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wednesday february 27th 1946 georgetown inter oust acton in semifinals by 4 3 score in roughest contest or the present season fergus and georgetown to tangle in finals this week end look forward to group honours with a fast skating aggre gation the in- the probably for the first time in twenty years a georgetown team eliminated the t team their closest rivals in semlf taal playoffs of oroup no 6 0ha the first game in the aeries being a 4au tie the thursday night game gave the georgetown team the light to meet fergus in the finals by a 43 score not only was the fact that george town won so important but the game played on acton ice was no doubt the roughest affair yet staged this season with georgetown players taking the brunt of some unfair stickwielding etc battle scars will be carried for some time by art hurst who was hit over the bead with a stick and by phi ghrlss who had a finger badly chewed up in a scuffle however the injuries seemed to set off a spark of revenge and turning the other cheek the boys waded into the fray and outskated and outscored a team of veterans that found it hard to lose and when the gong sounded a georgetown victory the guns of cri ticism was then turned on the referee who deserves credit for handling such a game in which rough tactics prevai led from the drop of the puck certain acton players seemed to be out- to scalp our best players but their speed kept the actonites busy to catch their heels and thus the fray was postpon ed to the second period in the first period acton had a definite edge on the play arid carried the puck to the acton net most of the way george town scored the first goal of the game and the only one of the period when hurst and kemshead combined this counter lindsay and bertwlstle tangled but this was a minor affair and ended in a verbal argument ir the penalty box norton drew a pen ally before the end of the period when he poked hurst on the head as he pas sed him only to be too close to referee patterson with the teams playing srjort hand ed going into the second frame hurst picked up a pass from chrts5to ag ain beat woods to make the score 20 at this point the marao brothers see med to start off a battle all their own with hurst andchrls3 taking on all comers when things got settled away once more and the penalty box almost overcrowded shropshire drew a pen alty and with the teams playing two men to three townsley picked up pass made by bayllss to get the home teams first goal penalties were almost fatal to the georgetown team in the third period when nash was motioned off for boar- ding and norton and kentner added another for acton the teams up to full strength again hurst banged in his third goal on a pass from nash beaumont drew a penalty for holding and el marao added another on a long shot bertwisue saved what might have been a goal and took a penalty but acton failed to score at ib jo kiddall went off for tripping and chrtss broke the tie and the game was won for jonah ackboxd lonq glen resident dies in brasapton funeral services were held in bram pton on monday for jonah ackroyd t for forty years a resident of glen wil liams who died last week in bramp ton rev allan johnston rector of christ church conducted the service interment was in glen williams cem etery the late mr ackroyd was a native of yorkshire england and came to this country to work in the textile mill now known as glen textile industries ltd which was then operated by sy- kes and ainley he was a weaver by trade a member of the church of en gland and a kindly levelheaded man respected in the community unmar ried he lived with his sister mrs ste- vens who predeceased him some years kerrys father and son honoured at washago banquet an item of interest in a toronto newspaper describes a banquet tender- ered by the washago womens insti tute for returned war veterans among those mentioned is sgt harry perry an overseas veteran of two wars who sat with his son lac george ferry the ferry family moved to washago last fall after many years residence in georgetown and mr ferry now oper ates a boat delivery in the northern holiday spot canadas 14tii vc brother of former resident here hon major john weir poote cana dian army protestant chaplain of ma doc and port hope ont was the 14th canadian to win the victoria cross the empires highest decoration for valour for his aid among the wounded at dieppe and during his term as a german prisoner of war major foote is a brother of mrs leo curtln of ottawa who once lived in georgetown where her husband was a high school teacher mr dav4d brill is irnjoying a holiday trip to florida vltli friends from tor- onio simpsons order office marks fifth anniversary our three stars first to art hurst his untiring efforts although suf- a bad head injury his scoring ity with three goals in the game to bis credit the second to sonny tow nsley of acton for a nice clean game turned in his tricky stickhandling and a potential threat around the goal at all times third star to bill chriss be played a steady game setting up many nice plays and was in there figh ting all the way honourable mention goes to kemshead mooney morton nd bertwlstle fergus play here in the group fin- nala friday night so if you want a good seat be on hand early