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th georgetown herald seventy seventh year of publication wednesday august 15th 1945 2 00 per annum 5c a copy peace at las georgetown celebrated v- j day in joyous mood welcome home pte keith spenee a veteran of the dieppe raid and ofmpfltgn in sicily italy and hol land pte keith spenee arrived home qo tuesday night august 7th from the troopship tie de prance pt bpence has been overseas since june 1041 when he was with the lome soots he had been a member of the l ne scots reserve since 1938 upon bis arrival overseas he was trans ferred to the saskatoon digit infan try ooople looks wen and wu i- very glad indeed to greet his wife the fanner eleanor hornby and little daughter judy on the night of his arrival home a reception was held at his parents home mr and mrs w bpence when 36 relatives friends and neighbours sat down to a chicken din ner the house had been beautifully decorated by the neighbours for the happy homecoming prior to enlist veteran of the first war and his brother pte bernard is overseas with the lome scots at present stationed in brussels his sister lcpl jean termant la a member of the cwac stationed m toronto cpl a b tuck back in georgetown after four years service overseas is opl a b bert tuck who returned to canada on the he de prance enlisting with the lome soots he went overseas in june 1941 was in the sicilian inva sion and later served in italy and holland he arrived in halifax on sunday august 5th crossing on the same boat which brought general crerar home opl tuok is the son mr and mrs nels tuok queen street and is married to tihe former nora waterhouse of actofa prior to enlisting he was employed at the pro vincial coating m1h his brother pte bill tuck who also went over seas with the lome scots has been home since last october and q back at his old job again at the provincial lower mill pte jim arriving home on the he de france last week was pte jim cummins son of mr and mrs martin outnmlne overseb since june 1041 pte cum mln enlisted with the lome scots and later served in france belgium and holland with no 8 canadian general hospital three years ago last february be married an waanh girl the former gladys sheppard who will come to canada as soon as abe can obtain 1uxen williams and ijeut gordon boody wed at st georges mother of thomas lyons dies in nth yeak on saturday morning august 11th at a ceremony in st georges sarah ann mocuqoch widow of the church of england on friday august late james lyons and brampton s 3rd at 7 30 pm helen louise wfl ltams only daughter of dr and mrs o v williams became the bride ot lieut gordon boody son of mrs boody and the late mr harry boody of samla ven woo thompson was the officiating minister given in marriage by her father the bride wore satin and net her bas que bodice appliqued with hand made dowers forming a spray over one shoulder and full double net skirt ap pliqued in the same fashion her fin ger tip veil as held by a dutch cap of shirred net and she carried a bou quet of butterfly roses and bouvardla bridal attendants were miss peggy oarrtck of klelnburg wearing mauve crepe and miss beatrice brill of georgetown wearing pale blue crepe groomsman was lieut john r th- potd of toronto and ushers were capt robert mcoabe and lieut lloyd rutledge of toronto and mr david williams brother of the bride mrs oldest resident died at her horn there in hex 97th year mrs lyons was the mother of mx thomas l lyons georgetown councillor to whom sympathy is extended in his loss the late mrs lyons had been in good health until two years ago and although she- hadnt been so well since that time she wftsn t bedfast until three days before her demise born in obtbguacomy taw mt3 lyon was the daughter of ttm late james and abigail mcouhoch and the eldest and last sarrtvmg member of a family of six pouowlng her mar riage to the late james lyons they farmed near cheltenham until thirty- eight years ago when they moved to brampton her husband predecased her 19 years ago mrs lyons was a member of grace united ohuren brampton and of grace church w m s the funera service was held from bands sports fireworks street dance d service ma the occasion utter to th editor paul was organist and during the signing of the register miss mary mer pastor of grace church moyer sang o perfect love pallbearers were four grandsons georgetown ontaxov jul 10th 195 the editor the georgetown herald georgetown on dear sir the taxpayers of georgetown will soon be asked to vote upon- the ques tion of sewer inetaflatkm it is the wish of tihe tote council that every citizen be cutty qotrrenant with the reasons cor considering this project the service which would be provided and some methods of us financing teanr medical officer of health has been asked by the council to prepare a sextes of short articles for her late residence on monday after noon by the rev j d parks a for- the herald in wtoicb it is hoped that the itch information will be available and it has been considered advisable in wearing florida sky crepe with tuch lyons all of cheltenham john mc- sla accessories a flower hat and a oudoch and frank mocuboch of corsage of perennial sweet peas the brampton burial was in brampton groom s mother chose white figured cemetery 4ieer with brown embroidery a whit surviving to mourn the loss of hat and corsage of talisman roses beloved mother are nine children for their honeymoon trip to nor- thomas l georgetown wltnam them ontario the bride wore a navy brampton james f brampton miss ing pte spenee was smith stone ltd eanployed pte ted beam son of mr and mrs stanley beam glen winiamsl pte edward ted would like to convey my thanks at beam is another district boy who arrl ived borne last week end enlisting la s pfe-bcam-toned-at- aothcsoldlejcpjfortsjjgetown bflm tom parry rontford and camp borden and has rfkn tom parry who returned to overseas for atx monttis with