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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of pubticatton wednesday may 2nd 1945 200 per annum 5c a copy ocal legion branch electc s p chapman president at the regular meeting of branch um canadian legion bjhl held in the legion hall last thursday the t of the evening was the elec tion of officers for the 104646 term obi o b s oousens appointed as returning ofltoer an tine last meeting msjotod by comrades fred armstrong and h hurley tabulated the ballots during the meeting the meeting was capably bandied by president haro stalford and riftg the many motions passed tt was un- slmouar approved that the legion subscribe to the 8th victory loan that r trustees be empowered to take un- oonolderatlou remodelling a th building with regard to new quarters for returning members of the present war and to report back to the general twtfg ha may a motion thanked the herald for publicity given tine at this point of the meeting the re turning officer announced the new of ficers elect were honorary presidents mayor harold cleave and l e fleck fast president harold stafford chaplain veil w o o thompson president 6 p chapman 1st vicepresident h harlow 2nd vicepresident harry hale secretary wauy thompson treasurer wta roney executive j f mccartney basil hmuley r mulr and mrs blanche grim imperial seouon president james murphy bergeantataitiis t herbert standard bearers c davis h preston comrades alex taylor and t grieve the defeated candidat for the presidency were the first to offer congratulations to presidentelect comrade chapman both comrade taylor and orieve thanked the mem bers who cast their vote in their favour and assured the incoming officers their hearty support the interest in legion affairs was clearly demonstrated by the fact that close to 75 members attended the meeting which concluded by the na tional anthem followed by a social hour in the dab rooms after the business portion of bh- meetlng was completed pre har old staubrd handed the gavel to de puty zone commander dutch mc cartney who presided for the instal lation of the officers comrade presi dent stafford id well chosen words thanked all the members for the sup port accorded him during the past year and wished the newly elected officers hearty success during the coming year and hop that all would cooperate whe4 victory comes on the da win news f victory cones pes- tiding ttu announcement is made before three tfdsek te the afterneon a commanity service of thanksgiving will be held on the high bobsol grounds if the news cornea after three clock the ser- vftoe win be held at are oclock the following day in case of rain the arena wfll be utilised for the service town council hold special meeting a special public meeting of council wfdtheld in the municipal building at 3 oclock friday afternoon when dr berry of the provincial deportment of health mi- c r hagey engineer and dr c v williams moh were present to discuss matters in connection with the proposed sewerage system for the town many important questions were asked and answered in an informal round table discussion however prior to the discussion period dr berry in introducing the subject of a aeweragt system mentioned that the majority of towns our size are planning to have a sewerage system after the war anj among these were our neighbours mil ton aim acton one of the moat important matters wrought up was whether putting in a sewerage system in town would elim inate the industrial pollution of the stream through the flats in the john st area and also in the th line dist rict in this connection dr berry stated that if a system were installed in town the industrial waste at the factories would be treated at the source before being taken by the town sewerage system dr berry replied in the negative to a question about whether or not the sewerage system would necessitate the use of more water as there are only about twenty dwellings in town with out indoor facilities the use of tie sewerage system cannot be made com pulsory under the municipal act but local news buy a bond today s b no 16 esquesing 7th line euchre and dance- n friday evening may 4th at 830 pjm orchestra rhythm rubes proceeds for the red cross the ladles of holy cross church will hold a euchre in the oddfellow hall thursday may 10 at a pm good prizes and draw for set- of dishes 3t june 18th is the date set for the opportunity sale to be held in mo- oibbons store by the iode the daughters of st georges church realized 7000 from their sale of baking aprons and baby knitting held in moolbbons store last satur day mrs fred jhnsons baby daugh ter betty sue won the lucky draw or the pillow alhw the local bell telephone office had to call in all employees saturday night while the falsely reported uncon ditional surrender of germany kept the telephone wires humming any local organizations wishing to harve the current coca cola vlsomatle films shown in suport of the stfa victory loan campaign please com municate with sid silver the films report to the boys and the price of victory are most dramatic and inspirational gladly shown at any local gatherings john a garvin died after long illness john alexander garvin for forty- seven years a resident of glen wil liams died at his home on thursday april 26th af te a lengthy illness he