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iwe georgetown herald wednesday january 9th 1946 welcome home ddnala ytfmnauvof lime- s home jrcm overseas on the ot bermuda in time to j 1jlllmi in canada son ol jtijsn mcpnrtrtd and the late mrs he was employed on mr jfrfaxtn near brmpton and m victory- aircraft walton be joining the army over three j alga be wenj overseas in april with the royal oanariiaai artl- bas been in holland and dtr frank rolf e root overseas on the jqueen is dvt frank rolf e son ot tats a rotfe union street fata been in the army since de umi prank trained at borden before proceeding over with the armyservice corps hi 3m2 he has been in france iynjhiri and germany be afltetlng he worked at the do- pis arriving home on the mauretanl was pte cflarence kennedy- who bean overseas slhoe last jonuarjpte kennedy joined the army in japril 1943 and rained at niagara taln wright alta and to british coli before going overseas he was an ployee of smith stone ltd is one of two sons ot mrs george herrington who have served in the war his brother bruce having been with the rcaf with the rank of fly tog officer he is married to the for mer pearl leslie and they have a son douglas cl c h boyle one of the lome soots oritoals 1vlidntarned on the monarch ol and snared in the official for the regiment at bramp i ton was cpl charlie boyle cpl 1 boyle who originally went over seas with the soots in june 1941 has sttengtby record of service in sicily italy france belgium holland and ge a brother of john and james boyle of georgetown he was r provincial paper ltd when be enlisted lac harold sehenk xisavbavold ssnenk was one of se veral district boys who returned home fln the queen elizabeth last week he joined toe airf orce in december 1941 and after completing his course at cwfc aircraft traming school he was posted to mbncton n3 then to centralis before he went overseas ta malcb 1944 in england he was at tached to an roaf bomber group harold is one of four children of mr and mrs william sehenk of glen wuuams who have been cry aeaa his brother cpl bill sehenk etarned home a few monttis ago and discharged their sisters bertha and pte martorie of the owac pipe band are both in eng heart attack fatal to john osborne it was a shock to residents of the union district yesterday morning to john david osborne had succumbed to a heart attack while preparing hlsxhreakfast at mr home on the town lilie in his 65th year mr oaboine was a member of one of esquesings pioneer lamtlles living on and for which the family holds a a bricklayer by trade he was unmarried and lived with his sis ter miss margaret osborne tfce funeral service is being held to morrow from the mcclure funeral home in georgetown with service at 3 pm scmn r a addy a recent arrival home from over seas to the glen is sgmn raymond addy who has served overseas since april 1943 in france belgium hoi- land and germany an employee of the alliance paper mill he enlisted in february 1942 and trained at toron to and kingston as a despatch rider with the signal corps before going overseas sgmn addy who u the son of mr and mrs robert addy ar rived home last week end crossing from england on the mauretanla creamery thieves leave telltale evidence on sunday night thieves entered the premises of tyers milk products on main street gaining admittance through a cellar window and ran sacked the building paling a uum ber or tools and wrenches and a quar tex horsehpower motor unfortunate ly one of the marauders left a tell tale bit of evidence behind hi the form of a piece of paper which apparently dropped from his pocket mr tyers is not anxious to prosecute and if offering the robbers a hance to re turn the stolen goods sometime with in the week if this is not done the evidence will be turned over to the local police and the law allowed to take its course i lions plan skating carnival main feature of the monday night i dinner meeting of the lions club is the mcoibbon house was the decision to sponsor a skating carnival this j h pedlby dies in toronto son jj former minister of the congregational church in georgetown spring mcclure was named t ikr m i he chairman of a committee composed esqussing council returned by acclamation for 1946 vacancy on school board as only four qualify for five seatj new school board will serve 8 township schools r 1 s n john kennedy saknia burid nomination meeting in esquestng in ctteenvvpod oembtery township held on monday december 3ut resulted in all members ol the- vent w o o thompson officiated ing returned by tela- at a graveside service ta greenwood maun w murray is again reeve cemetery on december 27th lor john grge clea jsputyree e and kennedy who died at his home ncar geor t samla on december 23rd m unculors mr kennedy was a son of the late although tere were eight nomln- jamoskennedy and isabella david e or flv or the newiy- son and was born in georgetown 07 f township scgool area no 1 years ago on the farm now owned by ot those nominated chooe to mayor harold cleave he received bis i persons ol john h schooling here and went to samla as brogham b b- hunter harold web a young man where he became a st and walter linham and a un successful market gardener survlv ban to te prepared at u lng are hu widow the tonmer annie heetlng ot the new councu to ourrle ol wlngham a brother bert provide for the election of a flftb of toronto and two sisters mre member 