canada on the ne de france tost no the rhl i he has recently been time in getting back to work and to 1 germany on guard duty and after a reception was held at the brides two nephews messrs roy lyons this introductory article to do no more home where her mother rece hugo lyons frank lyons and james than make two suggestions 1 that interested ctttaens take ad vantage- of your kind consent mr editor m opening your col umns sdt letters containing sug gestions constructive criticism and eierles regarding this project 2 that a public meeting be called son time before voting day at which plana will be made to have present or a el berry chief sanitary engineer of the ontario department of health and mr c r hagey of the o r hagey engineering company who baa surveyed and drawn up the plans of a proposed sewer system both engineers have had wide expert ence and will be able bo answer questions of a technical nature granting tbj blue ensemble with white accessories on their return they will take up re sidence in toronto card of thanks spending his months leave at his old thirty days leave at home he re- job with tyers milk products en port for duty as a pacific volunteer listing in jury 1840 he trained at prior to enlistment he worked with camp borden and sussex with the h father on their farm at the olen 48th highlanders transferred to the pu grm fiohoa queens own rifles to go overseas the following year going to prance on i pt graver norton landed in can d day he served in belgium and ada from the he de prance arrived holland and was near emden ger home last tuesday he has been many on v e day on may 10 1944 i overseas for over a year most of he was married to betty bishop of wn time he spent in itay where he j bournemouth who is eagerly looking saw tot of action on the fighting 3ingsong at huttonvllle church silver s dept store and friends who were so kind in s nw cigarettes and parcels during my overseas service thanks again signalman jim menlven ella lyons christie st hospital to ronto miss ryla lyons brampton mrs r w gladstone guelph mrs bertha cole brampton or g w lyons toronto mrs george ander so i brampton three children pre deceased their mother james jr died 1913 in his 42nd year and john died in 1932 aged so both of chmgua- cousy mrs george lowe 65 died m brampton last year there are w ii rt gimf-tf- thfrnk you aren with a spirit of true thankfulness for a victorious end to world war georgetown citizens received the- word of japan s surrender early tuesday evening as the news wa revealed at the supper hour crowds- flocked to main street and soon the- bands were out and happy throngs- milled around the main street cor ner later in the evening an imr promptu street dance was held with the rhythm rubes supplying tho rn usic wednesday was a civic holiday in town and a big day of celebration was carried out under the auspices of the town council in the motiv ing a drumhead service was held la the park the parade formed at the legion hall with harold stalford as parade marshal in the parade were the lome scots band girls pipe band a group of veterans of this the legion legion wa coun cil lome scots reesrve and the john ambulance brigade rev e ostrom delivered the address and ven w g o thompson led in prayer during the service the last post and reveille were sounded by bdsman c landsborougn a sports program and ball game entertained a large crowd at the park during the laftarnoon with the girls pipe banaiupprying th music the lome scots band tra velled to milton to take part in the celebrations there in the evening there was a display of fireworks in n the park and tatter harvey fish ers orchestra played for a street dance on main street it had been planned to have a bingo but arrange- ments could not be made in time far this and it had to be cancelled much credit is due the council far their capable handling of the cele spaoe in your valued yours truly our attent on is drawn to the fact that ceorrrtown fair is only three weeks distant cet a prize list and get our entries ready c v williams for georgetown out ptation to the citizens lu g al for their orderly observance ox what will remain one of the happi est days in canada t history esquesing council grants 100 to hospital for sick children sudden death of joseph donaldson forward to making her home in geor getown pte bill tennant front grover was with the cape bre ion highlander rcgt althougi in hospital for several weeks with dip theria pte norton looks well and is very glad to be back home wi js wife the former vera kemsheai d docking a quebec city on the pasteur pte bill tennant arrived back home sundav night to see his small daughter karen he xas an parents mr and mrs sam tennant employee of provincial piper l d be for the first time in four years pte i r enlisting tennant enlisted in june 1m0 train ed at brampton and newnnrket and bu1 hpnk tonded in england with the lorn b sc enk rc vf son of m scots in september 1m1 he has am mrs w scl pnk en arrived homo mortdav nigl t after mak rig the trij over on the louis pasteur bill has been overseas three and one half jears he served sifcmonth5 in africa and three ears in england bills brother lac harold schenk is still in england and hh sister lieut bertha is with the motor transport corps in eng land and another sister drummer mnrjorie schenk cwac pine band expects to fly to the continent for a our shortly pte albert jim williams son of mr and mrs j r wll lams pte jim williams arrued in quebec cilv sundav morning from aboard the i ouls pasteur he has hoen overseas vitl the artillery r oa for over 4 j ears as he enlisted vith the iorno scots and went over ns vith them in 1941 pte williams i as been o nthe continent since a eek following d day and has serv cd in belgium holland and ger many his wife the former bertha allen glen williams resides in to ronto jim spent all his leaves with relatives in wales along with his brother trevor and