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the georgetown herald jj fujw24lk 1945 2 00 per annum 5c a copy beventysevrnth year of publication your weekly public school news by lome mobrldo once again georgetown puttie school pupils are preparing for ex amlnattons tnese examinations are tor our november report card in which we all hope to have good marks we have made our regular upper canada book and tract society do nation this years total amounted to 87 66 georgetown public school floors were groaning and creaking last week trom lour tons of salvage paper to which we all contributed in 4he two weeks of b has again risen and reached the silver lining with a total of 103 in our first four weeks of war savings qps eenlor boys have played and won three successful softban games the first tiro which we played with tamer grade vhx now i form hb the third with a picked milton team the winning scores reached by ops tn all three games were too large to the 330 pupils of the school enjoyed a noodfey on friday last when the member of the staff attended the teachers convention at muton once again senior intermediate and junior boys and girls of gj b strain ed tihelr muscles m order to obtain a high score in points on field day wednesday october 24th 1945 welcome home ptc clifford mcdonald i ren broomhcad m boadhocsb preaching in georgetown wp f fev an absence of 30 year rev sroadhouse of strauorwm be in the pulpit tor w services at the united church next sunday second member of the family to back in georgetow i after three return home from overseas pu cllf jcirs service in c inland and india ford mcdonald came home on the he uac rtg etroomhead came homo an de france he is the son or mrs the ilc dc france he is the son ot angus mcdonald of dolly varden and mrs i uj broomtn id and the lau a brother of pte norman mcdonald fred broomhead and was employed who returned to canada several mon with the georgetown herald when h ths ago after being released from a enlisted in the rcap in february i german prison camp clifford went 1942 he trained as an aircraft meo- overseas with the lome soots in june i banio in gait and was stationed at 1841 prior to enlistment ne worked trenton and brentford before going i to england in december 1942 in september of last year he was cdt to india and a few weeks previous was married to the former elizabeth overseas for two and one half years 1 da t f iwith the 13th canadian geneiw j eo ft iew pttal sgt william hewitt returned to i his home here last night after croas- tng on th lie de france sgt hewitt who enlisted nov ll 1940 joined the rcamc and spent some time at camp borden before going overseas he was welcomed home by his wife the fnr- at home on the farm hgt wuuam hewitt w 0 gilbert hunt howard lahlaw the weather by h l butt last week made a new record iore hoi rs of sunshine than we hare 1 ad for nearly two months and dldnt ve enjoy it and we don t consider it was indian summer either for that cloesnt jomo until we have had a juaw winter but that is apparently un the way now across the prairies iter that we look for a few day of iet rtitptin mimmw following is the record fnr loot ecks local temperature and rainfall date h and l rain- temp cta ties oct 1ft 63 40 wed oct a ee go tnurs oct ib 70 4ft iw oct lfl 70 66 jy isnt oct aa ao 4a sun ot 21 06 43 jff bton oc- 22 ax 4a stewarttown blgh core m point on field da lac afhome tiurtyiour events were on the bet release from the boat an preliminaries were held monday oct i now welcomed home by his wife tie for- 1 to stwarttown boy war mer violet blair and his three sons ront gubert hunt wctpd bto billy darny and teddy sgt hewitt arge m the rcaf last month was employed at provincial paper u h fm wklng toronto en llower division prior to enuwmmt v soot loutjbreak he did guard duty t brampton transferred to the air force tpr joe hall 1 la september 1040 and trained as an aeroengine nnechanlc at brandon man and at thomas he was sta tioned at jarvis and srenton antv in i 1943 remastered to air crew and gra diated as a flight engjreer since en route tn engladn as ne of tea farm delegates to the world youth conference in london england lfl