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the georgetown herald wednesday december 5th 1945 five new faces on nexc years town council macdonald defeats lyons in race for reeveship councillor mcgilvray returned councillors thompson defeated in monday ejections orr and as a result of mondays municipal elections five new faces will appear round the ims council table in the persons of joseph gibbons thos ea- jr jim ritchie jim goodlet and ikenzle reeve ken mac- donald was returned for a third term of office with a decisive majority of 1 over or thos l lyons making 1 bid for the reeveship cr garfield mbottvray win also serve a tftird term as councillor lor ward 1 while ors ski orr and wm p thompeon the ims council rurftiing for office were defeated in threeman contests in wards 1 and 3 the vote was somewhat lighter than last year 063 compared with the ims who turned out in 4944 to vote mayor cleave in against exmayor joseph gibbons who this year made a come back heading the polls as councillor for ward 1 complete results reeve ward 1 k r macdonald 205 thos l lyons 1 10 ward 2 257 97 ward 3 216 108 total 678 315 council ward 1 joseph gibbon garfield mcgilvray wm p thompson 228 185 152 council ward 2 thos eason jr james ritchie thos l leslie c e herrington 193 179 169 77 council ward 3 bruce mackenzie james goodlet sid orr 231 204 140 district governor visits 1 lions club district governor cliff hines of ingeraoll accompanied by deputy district governor ed oapps of brampton paid an official visit to georgetown lions club at their din ner meeting in the mcgibbon house monday night speaking on a lions challege he dealt with the work of ltanlam in helping to recon struct a world at peace and said the ideology of uonlsm was the key world peace and should be spread to all countries he urged lions to sup port the program of renting tempor ary accommodation to veterans until the housing shortage is eased lion jack armstrong reporting on the results of the three amateur shows sponsored by the club said they wert a ihuge success about 75 was net ted tor the club s welfare work as well as providing an opportunity for georgetown talent and good enter tainment for the audiences the club is considering holding another jfceries of contests next spring a donation was voted to provide 10 each in prizes for the boy and girl who stood highest in the entrance ex aminations at the close of the public school terms and the club will do nate its usual prise at the high school commencement tickets for the christmas tree draw were distributed to members by the convenor lion ab tost welcome home pte horley varey overseas since october 1941 pte mortoy varey returned home last week on the empress of scotland and bas been visiting in town with bis aunt and uncle mr and mrs h m bald morley enlisted four and one half years ago and went overseas with the 2nd heavy aa regt after training at norm bay and petawawa be has been in france belgium germany and holland he was trans ferred a year ago april to the lome boots and is still a member of that regiment he is one of three bro thers lrr the army sgt russell varey is in england awaiting repatriation while sgt elgle varey a member of che dental corps is now in georgetown on she months employment leave af ter being stationed for some time with the roaf in newfoundland social and personal mr donald taylor and miss rhoda whtney spent the weekend in tor onto with mr and mrs robert taylor and children the regular weekly meeting of the daughters of the church took the form of a social evening at the home of mrs fred harrison on monday daring the evening miss tfadine webster brideelect of this week was presented with a lovely pair of pic tures the evening was spent in pri cing goods for the sale this saturday m st georges church basement af ter which the hostess served refresh- mrs c e blehn of chesley is vis iting in town this week with mr and mrs walter blehn we are pleased to hear that mr wal ter carpenter former principal at georgetown high school and now on the staff of chatham collegiate has in able to rent a bouse in chat- n mrs carpenter and tbe child ren who have been living in toronto since september wilt be joining him there early in the new year the rebekahs will hold a euchre in the oddfellows hall thursday dec ember 5th at 830 pm good prizes light refreshments admission 2sc prizes will be presented to the win ners of the marathon euchre which ended last week get your tickets tram lodge members for the draw on hamper of groceries which win be nude during the evening muoitts cleavfch mt halton county s representative at ottawa hughes cleaver mp of burlington has recently been ap pointed chairman of the bank ing and commerce committee one of the major parliamentary committees the first