quarters of a million men and women in the armed services must get their pay and their dependents receive allowances regularly the handling of this wartime volume of cheques is quite apart from numerous special services which the banks have undertaken the delivery of millions of victory bondsand the sale of countless war savings certificates ration coupon banking subsidy payments to producers foreign exchange operations yet all this extra work has been earned out an tir 2 when new help has zd to be trained to take the place of more than 8500 bank workers now in uniform tilt arvrfltnaff l spojtorj fcy yoor bafr broadcast from itckl county to be ukard by troops overseas last j3iumuyfchsmmiseer and choir of the presbyterian ohurch bramp ton conducted a churchservice in brampton which was recorded by the cbo for broadcast by the cbc on sunday april 15th on the alued ex peditionary forces programme it is to be hoped that all famlueo of men serving overseas wio live in peel county or halton will notify their servicemen ol this broadcast so hat if they have the opportunity they wlli no miss hearing it the back ground of the broadcast was 1eel county with material supplied by the committee in charge of arrangement at the predbyterian ohurch in brampton the presbyterian church session is sending an airmail letter to every brampton men and woman overseas and other steps axe being taken to harness the interest in this broadcast to the appeal for more letters for the men overseas the timeiactor prevented the brampton ccmmhte from collecting the aa- oresses ol all men from peel county now serving overseas in time to ac quaint hem with this broadcast yet doubtless many of lhem would be glad to know of this broadcast irom the iome county or closeto home county if an airmail letter is written immedi ately by friends or relatives there is a good possibility of it reaching that bervice iran or woman from this dis trict and enable them to tune into the broadcast help th jqh a cr tea artb crafts meeting a meeting of the arts crafts ol georgetown was held at tile home of mrs wesley wolfe acton thursday march 15 the weather was fine and there was a large attendance from both georgetown and acton the president mrs moyer being unable to attend the meeting was con ducted oy mrs w j beattj 2nd vice president and acton representa live repots were read by the secre tar mrs bruns and the treasurer mrs munc setrnl matters of busi ness were discussed and ipproed of following w ilch talk on colour was fl l b mrs bnnm illustrated b colour charts and reproductions of piintlngs showing the arled use of colour in troth palming and designs tei ws ser ex b the hostess mrs wolfe assisted bv her mother mrs matthews and n er enjoyable af ternoon was iad by all fairbanksmorse stoker for immediate installation use economy fuel stoker coal let us survey your heating equipment no obligation phone 250 w h kentrter son georgetown ontario acton a widel known and respected citl sen of jlden mills reuben george giles did on wednesday feh28tfa at the horn of his daughter mrs l w frood with whom he mas resided for the past twenty five years opl bill mftotocks erf acton who wai wounded last october returned heme again with other canadian soldiers arriving in toronto last friday he still requires hospital treatment for his i wounded while serving in sicily in july imj and again in italy sgt jim mcoeachle arrived back m canada this week after five years overseaa the new rcydro rates effective at the next billing period were discussed these have been i tifled by the hetc of ontario and are now effective they mean a considerable saving to power users and also a saving for the domestic consumer free press brampton the deadly threat of fire struck at the business section of brampton fti day night which caused a great deal at anxiety owing to the previous fires which have occurred in the past two years bursting from the bathroom wall on the third floor of lie victomi hotel main s north the flames nni smoke threitened it its peak o engulf the entire structure guests in the houl who lad not rttirid noticed smoke and immc nui notified those who hid r tired t irlier in lhe evening and very soon the rooms were n when the ttimi u left t rough smoke for their ifeti to the lx rtom of the b hiding lt col k h home la i u lough he is noble l col seas for more noble o b e returned is ii on i 30 dov fur i brother of rr alan n ble ins been oer than fhr years and prkr lo cnl stment on dec 15 193d was employed with the ceneral motors of cm aria ltd oshawn mrs cieorgr henrv died unexpected h in toronto on saturday where she had been spending the winter montha she was born in the cheltenham dist rict and had resided there until ft quarter entury ago when she came to brampton to make her home cheaper hjdro for brampton is assured as a result of a meeting tai february between ttie brampton hyd ro electric commission members oazet teoonservatoi she i dent see how football pay ers keep their mtforoa rtaaa he- sty barret yon w hcmm of the scrub tesar announcement 1 we are now open for business full time having terminated employment at victory aircraft malton the patronage of customers old and new is solicited and we guarantee the best in barbenng service for all huffmans barber shop connected with ulhco e beauty salon main street georgetown t heres the altuatloni makers of telephone equipment hava been buij on order of all kinds for the armed iniiiw for them the time to start reconverting bhil lies ahead etch after war needi have beenmet these manufacturtn nrait make a major changeover before they can reaaxaa normal production of inpphe for dvilian oae which means dial we mutt continue to defer many requests foa telephone eernce awaiting the day we hope u may not to too long delayed when ma tori all in adequate voltmm mat killed manpower again become available the applicadcas n onr waiting list wtil be filled aa promptly vw trfa a poaaible on a flmcomefintmrred writ 1