howard laldlaw of norval pqa- minent young district ta ashgrove 15 finals were held wed oct 17th when the weather was perfect fodow tug were the various champions and runnersop junior girls sandra shaw 9 pta jane milne a junior boys donald white 13 paul barber 9 intermediate girls patsy palhster 14 mary mc mally 13 intermediate boys donald bums 16 brock bradley and john kodweu 4 senior girts joan tuck 10 i joyce mcmillan 8 senior boys don aid brydon it donald berrington 13 results of the events were as fol lows jim gr 60 yd dash sandra shaw jane mhne muriel spenoe boys 75 yd dash donald white roes mc- gul pam barber inter girls 75 yd jpatj patluur dolons hexrtngton mary mclfalty boys 75 yd donald bams brock bradley alfred spence ben girls 75 yd june tuck belle tennant jean bedell sen boys 100 yd don brydon ivan huffman don berrington boys 440 yd dash don brydon frank anderson don herrington sen girls throwing softtoad kath leen cox joyce mcmillan marie roe boys shot puttdon brydon ww mrs mortram of toronto is visit ing with her daughter mrs w hum phreys mr p r bally of hamilton visited l bis home here last thursday and friday tbe wa meeting was held at mrs cecil smiths home last week at the wx meeting tbe members arranged to nave all clothing being donated for europe left at the coun ell chamber and were very pleased at the generous response mrs devrtes took it over to the town hall george town saturday afternoon miss joan hodge of acton spent tbe week end with mr and mrs w hodge arriving home last night after crossing from england on the oe de france tpr joe hall jr son of mr and mrs joseph hull is back tn oeor d afkteia m ft m o to getown again and will return to his i ne j nowit on coastal command 1 job in the glaamg department at nj a submarine work in the- north smith stone enlisting in august atlantic this type of job to him 142 with the armoured corps tpr ln ft circle on one or two hall trained a orttlla and camp bar 0 casians as weu ag oreenjacd loa- den and wen overseas in march 1643 ha newfoundland and labrador he has servad in nortti africa iuly gilbert is the son of opl and mrs belgium and holland and has latter s hunti of georgetown his father t xi rtti a ygtefan j a present at ly been attached to the new wick hussars c g i- t another local man who returned home on the qe de france last week end was tpr bob eason one of the lome soots wbo went overseas in june 1941 tpr eason was in action tn north africa and italy wounded in italy he was tent back to england and has since been transferred to the armoured corps before enlisting he was employed with provincial paper ltd hornby mr john f ford has had augbt i strokev and is now confined to his bed not much change in his condition is reported the funeral of mr elmer e fea- therstone of windsor ontario was held in the bethel united qtmrch n monday afternoon october 22nd at three o clock the offtnlatfng mtanafcer was rev fred alnswortb mr fea therstone is a brother of chester f charles and william featherstone and mrs dr edwarda of brampton we understand this la the first break the army camp in brampton w o hunt was majreted two years ago to the lormer iris wvermore of mhnlco feapc maurice dixon soninlaw at lr and mrs r j graham arxhw home from overseas on sunday aboard he tie de france the regular meettng of uf 4mis grove women s institute was held tuesday afternoon oct 10th ftfa ttw home of mrs cecil wilson with mia r cunningham the president nreatt- lng the motto health happlnegi and well being are the lndmduahg privileges and are th qpnoorn of goggi of us was well given by mrs brownrldge very helpful answtcs were given to the roll call what x keep in my medicine cabinet and wbw mrs john hunter gave a splendid de monstration on meat to the during the business period plat made for serving the lunch at plowing rratch on oct 30th and i i for a social wening in november to be held at th home ot mr and mrs b hepburn after singing the national from in iront ol tbe orwwemeo i tour enios fo and mrs leslie clark ine home of mr and mrs mark clark john 8t was the scene ot a happy homecoming this week for their son frying officer leslie clark who returned