acton goal woods- defense moo- ney baylss centre i marao wings e majwvidndsay alternates n mor ton qoy townsley riddall kentner georgetown goal evans defense liropsnire bertwlstle centre hurst logs beaumont kemshead alter nates nash chrias ward patterson referee pat patterson toronto summary pint period georgetown hunt kemsbead jjjo penaltita- marao lindsay bert- wistle morton second period george hurst chrlss 300 acton townsley aylisi 740 penalties x marao k marso burst ohrtss majors shropshire five years ago this month a simp- sorts order office was established in mcclures home furnishings store on main street and the order office now celebrating its fifth anniversary of service to thousands of customers in thegeorgetown shopping area the establishing of a georgetown branch was a continuation of a policy adopted in 191 by the robert simpson co ltd of toronto when the first order office was opened in another halton town oakvllle oshawa and brampton soon followed and the ser vice grew until at present there are 143 such offices all over canada which take orders for either store or mall or der goods the georegtown branch is one of 87 operating in ontario and serves as a convenient halfway house for simpsons customers georgetown here they may order goods from the mall order catalogue or from the dally paper advertise ments make returns and exchanges and do their shopping just as easily as if they were actually in the toronto store the local order office has had only two clerks miss mae deans was the gracious lady who looked after the cugtoniers from the stores inception until her marriage last month to ted beam mrs beam is now irving in the city her place is being capably filled by phyllis doherty behind the simp son counter now the order office is one small link in a successful merchandising story which started in newmarket in 1855 when a young scotsman robert simp son founded the dry goods firm of simpson and trent in 1872 mr sim pson moved to toronto and started the store which has grown into of the largest department stores canada when mr simpson died in 1807 the business was purchased by a group of men and the present president is c burton a native of york county 1 test acquisition to the company i the purchase of the smallman s ingram store in london ontario st georges church plans new heating system ven w g o thompson presided over a wellattended vestry meeting of st georges church on monday even ing when plans for improvements at the church were discussed a commit tee composed of w f bradley jack thompson richard prust and the church wardens reported on necessary improvement and a motion was passed authorising the church wardens with such committee as they deemed neces sary to proceed with the work major change will be the installation of a new heating system it is also planned to lower the basement floor and to install lavatories in the base ment third period acton morton kentner 245 georgetown hurst nash 345 acton e marao 1030 georgetown chriss 1930 penalties hash beatsnont bert wlstle riddall rangers and canadiens top semifinal group by don brill in the initial phase of the midget playdowns the fourth place rangers defeated the hawks who occupied third place while canadiens caught bruins unawares- two more play off games were staged monday even ing but i wil be unable to give you information on them til next week rangers 4 black hawks 3 in the opener friday night the gal loping hangers defeated the fast black hawks in one of the best examples of perfect sportsmanship to be displayed this season the losers had just convincing smiles as the winners and no penalties were handed out rangers doug norton was decidedly the star of the game he clinched t first period marker then in the sec ond frame was accidentally clipped on the head with more spunk than any pro he skated out and flashed the red light for the winning tally in the last minute of overtime don herrington also played a good game for the win ners bill arnold scored two goals and an assist for the defeated team bill hew itt did an excellent job in the nets for the hawks summary first period 1 chicago arnold e thompson 2 new york d norton 3 chicago thompson arnold second period 4 new york burns norton 5 chicago arnold thompson third period 6 new york golden overtime 7 new york d norton canadleiu 5 brains i the canadiens outplayed bruins in a nimble manner to emerge victorious in their first playoff game james cunningham who incidentally is the smallest midget in the league added a lot of spark to the game and netted two counters beatty was also good for the victors goalie earl walters played well for a losing cause summary first period no penalties no score second period 1 canadiens h fendley 2 canadiens beatty 3 canadiens j cunningham 4 bruins d bryden penalties huffman brydon third period canadiens beatty canadiens j cunning penalties robinson oldest acton resident mrs robert price dies in sstfa tear mrs robert price oldest resident of acton passed away at her home there last saturday february 23rd in her 95th year after a short illness bom mary ann harding she was a daugh ter of the late william harding and mary watson when she was 6 years old the family moved to the 6th line esquesing she was the last surviving member of a family of four boys and two girls