8choou included in the new boy llcol james henry mc died at his home in humber bay early wednesday mom lng december 28th bom in vancou ver bc 53 years ago he was the j u only child of the late rev james w sponsored by the club last ju1 was awi charlott r p hls w mclintock r llcata ab i jj tost rf ctc cochrane jack arm peuey strong tvalter blehn and e mc whlrter report of the amateur shows farmer of seattle washington and mrs complin of edmonton alts cfm bob uardman ofm bob hardman was- one of a group of georgetown men who re turned home last week end aboard the mauretanla bob enlisted with bhe ordnance corps in may 1942 and was stationed for some time at barrie held before he left for overseas in octobr 1943 he later transferred to the newlyformed rceme and has been employed in a large workshop near london employed with pro vincial paper when he enlisted he is married to the former ethel spence and they have two sons buddy and billy bob has one of the best sou lenlrs of the war which he ent home some ume ago a partly smoked cigar given him by winston churchill iw packer it bxturdntr on the queen elizabeth llopt john e tom packer ani ved in toronto on december 29th and is in town visiting with bis sister ib bob lane lcpl packer en itssie at sudbury in january 1942jj ftth the signal corps he trained at j kitchener kingson and camp bor- lhe daugl tcr hri hcr has den prior to going w e3lgland in june 1943 he baa served in france bel htm hotlanil and germany before enlisting ljcpl packer was employ ed with lohlaws at sudbury spr j l elferby a farmer near limehouge when he enlisted in the army in 1943 spr fc l euerby returned home to the last week after crossing from i on the queen elizabeth he was stationed at ipperwash camp before going overseas with the perth begjment three years ago later to the royal canadian he served with them in lnoe bel holland and ger many 6pr euerby is married and they have one son allan scmn l a laird one of two brothers wbo served in the war sgmn lew laird returned to his home in toronto last week af ter crossing on the qbeen elisabeth overseas two years wltti the signal wooqpb be haa been in france ger many bejgham and hoqand for a ear previous to going overseas he 1 atnewmaxfcet and king i his service in francetne s montbs la hospital recuperat- i tag frofn burns suffered in an aocl fbnnerty employed in town with- j n cneol he was working in toronto when he enlisted hie bro ther petty officer delmer laird who aernd wliivtbe navy received his dte ctkatnt recently and is back at work l- witt j b mackensle son they of thejate ur and mrs john cxsm of ge sgnta laird is tbe former pesris bum i and they have a baby daughter tber born since hep dad went srmn stanley allen returning to canada on the maure tanla last weei end as sgmn stan ley allen son of mr thapws- allen and the late mrs allen of george town joining the army in february 1942 he trained at fort garry win npeg and at vtmy barracks kingston before going overseas with the signal corps in december 1942 he went to france shortt after v e day and has since seen service in belgium holland and qennnnj he is marrl ed to the former ruth oanton and they have two children bobby and june prior to enlistment sgmn allen had been away for about 15 years working in the rainy river district and in port arthur his bro thers harvey and harry also served witti the army overseas and have both returned home and received thelr discharges given by jack armstrong showing net profit of6897 for the three nights plans areunderway for another series of shows tills year ab tost reported on the christmas tree which this year had shown a deficit a donation of t5 was voted to the navy league of canada lion jas ballantlne was placed in charge of the initiation of ile new members at the next meeting those to be initiated are art scott bob caldwell joe momenemy joseph gibbons re instated and ray whit mee a membership drive will be held in pebruarj and harold mcclure was put in charge of arrangements for a ladies night s34 cheque sent to christmas cheer flinj in add t to several private do nations sent by district residents to christmas cheer for british children an auxiliary of the telegram british war victims fund a cheque for 34 was sent to toronto shortly before christmas by the herald it repre sen ted donations of 12 from lime house w i 10 from the merry 8 euchre club 5 and 2 from friends and 6 from mrs c stacey mother was a georgetown girl who met and married his father during his- pastorate in town ool pedley was a graduate of st andrews college and the university of toronto and was called to the bar after completing his law studies at osgood hall in 1919 during the first war he served ss a lieutenant in the 216th battalion and was com manding officer of the halton rifles from 1925 to 1928 he was a reporter and later editor of the old toronto world and was author of only this a commentary on the gt6al war he was a mem ber of the o tawa flying club surving are his widow grace coates pedley whom he married in 1930 a daughter dianne charlotte and a son james william a funeral service was held from the ross j craig funeral home on friday 28th followed by cremation at necropolis dec the card of thanks mrs bessie harrison wishes to thank members of st georges wa the daughters of the church verdun rebekah lodge smith stone em ployees and all the friends and neigh bours wio so