was in his 75th year born at hornby he was a son of the late mr and isxbj- george garvin mr garvin was employed at the bar ber division of provincial paper ltd for twentyjour years until illness forced him to retire he attended st albans church of jstagland mourning him are his wife the former mary i hill and three sons howard glen williams gordon de troit mich harvey overseas with the 48th highlanders and two daughters mrs marie louth glen williams and mrs george sargent glen wil liams there are five grandchildren t the funeral seivice was held from his late residence glen williams on saturday april 28th at 3 pm by venerable w g o thompson pall bearers were messrs walter louth james oostigan william inglis ed ward martin james hill and harry logan friends and relatives from hamil ton banie and toronto were present to pay their last respects including mrs w hill of barrle mr and mrs messages and will be harry garvin hamilton miss agne wo 1st class john p wilson lusfekated fhuh uutaunk another georgetown boy who has been a prisonerofwar in germany has now been liberated according to a telegram received by his mother mrs a r wilson sunday night w0 1st class john p wilson has been a prisonerofwar since ocicter 28th 1942 he is now in england a wireless airgunner in the rc af john enlisted in january 1941 and proceeded overseas the following december he waa listed missing on october 15th 1942 before enlisting he was employed at smith ac stone ltd a brother omar lives in to ronto and everett and helena at home a wellknown brampton boy bill sproule was in the same camp as w o 1st class wilson and now too is safe in allied hands mrs mary pettit helton liberal candidate toronto mrs em erwin to- ronto and mr and mrs jos garvin barrle interment was in glen william cemetery for the future success of branch 120 system deputy zone commander mccartney the question of milton town hall was packed to he doors last saturday night when the halton liberal association held their convention to choose a candidate for hsiton in the ontario provincial the town can pass a bylaw prohibit- election on june 4th ing the use of sceptic tanks cesspools leroy dale kc was chairman and privies in certain areas which for the evening and the following really amounts to the same as making nominations were received mr leroy it compulsory for everyone to use the dale kxj georgetown mr edwin lla matont mrs mary-pemlt-of- publicity q l mcouvray houses built on fetaan dr deans oakville theitcalled on the newlyelected presk steep slope was brought up ie main j ross m gibson oakville dent to carry on the meeting com- mr rade chapman expressed his thanks to the members for their confidence in owting him to the presidency of the legion he then called for the elections of chairmen of the various committees and appointed comrades oousens and b mitchell as scrutineers over this vote comadee james murphy and ah sykes acted as distributors of ihe ballots the rsuu of the balloting was as follows canteen j roberta ekrtertalmnent s tennant property dean barley publicity and tiansportation j boley sick committee mrs blanche grieve tour correspondent speaking to he newlyelected president quotes him a baying 1 am flighted in the con fidence the members of the canadian legio bare placed in me by electing jtie president of the branch this wu be a momentous year in the history of the legion and with che imment cess ation of hostilities in europe and the consequent return in the not fax dls street south and john street and i the nominees addressed the meeting in these cases the main sewer would d all withdrew but mr gibson and be run behind the dwellings instead mrs pettit of freeman mrs pettit of in front as is otherwise the case was elected on the first ballot the main sewer ordinarily runs in excellent addresses were also given front of the dwellings and the home y hughes cleaver mp and thom- owners would be responsible for the a blakelock ex mpp connection from the street line to the house mr and mrs william taylor have a dlscussin developed out of the received word from their son pte question of whether h was a good idea t donald taylor thai he is in hospital to put in a system piecemeal or whe- i after having broken his left hand ther to put in a complete system at f taylor has been overseas four one time dr berry said it had been years having enlisted on may 21 1941 his experience that the plecemeat with the lome scots he is serving in system had several disadvantages 1 holland with tire cameron higjuan- poplc object to paying for someone ders elses convenience when it may be a matter of years before the system ar rives at their own homes 2 ii makec the issuance of debentures very comp- j heated 3 it costs more in the long run for it necessitates several small jobs for a contractor rather than one large one the best methods for payment were discussed and here dr berry brought forth another very constructive sugg estion he said the system commonly in use now was to issue debentures ithey may be for up to a 30 year term future of our servicemen the le- ttnd meet aw a 5- gion this year will be faced with tre- on a rage rem mendous responsibilities i am quite bv sewerage rent he meant that each sure that branch 120 as a whole with household ing the system would pay all other branches throughout canada a he