sixtytwo years ago she married the late robert price and they had a fam ily of three children henry who died at tlwuftge of nine harding of the 7th line esquesing and mrs angus mc- eachenrtwilhelmlna of acton also surviving are two grandchildren and one greatgrandchild mrs price was a devout anglican and a member ot st albans church of england acton the funeral ser vice on tuesday was conducted by her rector rev e a pulker a private service at the home being followed by a public service in the johnston and rumley funeral home rev cochrane of xjmehouse presbyterian church assisted with the service pallbearers were william watson fred harding ernest price edgar switzer charles mason and robert ijowrey flower bearers were robert miller joseph tanner wilfred hard ing and james crlpps interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown floral tributes were from pillow the family grandchildren mr and mrs wilfred harding and doris mr and mrs fred harding mr and mrs stan price mrs annie sprowl mr and mrs h alliston ed gar swllzer gordon smith robert lowrey board of managers lime- house presbyt trial bans w a neighbours of acton neighbours of the 7th line mr and mrs j fjlerby and mr webster and verna mr and mrs alfred butcher and mr white and ina mr and mrs john williamson bon temps club donate from dance proceeds the girls of the bon temps club have made sobstantal donations alrea dy from money raised at their success ful valentine dance donations have been made to the georgetown recrea tional council and to the baveacntld pond which mrs kate altfcen publi cises on her nunb program i provincial coating mill banquet returned scrvicemen- ortnie carter and joan browne wed at norval miss beatrice patricia joan browne and mr orroic carter were married saturday february 23rd in st pauls anglican church norval by the rev mr leighpink rector the bride is the daughter of mrs browne and the late mr w g m browne and the groom is the son of mr and mrs r s carter keewatio ave toronto mrs w h fidler played the wedding music given in marriage by mr j n mor- gason the bride wore a handsome gown of blush ivory satin fashioned with a sweetheart neckline and full skirt continuing into a slight train her veil which was caught to her head in a cap effect over blush satin con tinued to the length of her train she carried a bouquet of white roses and freesia the bride wore pearls the gift of the groom miss barbara watt toronto cousin of the bride was maid of honour to a fulllength gown puik chiffon with matching juliet cap and sequintrimmed shoulderlength veil and the bridesmaid miss louise watt wore a similar gown in blue chi ffon and matching headdress both carried bouquets of pink carnations mr gordon browne brother of the bride was best man and the ushers were mr donald watt cousin of th bride and mr john ellacott cousin of the groom a reception followed at the home of morgason where the brides f managersj- ume- mother re wearing a turquoise vj i rrrrt crepe dress and corsage of johanna hill roses the grooms mother chose a blue crepe dress with corsage pink tea roses later the bride and groom left by plane for buffalo the bride travelling in a pastel green suit brown accessor ies and camels hair topcoat with corsage of american beauty roses the couple will make their home in toron norval the son of mr and mrs grasby norval had the misfortune to slip while playing on the ice a week ago sunday and was taken to brampton hospital with a broken leg he is progressing favourably congratulations to mr and mrs ormie bud carter honeymooning at buffalo fchence they flew by plane ulast saturday night following the marriage ceremony at st pauls church norval glad to see miss prairie maguire is up and about again after several weeks illness with influenza the spire ot the presbyterian church norval was torn from the steeple dur ing recent heavygales while st pauls church had a side window pane blown in and plaster fell from the ceiling veterans plan dinner about 50 veterans of the war met at the legion rooms last sunday alter- noon to lay plans for a banquet which they hope to hold in late march there arc many regiments represented am ong veterans in town and as it is im possible for many of the men to tend regimental reunions it was thought that georgetown could have a small reunion on its own an execu tive was formed to plan for the ban quet with david bowman chairman and committee members john wilson cliff stacey ron mendham jack wa tson william king jack kerr and thos waroes welcome hdme pte donald jowdatn pte donald jourdaln was among i group of georgetown soldiers who cr ssed from england on the queen eli zabetti last week son of mrs mary jourdaln he was employed as a can ada bread salesman when he enlisted with the lome scots in may 1941 af ter training at brantford nlagara-on- thelake jasper alta and vernon and prince george bc he went ov erseas in 1943 transferred to the ordnance corps he served in france belgium and holland pte david bryden overseas since april 1944 pje david bryden returned home on the queen elizabeth last week son of mr and mrs peter bryden he has been with the staff of the canadian army show pte bryden is married to the former hazel caldwell and they have a dau ghter margaret and a son david opt t s brown pte herbert brown two