kindly remembered her with flowers gifts and cards at christ mas pte waiter pte walter rasmussen who has served overseas with the ordnance corps for almost four years and saw service in north africa italy and on the western front returned home last week end on the mauretanla pte rasmussen is married to the former doreen broomhead of georgetown been living in town during- his sence at tunc of enllsuncn thej were making their home in brampton where he v as employed with the hewetson shoe company pte ras mussen is a native of denmark and while overseas was fortunate in being ible to spend a leave wli his father intermediate game fraws capacity crowd local club ices fast team to defeat acton 6 2 elora here friday orangevule on monday weather permitting and other members of thejnjlly at tttojwetji thelr ojrpoi enp thelrfcotne in thattountry the georgetown hockey club iced one of the bem teams in their history here last thursday night when tihey defeated their old actoh rivals 6 1 this was the first hockej fixture here this winter and the first game the lo cal sextette participated in the thursday game wns also out standing in that it drew an exception ally large crowd over 1000 people pas ng through the gate it is expected n other large crowd uill bt on hand to see the elora rocks stack up igalnst the red and whiles on frl daj night the first period was marker by a i rrlfic burst of speetjwfth tie locil off tleirf ctt hardlj had the game star ted when beaumont took chriss pass- to beat woods for the first tally a minute later ward drove homeai0ose puck to make the score 3 0 kan shead got the third goil on a hcai tlfi solo effort which took lim through to the goalmouth three minutes late the same plaver passed the puck out to qulnn ferri who banged in the fourth goal there were no penalties pte and mr leonard rayner it was a double homecoming on the queen elizabeth recently for pte and mrs leonard rayner who were max rted overseas lasvoctober and had the good fortune to be repatriated home together hftrs rayner who has been in tile cwao for the past three years and served wth them in england and in this period holland is the former rita doyle of play evened up in the second rratne georgetown pte rayner is the as the ice became heavier alough father and son combtna l the terrific pace set ur f p fourth of tion to return from service overseas where he has served in sicily ttasj france belgium holland and oer many he joined the lome scots in 1941 and went to england with them in juneof thatyear his lather also served overseas with the lome scots returning to canada in 1943 while his brothers pte thomas and tpr bob 4oth came home last october other soldiers home among eoldlere home from over seas whom we have not been able to contact for information for this weeks herald are lopl cecil davidson sgmn earl marchment cfm don houston ofm erwln lewis and sgmn t w mfsinatrt sit of whoa have arrived in georgetown wtthm the past continued however with acton short- handed due to a penalty to e marzo the local team failed to score and the period ended scoreless acton showed the old fight in the last period and in an endeavor to get on the score sheet kept the puck well in front of their blue une most of the time it was in this period chat the stellar goalkeepdng of evans in the georgetown net was tested and he made many marvellous saves how ever at 890 morton scored on a pass from s marno to give the visitors their first goal near the end of the period richardson added another on kemsheads pass followed by the sixth goal by tyler when q ferri passed out from behind the net with is seconds to go nbnn morton toft uncovered by the defense made a hear shot to the comer which gave evans no chance to savtv and so after years of trying the georgetown team finally emerged vie- u rious uer an aoton team the lo cals hate a squad ot fine calibre play irs which e know will give a good account of themselves this season acton goal woods defense mar 70 bay less centre morton wings mira tal cllefer alternates stmtn ons townslcy wallit alio goy and master georgetown goal evans defense shropshire chriss centre kemshead wingc w richardson beaumont al tern tes k richardson patterson q ferri n ferri tyler slmmar1 first period c eorkjfwn beaumont ohriss 3c efeornetown kemshead oeonretown q lead second period no score penalty i marco third period acton morton i marzo georgetown w richardson kemshead georgetown tyler q ferrli acton morton penalty s marzo referee pat patterson toronto leaotte summary 19 00 1946 george town orangevlue acton fergus muton p w l t pt 110 0 110 0 2f 2 110 2 110 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 games played dec 27 afton 7 milton 1 jan 3rd orangevule s fergus 3 jan 3rd elora 4 muton 3 jan 3rd georgetown8 acton2 games next weak jan 10acton at orsncevtue jan u milton at fergus jan ii elora at geor jan 14 orangevllle at ge jan 14raoton at fertos jan ib muton fct elora j a wllouohby farm agency completes 8 recent sales things are moving in the george ttjn area these days and particularly in esquesing township and new rest dents will be seen around town the historical old bessey farm on the seventh concession above george town belonging to vernon picket was sold recently to a mr hughes also the 200 acre farm on the second line belonging to the smith brothers was sold to a prominent toronto bro ker join frame the chopping mm in