bob hcmenemy with his unit in france bel- glum holland and germany in england he married the former jont burgess of sussex who will follow her hnrfiand to canada when pa age can be arranged pte termaau father to the tegular meeting of esmiesing i township council was postponed to i ti esday evening august 7th deputy i reeve georre e cleave councillors j george currie c h may and r n brown were present reeve g w i m irray presided minutes of the last i meeting were read and adopted and correspondence read moved by cleave seconded by may that the following accounts be paid the municipal world ltd supplies 1030 board of hjdro commissi oners georgetown to june 30 7150 street lights at glen williams bell tele phone co services 381 r 21 4 03 36b 255 total 0 28 township of nassa gaeya to balance of relief supplied indigent family nov 1m3 9950 dec 1043 5823 total 157 80 50 esques lngs share 7850 grants to acton pair board 75 00 esquesing agricul tural society 75 00 helton agricul tural society 25 00 aw benton stamps 4 00 carried moved by brown seconded by our rie that board of health accounts be paid ontario hospital woodstock maintenance of indigent to sept 90 48 00 ho mcdure 3 ambulance tr ps with indigent to st michael s hospital toronto 30 00 dr c k stevenson treatment to patient no 3008 june 6 1m4 to june 30 ims robert c lindsay 1 lamb killed 6 00 a n stark valuator 4 00 carried moved bj c rrle seconded bj brown that relief accounts as presented by tl relet oiucer be paid 4 00 car ried moved bj currie seconded by clenvo that u e road accounts as pre sented bv the road superintendent be paid 667 41 carried moved bj currie seconded by brown that esq esing township donate 100 00 to the sick children s hospi tal building fund carried moved by may seconded by cleave that leave be granted to intro duce a by law to assess the town ship of esquesing for the year 1945 and that said by law be now read a first time carried moved by currie seconded by brown thnt by law no 7 to assess the town ship of esquesing for the year ims be now read a second and third times and passed and the seel of the cor poration be attached thereto carried moved by brown seconded by cur rie that leave be granted to introduce a by law to distribute the interest ac cruing from the railway bonus fund amongst the different school sections well known resident of george town joseph t donaldson died sud at l30 am saturday august the late mr donaldson i j was in his 82nd year was born port dover and lived most of his life in gait he came to georgetown in the spring of 193fl after the death of his wife to make his home with his daughter and son in law mr and mrs j p reid he was a member for over 50 years rr waterloo lodge loof gait and the last living charter member of ivy rebekah lodge in that city the funeral service conducted by re walker of knox presbyterian clurch gait was held from littles funeral home on tuesday august 7 interment was in mount view ceme tery gait surviving are his daughter mrs j p reld georgetown one son d roy donaldson london and three grand children the weather frank kentneb back in georgetown mam street shoppers are pleased to see a familiar face once again in the person of prank eentner who has re turned to town and accepted a posl- u with macobnniaok drug store entitled thereto and that said by law 3on and m vance kentner be now read a first tune carried moved by cleave seconded by may 78 00 treatment to patient no 84678 that by law no 8 to distribute the june 28 to nov 37 1944 1400 total interest accruing from the railway 92 00 carried moved by may seconded by cleave that sheep claims be paid james ruc- wll 1 lambjkllled 1000 spencer wil son valuator 2 00 albert presswood 2 lambs tilled 2800 1 iamb injured which died later 12j total tftoo f w sborou valuator 300 john stark 1 registered ewe killed 36 00 bonus fund amongst the different school sections entitled thereto be now read a second and third tunes and passed and the seal of the cor duration be attached thereto carrled moved by may seconded by cleave that this council do now adjourn to meet on tuesday sept 4th at 2 pjn or at the can of the reewe carried prank served his apprenticeship with robbs drug store attended the on tario college of pharmacy and gradu ated in 1940 after a year with a druggist m dryden he moved to toronto where he was employed with tamhlyns and later with mcmillans drug store mrs kentn is the former gladys beaver of georgetown and they have a four year old daughter offluuine at present they are making then home with his parenti on smerj street by h l hutt while the rest of the herald staff w ere enjoying a wellearned vaca tion last week the weather man re mained o nthe job enjoying his gar den and the weather the job was transplanting his col lection or iris to new ground forty new varieties were added brl the whole collection up to 160 varie ties and oh boy how the weather tar oured us two heavy showers in the week started us paraphrasing ub this little drops of wateron uttit grains of sand make for surdy bit and a beautious land yes this is the time to plant them and we have lots left for sale at bar gain prices prices we can whisper only in the ears of our friends b one of them but come early and avoid the rush for ue are expecting a line up business if this gets past th eagle eye of the advertising manager and is not cut out here are the weather records tor two weeks date h and l rain- temp tall tues july 31 79 52 a thurs aug 2 86 64 m wed aug 1 78 56 21 fh aug 3 71 53 sat aug 4 71 51 sun aug 5 72 52 mon aug 6 67 7 sir tues- aug 7 70 55 wed aug 8 78 58 thurs aug 9 82 60 ar frl aug 10 82 57 sat aug 11 83 5p sun aug 12 83 64 mon aug 13 87 63 active service notes honourably discharged after two and onehalf years in the royal canadian navy is chief e r jack tost who with mrs teat ti spending a holiday with his mother in town jak has served in new foundland andkova scotia