on tlie tie de france with him was his bride of last june the former beatrice anderson of walker ton a corporal tn the cwac overseas who is also returning to canada for discharge it was the second all the asbgrovt united church is hav tng its anniversary on sunday nov ember 4th and the speaker for the day is to be the new minister rev fred alnswortb services will be at 11 am and 7 30 pm the bethel tfp tj met in the church m friday oct 19th at 830 pjn with olive uster in the chair the results of tbe new membership were announc ed bert leslies side bad 25 paid up members and margaret fords side bad 21 a croklnole party will be held the second showing of pictures by the national plhu board was held fri day evening oct 10th m the under the auspiceo of the and proved to be very interesting pictures peace river country- ww every in lechdioolor mrs f thomp son contributed pleasing vocal ssiat and gladys rnddell favoured wmb piano solos everyone enjoyed cfiba- munlty singing with mr john btrdga pianist lunch was served at tba dot i of the meetmg by members ot tts ieen ix or se ne de france son of mr and mrs listing in the rcaf inaugust mi i school and uunga sojrwtth mr hartley andewb sen boys shot puttdon brydon mw membc were welcomed qrvnx jy emuurf with the les was stationed in toronto tor some pp a pla to be amdmai a wv 33 ft 4m henry chaplin don her- p laioaii membership now acou on wars outbreak joined time and was a member ofj the pre christmas l u extended to all rington isanat the business period was l hh landers in wfcruart hinn driu squadron which was a tea mttm t come u extenoett w irw mrwte tsc motra mtkid plans for the hal 1940 went menwi with them tbe ture of uu grandstand pbfamwetit charge of that part of p a n pridav xouowlnk j transferring to the the exhibition and later toured tn the zl evelyn course read the flttng officeb nobman p princes7 louise dragoon ouards he united states he trained at oueiph w f ghbf bicycle race marie roe margaret oolden be held ke b loween party to jim girls boot and shoe race vomdt ody basketa sandra shaw helen onapun jane lz the party during the milne jun boys boot and shoe race tne meeting closed with donald white ross mogill paul bar- hex inter girls boot and shoe race mable shepherd anne crabtree do- sores herrtngton threelegged jun girls june m-t- ity and joan harrison pauhne r raoe p in hospital after which he was sent back to england in july 1943 be married the former peggy lusted of westnekl england his two brothers girispay mm stlu overseas are pte thomas in eng tus- and joan harrison pauhne t jean coleman and land awaiting repatriation and pte tyers and muriel spence orio ryall w jl tennant leonard in holland his father also and leona conn jun boys paul oolden dolores herrtngton served overseas with tne lorn scots inucess unuae uimicwu v i hci ioture lesson lota merry i was in sicily and italy was wounded and jarvis as a wireless airgunner pastor rev fred alns- a year ago and spent several montiis was on ferry command and a talk on kagawa of tk h was aentlng overseas was attached to the raf jorw aomethlng of news- transport command a evangelism work there were of this group he has had a wide varie- present after some games t of experience and znl anthem the meelhig points of the world i sosed at about 1016 p ment p o clark was- employed with c aeriuxa barber and donald white bill whit ney and john doherty jim buck and george mcclure inter lrls shirley dobbie and jean tyler patsy pall li ter and dolores herrington joyce herrington and ruth junior boys broad jump donald white 12 it 9s in terry noron paul bnrber inter donald burn h ft 94 in frank carter john i nodweu sen doiald brydon 18 ft i 11 in donald herrtngton henry chaplin junior girls broad jump sandra shaw 12 it 3 n jane milne be ty bouskil inf mary mckally 12 ft ih lr pay pallister jovce herring ton sen joan tuck 13 f 4 in joyce mcmillan margaret go den juno boys high jump pajl barber j f 4 n jkn buck donad white inte donald bums 9 tn keith scoj john nodwell n donald herrington 4 ft 4 colin oousens ftichmrd orsce intermediate girls- high jump patsy palhster 3 ft 8 in mary mc nauy mabel shepherd sen joan