landlord or will not shirk their tasks tennant and that the rent could be a the expansion of our premises is one percentage on lite waterrate bills item which has already been under percentage could be changed each corderaonforsoineyearsandwlth y cout red the former senior officers still on the otiier alternative was to levy the cost executive this year the effort e system entirely on the assessed should be abry handled we are all property imbued with the great spirit for which abked now lon wouw take to m stall a system the engineer mr hager estimated it would take a smnmer to 1 do so his estimate on the cost of a sewerage system for georgctown som years ao was 127000 items held over due to lack of space several news items and personals had to be left over for next weeks issue of the her ald art speight board of tbade president for second term a r speight was reelected presi dent of the georgetown board of ttade for a second term at the an nual meeting of the orga held last friday night in the municipal building there was a good atten dance of members on hand to hear talks by don morrel of montreal exe cutive secretary of the canadian chamber of commerce and c syd matthews of toronto ontario man ager of the chamber the audience were also treated to three excellent movies on uruguay brazil and alaska shown by mr cecil ohinn of brampton voting for th- various offices was done by ballots previously mailed to members and g w mclintock and j r k thompson were in charge of tallying votes the slate of officers for im6 includes 1st vicepresident a r muckart 2nd vicepresident w f bradley secretary w e nodwell treasurer h c mcclure chairmen committees industrial j d kelly retailers jos gibbon rehabilitation g b finance sid silver loan sales total 130000 as campaighhalf oyer the weather by h l hutt the past week has been a trying one for vegetation and possibly also for humanity with the unseasonably warm weather the tatter part of march and the fore part of aril growth came on rapidly like plants in a green house the low temperatures the lass week have given it what the gardener would call a hardening off to enable it to stand ordinary outside tempera tures on the whole the daily average tem- perataire for the month was 4805 de grees which is 705 degrees above nor mal and the precipitation was 3s inches or nearly half an inch above normal we are now all hoping for warmer weather and victory on the vegetable front as well as victory soon on all war fronts following are the local records date h and l preclpl- teonp tatlon 32 tues april 24 48 22 wed april 25 54 45 thurs april 26 48 49 frl april 27 39 33 3at april 28 47 28 41 sun april 29 48 mon april 30 00 33 ratepayers w orr sports walt richardson music g w mccadum agriculture k c mcmillan ladles miss sybil bennett card of thanks mrs john garvin and family of glen williams wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to their many relatives trends and nelgn- bours for their kind expressions of sympathy and floral tributes extended during their recent sad bereavement mrs mary sutton died at home of her brother resident of georgetown for the past 23 years mrs mary sutton passed away at the home of her brother mr hodgen barnes on tuesday april 24 after an illness of four liri the late mrs sutton had made her home with her brother since coming to georgetown mrs sutton was born in oaledon township on july 4th 1862 and mov ed to erin township near ospringe about the year 1880 in 1884 e mar ried mark sutton of ospringe who predeceased her 27 years ago she leaves to mourn her loss two sons wilson b sutton and john p sutton both of hulsburgh also two sisters mrs j n ruddell of george town and mrs hugh cunningham of norval bwo brothers john of nerval and hodgen barnes of george also violet e barnes to whom she was as a mother 1 the funeral was held on thursday april 26th at 330 pjn from the home of mr h barnes conducted by the i rev c c cqcbrane of knox presby- j terian church many floral tributs from friends in toronto quelph ac- ton milton georgetown and surround ing neighbourhood bore testimony of the esteem m which she was held interment was tery the pallbearers were six nep hews wm sutton hulsburgh thomas sutton toronto r w cunningham frank barnes norval edwin wwt toronto and tansley barnes milton klbth notice arnold mr and mrs herbert arn old nee norma rusk georgetown wish to announce the arrival of their daughter heather lynne on monday april 30th 1945 at peel memorial hospital brampton oat devereaux at milton hospital on april 23rd to mr and mrs norman devereaux a daughter sales of 8th victory loan bonds ta the first eight days of the campaigm ambunited to si 30000 according to figures released this morning frosa the loan office in he waterworks- building this is only 31 of our 385000 quota and there is still a long way to go e v macoormadk and le row dales sales committee chairman state that- not nearly enough peopla are buying bonds and the respo has been disappointingly slow geov getown set a record for the dominion of canada in the seventh victory loan there is no reason iwhy w cannot keep that splendid record in this campaign men from canada men from geor getown are still fighting still giving their lives the order to lay-down- arms has not yet come we cannot slacken our efforts until both ger many