georgetown belonging to mr win brydon was sold to russell and cecil tjpshall who will take oxer very shortly the william diveu faun of 100 ac res was sold to mr james king the elmer piercey farm of 100 acres was sold to mr frank diveu the 100 acres at acton belonging to the estate of g h switzer was sold to mr j eid a prominent toronto business man the kindon brothers purchased the old bumlield farm belonging to john destefano at milton and also the ar uiur smith farm at hornby school area are 8 s no 3 5 6 7 union 8 10 11 14 the school board will elect a chairman from among their number and are adver tising for a secretary a good attendance of ratepayers the largest for some years was ont hand to listen to reports of the years business by the inembers of the council and treasurer k c lindsay township cleric isaac bennett was chairman for the open meeting long term pastures to feature halton crop improvement meettvg the annual meeting of the halton crop improvement assn is scheduled for ie court house milton on sat urday january 5th at 130 pm states a t woodley president of that or ganlaatlon all attendance records we understand were broken at last years meeting and hence the reason why this live organization has found it necessary to find larger inisrtem for their meeting on jan 6th notwithstanding the rather uafav ortile crop year the halton associa tion ha carried on an active program and like many of its sister halton ag riculturnl organization is becoming recogntaed as on of he most active associations in the drovince long term pastures is to be the feature of i he programme on jan 5 in this onnectlon m c beatty wm booth cratg reld and ajiderson bros w 11 give their experience in 1945 prof n j thomas of guelph will also con- tr b ite t the discussion and present a filn in technicolor showing pas re s li halton and other western oi tnrio counties o 1 r local farnurs on the program it cludt the following harry rich t xjson uid c mcdowell on annual past res c f picket corn osts w weajirrancl ronds permitting this progranunrhiddmean mother full hose for their tu9mjneeung to whlcfian invftttttonjs extern silver wedding anniversary a very enjoyable time was spent at the home of mr and mrs robert warne r r 2 acton on saturday evening january 5th when they cele brated their 25th wedding anniver sary the rooms and table were tastefully decorated in white and sil ver after a bounteous buffet supper at 6 30 at which mrs robert kerr and mrs jos allan poured tea there was an old fashioned sing song followed by musical and vocal selections by mrs robert kerr and mr archie kerr muriel and helena hilts and mr peter blnnie the latter who has recently retu from overseas hu morous radlngs were given by mrs alvln white rev a o w foreman then called on the bride and groom of 26 years ago to take chairs by the table when lhey read the many cards of congratu lations and opened their gift boxes which contained many beautiful sil ver presents the bride and groom then thanked all for their lovely gifts their groomsman and many others made speeches telling of the esteem in which this couple was held in the community and of their fnhftiip at church and taking their family with them lively games were then played for a short time gue were present from heapeter guelph acton umehouse m to ronto besides the relatives iiwti lumli around baiunaf ad and cfaofljfaill during the evening a telegram was received from mrs warcelb sister aisfl fborther in law mr and mrs wm kentner of boissevain man then many friends wish them and then family many more happy years to gether upshaia brothers buy local feed business a business transaction of local in terest which took effect on january 1st was the sale of the georgetown feed mill bv mr william brydon to russell and cecil upshall the ttp- n ah husking aal urbttwra are well known fanners w js who m ld their farm w e brcckon on seed market on tne 4th lme east ch to mr walsh of mlmloo they are sons of mr and mrs charles upshajl and their father operates a farm nearv their former property the present t ne proprletqrs onmanled e iut wnrge i to town sometime this year mr brydon has been proprietor of the niulsmce august 1944 when he purchased it from mr calvin clark who now operates are electrical store fa town the mill win continue to pioneer and purina lines first rate radio scripts are the regular product of author actor tommy tweeds pen beetknown for his talent in the seriooomic drama he was the author of a columbus ohioaward winner last var at present besides acting to many of obcs leading play-pr- ductkms he is writing science la mode brnrtr set over tb cbo dominion network on uondaya at 1030 pjn est 1130 pan ast recreational council mekts georgetown recreational council under the presidency of b v mao- cormack held a meeting m the muni cipal building on monday night when several important matters pertalnlnc to the community recreational pro- ratn were discussed mr macoor- mack and vicepresident h a mo clure were named s i ismlllls to interview council next monday nlajbt to ask for same nnsndsl i from the town is being formed bv town with dr j b milne looking after arrabje- ments jsett brm wss bested puiilraslm agent for the ensaco hbckey sche dules sad teams for the midget rju and juvenile series have- been drawn op and wm be underway as soon u she weather takes a turn tor the bet ter and tee la available al the ansa