tuck jean oolman margaret golden int glls btcycl race mary mc hairy jean tyler sarah wyo sen boys bicycle race wllbe mma fmnk anderson junior grace inter donald bums jsck ba 0 john nodwed tnt bays obstacle race don bums brock bradley john rtodweo sen don herrtngton don brydon ronald pwnham and jean tyler 3rd joan tuck shirley caseley sarah wylie ruth mcnauy 4th moira kell mable shepherd joyce herrtngton joan chaplin relaj rice bovs 1st donald bry don junio grace earl walters henry chip in 2nd ivan huffman don i hem i gon frank anderson jack davidson 3rd hugo tapp ronald denham keith scott dean tomp son from june 1941 o julj 1942 the georgetown herald his younger bother pilot officer bui clark was also a member of the rcaf at the sunday services in th three churches the minister told some in teresting hg about bis work jaoan 1 o dx meet at mrs a beaumont8 glen williams ftclvfc bervlct noteh congrau lations to one of our lome fresumkpdsao mrs m bally of stewarttown re ceived the sad news recently trom tbo government that her son psjtnf mg cer norman bally was p to have died on active service iniiiwa norman was first reported mtaamw logf february and it is still the hop of jhh friends and family that he vfle yet be found alive and sate scots jtm dobble who has been pro the conn ess of strathmore cnap- nioted to the rank of csil jim t holland with no 1 transit depot edga peenej wl h the rcap oer seas ha been pomoted to ie tuik of warran officer 2 man in uiwn win remember the no rtnguan boys who li ed here a iw ears ago wij thej parents mr and mrs a norrington eric is now borne lr dundas discharged from the rc af and eiling insurance for the sun walter is with the canadian army in holland and expecs to be laci n canada snoriv alter chns ma iode met at the home of mra cthir beiumont glen williams for 1- eir oct jber meet uig on mondaj lght there were twentyone pres ent the firs port ot the cienng tis i ei oer to business followed 1 by a social hour it was reported that 163 had been realized fom the tag day held for tbe institute or he blind and liiat it wus the mos successful ye held final arrangemenfi were made for the bridge partv to be held in the odd fellows hall or nov lst j donaions were made to he follow tng 500 to the poppy fund soooo o be spent for comfort for tbe men ot the adopted minesweeper s 00 to the overseas cigarette fund and 10 00 to polish reuet a feature of the aodal part of the evening was the pesenauon to two recent brde s members of the chap ter mrs lawrence mccuntock and mrs ivan hay the gifts were bean utol cup and saucers hostesses for th- refreshments were mrs a beau uknt amued by mrs s w orr poor lng coffee mrs marion barber and mrs n verdec engagement notice mr an mrs john ransom of b ampton wth to announce the en gagemen of t eidest daughter margaret mae o robert bruce bar l son ot mr and mrs dean barley tire redoing to take place the early par of november presbyterians mark s5tli anniversary ath anniversary wires for knot pi esbyterian church were celebrated by tor congregation last sunday with a large atteroance at both morning and evening services preacher for jie day was rev j c orier of guelpo and the choir under the dl recjon of miss marion hepburn sang several special seledions miss mary meyer was guest aowst for tbe morn- ig service and wth mjo hepburn ang s duet m tbe eenlng mr ken harrison was organist birth notice mcnally mr and mrs wonem m- nally nee floria feller are bar to announce the birth of their i david william at oueiph oon hospital on thursday october tt in memor1am igl16 in loving memory ot a i mother mrs james ingllsr who p ed away october 24 1044 we lost a mother with aheart of gcgftv she was more to us than wwawt 0b told without a farewell she feu adaob with only memories for us to keap we have lost but god has gained one of the b the world imteliiosl sadly missed by flanghtgr jt0b son in law william brennan ingus in loving memory ot obt grandmotner mrs james big0v who passed away october 3ft utftv a ii ue token true and tender just to show we stffl remseabsr memories of ns all to wm unger in our he grandmother dear granddaughters catberiao i janet brennan