brothers who have served for several years overseas returned to can ada together last week in the persons of cpl t s nick brown and pte herbert h brown one of the large group of lome scots who went over seas in june 194i opl brown has ser ved as an instructor and as a transport driver at various english army camps his brother overseas since august 1943 is a veteran of the italian cam paign as a member of the carleton a york regiment of new brunswick he was married last cfartibnaa to the former mlna wright of wishaw scot land the two men are sons of mr samuel brown of brantford lieut bertha schenk last of four children of mr and mrs william schenk of the glen to return from service overseas lieut bertha schenk came home last week on the queen elizabeth joining the army in january 1942 she was sta tioned in canada at brantford toron to and north bay before going to en gland last july her sister marjorte returned earlier this month after tour ing army camps with the c w a c pipe band and her brothers harold and bill served overseas with the r c a f rresentation op pen and pencil sets is made the banquet room in the oddfellows hall was nicely decorated with a blg welcome home flags and red white and blue streamers on saturday night as the coating mill banqueted em ployees recently returned from the armed services and their wives and sweethearts over 200 sat down to a chicken dinner with all the trimming and catered to by the ladies of the lome scots auxiliary following the banquet adjournment was made to the assembly hall where the presentation of pen and pencil sete were made to the 36 boys who had served king and country in the second world war two being made posthumously received by their wives mr r b foulis m superintendent as chairman for this part of the pro gram welcomed the boys back home and spoke of the sacrifices they mad for us he said in part i am very happy to preside over this gathering and to have the oppor tunity vtth you to welcome home our service men it seems a long lone time since we met in the finishing room to wish them god speed time was soon forgotten with the vic issitudes of war and when the omin ous clouds were low and our destiny was in the balance then our prayers became more fervent for their safe return thank god its over and we are- more than grateful so many were spa red to come back to us now they are back therefore w must try to understand their moods and thoughts as their experiences dif fered greatly oer land sea and air according to their assigned duties to many time alone can blot oat the scenes and tragic memories of war but with our timely consideration w can help them forget the past as wh usher them back to civilian life nevertheless all our gratefulness goes out to them for the courage en durance and services to mankind to their country and their share to protect democracy and ail it standi for still we have rumours rumours and rumours ihthts topsyturvey old world when peace seems harder to wta than wars much has to be accompli shed that will test our houghtfulness efforts and patience hi their xebanltt- tatlon to make their home sweet honw a place of happiness and contentment glad as we feel tonight in our happy reunion we are remindful of their comrades who paid the supreme sacri fice that freedom might be free let us honour and cherub their memories one and all as we commune wrhht ourselves the might have that will convey spiritually our est sjbnpathy to their loved ones a word to our victorious frw of the canadian armed forces of george town its a pleasure on behalf of yotfcr fellowworkers to welcome you bsxft from the rain and the mud the tifrtjp- lent and wavey old sea the ley caoodg and low visibility to these warm our ters to enjoy their hospitality the committee in charge wants ym to relax and make this the happstst night in your lives and as a mark off their appreciation and affection they will present a token of their i so kindly accept their gift with i kindest regards for your fut4bttwtv tare and prosperity two minutes silence was then ob served in memory of those wfctt ttht supreme sacrifice with the last ftast ad reveille sounded by- bugler jot wilcox presentation of the gifts was mads by mr p d mcnauy and ul ber ber expressed the thanks of the tis n the nonour roll was wtfl as follows lcpl frank anothergeorgetown soldier who re turned home on the queen elisabeth was ljopl frank lorusso frank is a veteran of three and a half years ser vice overseas with the engineers in it aly and on tiie western front son of mr and mrs mike lorusso his brother rocco also served overseas and another brother michael with the army in canada last august he was married in holland to a dutch girl janbd bregltta hoogland who wgl soon be coming to georgetown to make her home other veterans horn among overseas veterans who have arrived home recently axe pte a a johnston b hatchment m d muler r w puckering sgt jack yoang pte r j quod pte r o davidson and pte roll of honour paul barber charles boyle williamcarney charles davles robert efcson edward francis j gilbert john hemphill william hlllier ross hunter douglas maplesden nosman marchment a mcdonald leonard rayner bert tuck george walker j williams lloyd boyd wrjbert bradley albert carter james dabble steven rnmerson j ostnpben vt oonthroed on 1