and japan are conquered so when the salesman caus buy bonds to the limit of your ability blood donor clinic last wednesday georgetowns 12th blood donor clinic on april 25th in the leglod hall again up held the splendid record set in previous clinics when 120 volun teered to give their blood 90 that the lifesaving plasma could be made the mobile red cross blood donor unit was in charge of miss alnslle once more and the same committees and staff of local doctors nurses and assistants as in former clinics mads the operation of the clinic very effi cient the following volunteered a allen w hyde w h mcclem- ents f spires john lucas miss l snow f weaver a ritohle k webb geo rusan r salter msss v mc lintock n f verdec a oolman h watfclns mrs a scott ohas hoare miss a brown wm alexander 8 silrver miss m pasmore h savings mrs carney jas boyle herb pres ton e forgrave miss learmonrth 8 c tennant albert h11l a spitaer w jarvle a johansort mrs oratotree mrs hardman miss h webster mis j jcurtls mrs i harrison john mc- nabb mrs fendley miss alnaue wm emslle a norton v hepburn o 8 jefxery bkner hid e mcenery d mcnahb g price b fjadky r- ward snow w hayiward r ryall j wagner g spence w- gtven geo hoare h king mrs v norton j h davidson p anthony mrs h arnold mlse a jackson w j mcdonald c king r bruce ml g mcveigh h hughes c e pyr proclamation ve day public holiday the legion stands and it is my belief stated comrade chapman that with the assistance of all members stronc- ly united that we will look after all who have served in his majestys for- slhroughoutjhjsnuirc sp that t i i neither their rights nor their -inter- j aftbof thanks j shafl be forgotten and that their 1 the tamlly of the late mrs mary welfare atod that of their dependenls sutton wish to express their sincere especially the dependents of the dts thanks to friends and nelghboursior 1 1 be j kind extended during their re- sad mreaverfwrnl -f- in accordance with the spirit of general thanks giving when victory is announced over germany i hereby proclaim ve day a public holiday in the town of georgetown and urge all citizens to at tend the public service at the high school grounds haroldgleavemayor god save the king percy d wagstaffe passes in 54th year percy daniel wagstaffe aged 53 years died in hospital in guelph on monday april 23rd mr wagstaffe who had been ill for a month farmed in olen williams he was the beloved husband of lucy ford the son of the late mr and mrs sam wagstaffe of darley vale derby shire england ie and his wife came to canada in 1912 and have lived in the glen williams district ever smoe in england the late mr wagstaffe 1 was a member of the wesleyan metho dist church he was a veteran of the 1 first great war a quiet man mr wagstaffes chief interests in life were his family and his farm surviving him are his wife and six children dorothy cmrs cecil barth bessie mrs waldo dlggins mary fmrs harold beam john at home marjorie mrs hwbert preston and paul at home there are five grand children also remaining are a bro ther and two sisters in england the funeral was held from the fa mily home glen williams on thurs day april 20th to st albans church archdeacon w g o thompson offi ciated bearers were messrs stanley beam arthur shaln jack crawford harry hayward new toronto robert htyth and albert north guelph bur ial was in olen wllllarns cemetery mrs m crawford f spear miss t tantarduu o phillips miss l shor- till miss p lepard h mclellan j e harrison mrs brigden mrs norrie c btasdeby balss d sanderson mrs miller mrs bea ton mrs ellerby miss f mcveigh a mlddleton john norton miss j har- ley r jepson j cox w l mcdon ald c valentine c e english h burk e mcclure mrs g eason mrs g law v starret i crabtree miss m davidson d h mmlftughlln j mfcolure h c wrlggleaworth f shortju d lindsay b young s p chapman s eason t clark g hen- derson d tough h hale j euenton mlsa h aitkin mra puckering mrs roe miss frank mrs b harrison miss e hyde miss j mcdonald those who have been donors seven or more times in the twelve clinics held in georgetown jas boyle ivan orabtree jos cox s p chapman john davidson o k day wm emslle john vt harry hale albert h1b ohas hoare geo hoare geo henderson j k harrison h hughes elmer hill miss a jackson r jepson hlklng c king john lucas s lyon don lind say m londty a mlddleton w j mcdonald w l mcdonald g prioa h preston a ritchie g spenoe t spires mrs a scott h savings o valentine h c wriggleswortfa p weaver r ward jos wagner el young ev 8 r coixbrook accepts newparish announcement was made in the anglican churches of hornby norval an4stewftrttown last sunday that the rev s r- colebrook had accepted the offer of the rectorship of the parishes card of thanks mrs wagstaffe and famuy wish to extend their heartfelt thanks and ap- predatlon for the acts of kindness and messages of sympathy and beau tiful floral tributes and to the pall bearers and those who kindly p cars in their recent and sad bereave ment iln the death of their loving hus band and father card of thanks mrs wagstaffe and family wish to extend thelr thanks for the sjons of sympathy and beautiful flow- ers also to the pallbearers and to of mcnabb homer and virgil in the j those who so kindly lent deanery of lincoln and welland the in their sad loss of a beloved husband appointment will take place in june and father