meetings are being held this week victory loan banquet aj burlington several committee members and salesmen from thls district attended a final victory loan banquet hi id at the maples burlington on wetines- 1 day november 28th tht evening wis arranged as a gettogether for work tars in the nine wartime loan cam guest speaker was mr ormes do- heriy from toronto loan headquar ters who presented the plaque em blematic of highest percentage of ob jective raised to georgetown this was the third time georgetown dis trict had won such an honour mayor harold cleave received the plaque for the community l e fleck georgetown joint chair man and wilfrid blckle halton or ganizer were among those who were called on to speak and an interest ing event of the evening was a pres entation on behalf of the county to mrs sparling county secretary oatville many complimentary marks were made not only about georgetown s loan records but about tbe whole of halton which always has been to the fore in raising money in war loans missionary visits knox church an unusual opportunity was afford ed the congregation of knox pres byterian church on sunda y evening when the rev c l wood of india spoke on the missionary work of the church on the bhll field in india wood described the bhlls as an aboriginal race of which there are many tribes comprising a total popu lation of nearly twenty ave million people their language is as yet un written and includes a variety of dla- 1 leots which change about every twen ty five or thirty miles the bhil church la very lndepende ent in its outlook and the great majority of congregations are self- supporting and have their own native greaohers the dlscipsne of the ohurcti is very strict by canadian standards and offences immediately become a matter for review by tbe officials the bhils acceptance of the gospel of christ has involved so much j sacrifice ridicule ostracism and i economic hardship that they prize very highly their membership in um church w h reid escapes seriot7s injury in shooting accident w- h held wellknown georgetown fanner had a narrow escape last sat urday afternoon when he was struck by a bullet in us barn the accident happened when a part of farmers were shooting squirrels which had been creating a nuisance in the silo on the former hughes farm on the edge of town one bullet passed through the wall of the barn and struck mr held in the face lodging deep in the booe below his eye he was attended by dr a mcallister and taken to guelph hospital for fur ther treatment but was able to re turn home that night for the pres ent no operation is necessary and it is hoper that no complications willre- sult frost the injury mkb pettit reeve of nelson member of nelson township coun cil since 1930 mrs mary s pettit was chosen reeve by accumulation at the recent township nominations mrs pettlt who has served two terms on county council as nelson s deputy- reeve was liberal candidate in last jears provincial elections elmer c poster is deputyreeve this year and all other offices in the township were tilled by acclamation 75 report for midget and juvenile hockey georgetown recreational council sponsors six midget aild four juvenile teams in ambitious winter sport pro gram teams will wear nhl colors the weather by h l hutt ii we have to resort to figures to prove that the month of november treated us very decently here they ore the average daytime tempera- lure was 43 6 or 15 degrees above normal the average night tempera ture vas 30 i which was 1 8 degrees above normal the dally mean tem perature for the month was 36 8 which is 1 8 degrees above normal the total rainfall was 107 inches which is only half of normal now we are off to a good start for a white christmas with a few inches of frost in the ground and a couple of inches of snow left for ground co ver but no toe yet for the small boy to skate on or even risk a ducking an here are the figures for last week date kf fc l precipi temp tation tues nov 27 36 20 wed nov 28 87 32 40 rain 25 snow thurs nov 39 29 28 jmt- frl nov 30 20 23 f sat dec 1 34 11 sun dec 2 29 mon dec 30 30 mckillopbeeney w edding at holy cross holy cross roman catholic church was the scene of a pretty wedding last wednesday morning nov 28th when susie beeney daughter of mr and mrs edgar beeney of limehouse became the bride of welter mckll- lop son of mr thomas and the late mrs mcklllop of toronto rev fr v j morgan officiated at the cere mony the bride was lovely gowned in white net over taffeta with fingertip veil and carrying a bouquet of red roses she was attended by her sister margaret wearing pink crepe with shoulder length veil and a pink jose bouquet groomsman was the brines brother mr robert beeney following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides parents after which the young couple left on a honeymoon trip to montreal on their return they will reside in toronto the bride is a recent gra duate of st joseph s hospital school of nursing in london rev arthur dayfoot arrives safely innwencrtu the friends of rev arthur dayfoot will be interested and glad to know that word of his safe arrival at his destination ohengtu west china on october 8th has been received by his parents mr and mrs c b dayfoot of victoria b c a graduate of geor getown high school and the universi ty of toronto mr dayfoot left can ada last december for this united church mission field but owing to difficulties of transportation and re striction on civilian entry into china he was delayed ino south africa and india and since august in chungking since he left town his father has sold the dayfoot shoe company which with his brother mr harry dayfoot he was so long associated and mr and mrs dayfoot are now living in victoria bc cedarvale the stewarttown last week the wa meeting last week a quilting was held at mrs rallys home mrs willett had the misfortune on saturday to fall down the cellar steps she received a severe shaking up but fortunately no bones were broken mr wayne of toronto was the min ister for sunday at hornby norval and stewarttown he was entertain ed by mr and mrs greenwood mrs eleanor greenwood of toron to spent the week end with mr and mrs greenwood mr and mrs p r bally and dawn visited with mrs bally sunday congratulations to eleanor smith who was winner of the first prise of s2s0o in the senior group for tap dancing at the lions club amateur show this week congratulations to kvslonne smith who won ttie fourth prise m tbe juni or group for tap dancing in the same show the w a meeting was held at mrs greenwoods home last week mrs greenwood is also offering her home for the annual meeting of the wjv this week on thursday when reports of the years work will be given sun shine bags presented and election of officers for 1946 mrs dickenson and her family have under the convenorshlp of mrs e b moved into their new home we hope tyers and mrs sid mackenzle presj- bowlers enjoy chicken supper and euchre members of the men s and ladies bowling clubs enjoyed a joint social evening on tuesday nov 27th in the oddfellows hall the guests sat down to a delicious chicken dinner prepared by members of verdun rebekah lodge mr howard kentner presi dent of the men s club was boastmas- ter and called on a number of the members for informal speeches later euchre was played mrs e duncan and mr george c brown holding high scores the evening was they will spend many happy years there rev mr leighpink was welcomed to st johns church at the morn ing communion service last sun day we wish for him and his fam ily a very happy and successful time and ministry with hornby norval and stewarttown dent and club secretary of the ladles card of thanks petty officer roy peck would like to express his appreciation to organi sations and friends for parcels and let ters received during his service with the ronvr harold mcclure heads citizens boys band charlie fisher of st catharines and albert fisher of philadelphia spent the week end at the home of mr and mrs r mulder mrs james delaney visited with friends in toronto mt and mrs george griffin of south bend indiana visited wlti friends here last week mr griffin has recently returned from overseas after serving nearly four years a number from here attended euchre and dance at balllnafad friday evening friends of mr calvin leltcft are glad to know he is making satisfac tory recoiery after taking treatments in guelph mr neil harding has returned home after spending two weeks with friends in toronto mr and mrs harry armstrong and myrna of ospringe visited on sunday at the home of mr ed smith miss bolkia mulder spent a week with miss reta bruyns of weston the monthly meeting of the cedar- vale w i was held at the home of mrs w henderson on wednesday november 21 the meeting opened by singing the opening ode and repeating the lords prayer in unison scripture reading by mrs cunning ham roll pall my favourite cookie re cipe plans were made for to send boys parcels that were still overseas the following program was then gi ven motto habits retained from grand ma s method of housekeeping by mrs henderson paper by mrs wood a weed contest by mrs cunning ham mrs wlddls being winner red cross sewing was distributed and some handed in in response to an advertisement for midget and juvenile hockey players to turn out at the town hall last fri day night some 75 of the young lads in town were on hand to get their contract forms which will allow them to participate in the sport this winter ah ambitious program has been drawn up by the georgetown recrs ational council for the season in an effort to give every lad regardless of his age or proficiency in hockey a chance to enjoy the sport a midget nhl team numbering six teams will take their names from the big league hockey clubs and sweaters and sox in the n hi colors have been or dered there will be five teams of georgetown and district players and a sixth entry from norval under the sponsorship of that villages recrea tional association sparked by rev len self and joe stamp our baas- ball sports columnist of last summer eligible for midget hockey are all boys who were 15 or under on nov ember lstjjjmhis year a sogam homeandiiome schedule will be played with four teams competing semltfinals for a twoteam off in order to get around the problem of eight and ten year olds being overwhelmed by the bigger lads 14 and 16 it is proposed to have oneups varying according to age in other words when a 15 year old line up is on the ice for the maple leafs the oanadlens coach would ice his lineup of 15year olds to balance tfmt two teams the juveniles with age limit 19 and under will have a house leagu of four teams with an allstar outfit be ing chosen for oh a competition arrangements have been made with the boardof parks management for the use of the arena saturday morn ings and one night a week for mid gets and one night for juveniles the nights depending on what sche dule may be drawn up for an inter mediate cha entry from george- town the whole program is under the di rection of the qjios hockey com mittee composed of jim sargent jack brill and ah sykes a tmmbar of hockey players have been approa ched to act as coaches for the teams and the council is finding the best of cooperation in their efforts to see that every youngster is given a chanos to enjoy a game of hockey at the meeting last friday contract forms were given to all the boys pre sent to be signed by them and their parents and returned to the commit tee a boy who wants to play in the league is asked to make nve pledgee that he will not smoke or drink wll be in bed by 1030 pm will show honest endeavour in his school woifc will be a good sport at all times and will assume responsibility for all equipment loaned to him by the g r heading the newly appointed geor getown citizens boys band as presi dent is harold c mcclure the com mittee was appointed after a series of meetings in the municipal bulki ng and is making an appeal for funds to purchase more instruments and music for the boys waiting to join the profit the committee points out will be realized in good music from the youth of our town and donations win be welcomed by the secretary or by any committee member the com mittee is composed of presldenth c mcclure vlcepresidenvarthur herbert sectressmrs walter peck property oomm d brill a- her bert b wilcox ways and means h o wriggles- orth j f baird mrs e b tyers mrs wm hewitt disciplinarian oomm k r mac donald h o wriggjesworth b wil cox advertlsingwalter biehn joseph gibbons burlington man hrads oarage operators tbe annual meetng of the oar operators association halton branch was held at the eataminet burlington on monday dec 3rd following the banquet a short business session was held mr art speight then lntiwmo- ed the guest speaker of the evening mr alex maclarai otf georgetown who gave a n inspiring address the retiring president fred sinclair then vacated the choir in favour of bl wadham who conducted the election of officers which resulted as follows president jim waumsley burling ton 1st vicepresident jack roms oatville 2nd vlcepresidenta c patterson georgetown secretary larry manell oakvle treasurerlorne petersoe directors acton joe whlthanv j hargraves georgetown oecu hardy jack cain milton d mcduffes lloyd peer oakville morris turner geo mcleod burlington i lynn v petrle auditors art speight pietf sinclair mr william gowdy celebrates 75th birthday mr william gwwdy jfaoton well- known in ths district and formerly a resident of limehouse is receiving felicitations on the occasion of his 75th birthday which he celebrated on nov 28th a number of relatives from guelph port hope toronto and ac ton gathered at his home the pr sunday and enjoyed s buffet and birthday cake provided by mrs oowdy missed the boat her friends in town were surprised to learn that mrs gordon brown would be with them for a few more weeks mrs brown left george- ktown last tuesday and was to have sailed for an extended vstt tn ttng land aboard the empress of scottsnot fja mixup in arrangementsjkde t impossible for her to rtajtthahfm tn time for safflng and she wm taka passage on a later boat meanwhile we hope she will be able to complete a project close to bar heart the formation of a local branch of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals for which tfhss been rti srrsnffemente for sobj time j