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wedrtewhy evening october 2 1946 mr and mrs e b tyers celebrate silver wedding anniversary mr and mo e b tyers celebrated tbotr xth wedding anniversary last bondsy what twentyeight members of the family and friends gathered at itist home on poeflph street to enjoy a deucsoua meal which included en ann cake decorated by their daughter katharine they received a number of saver gifts and a bouquet of tmotyfve roses from the children mr and mrs tyera who was for- erly mary katharine bdwands were married at at josephs church strat ford on september 37th 1901 prior to coming to georgetown eleven years ago they lived in- stratford dublin and toronto they have five chil dren mrs gordon pricker margaret katharine gerajdine pauline and john guests on sunday included thelr tuldesmald w s e e tor onto and groomsman mr t kelly stratford and other guests were pres ent from stratford dublin kitchen er chicago hl toronto and george town dinner was served by then- daughters assisted by misses kay boyje and marion walkfawhaw letter to the editor editor the herald dear sh- as a result of tbe very generous re sponse by the public to the tag day last saturday for the institute for the bttnd i feel that some sort of public recognition is in order the proceeds from tag selling alone amounted to 198 which makes georgetowns contribution equal with and i think above those of milton and acton we are especially grateful to those girls who walked miles to canvass houses and who stood for hours on the street selling tags without them a tag day wouldnt be possible every one who contributed may be assured that money collected win be used to good effect it provides a free braille library service and radios for many who have only this means of keeping hi touch with the world it provides heto for those whose disability pre vents them from helping t and trains others who would otherwise be a harden on society to be selfsuf ficient on behalf of those who cannot see thank you for your generosity margaret bell representative to the harbon advisory board from countess of srathmore chapter iode sends souvenirs niom scotland k8 mary fenier who has often visited in town with mr and mrs t f grieve is at present enjoying a visit to scotland and last week sent some souvenirs to the grieve family mrs grieve received a sprig of hea ther and mr grieve a replica of the ludtaui medal designed in ger many and distributed during the first mar to couanemorate the sinking of the amertoan passenger ship profits accruing from the sale of the medals are turned over tost dunstans blin ded soldiers and sailors hostel late jane lynn buried hebe member of a nerval family of sev eral years ago jane reeve lynn was burled m greenwood cemetery last sunday she was 1he daughter of the late robert lynn and catherine smel- taer the family left the district and settled m he usa about forty years ago miss lynn who was seventy- three years old was a retired school- ugh school news by icrne mcbrlde elections lor student council have re sulted in the following officers form 1 a carter s alexander m golden form 2 bobs dillon betty king form 3 emery thompson mary sargent perm 4 t alexander j chester form 5 p robinson r president secretary v barnes walter sargent dtoohs team won 11 1 over km thompsons in tuesdays rugby game with golden and dillon getting the goals and thompson tbe solo potat for his team thursday the roughest game of tbe season was staged the score thomp son 20 ralph peck 5 goals sar gent 1 thompson 4 friday the first form gals battled toe public school and won is 6 soctball maybe well see another game soon eh i a more rugby on monday with alex ander and dillon clashing to make the dryest game of the season the latter winning 10 7 come one come all see the g h 8 starry athletes perform yes its the field day for long recesses and pt periods they have been pole vaul ting jumping and shot putting by the way one of our notsostarry athletes picked up the shot put and fell flat on his face remember its on october 9th this is subject to change be sure and get your copies of hi- news on sale to students at the high school bui thompson is handling sales on sale every monday at 2c cedarvale mr burt james of brampton visited with friends here mr and mrs carman griffin of mishawka indiana are visiting with friends t miss mary currie spent the week- end at her home at oaledon sunday visitors jtt the home of mr and mrs a griffin were mr and mrs norman dedles and family of brestau mr and mrs l e huntsman of beamsville mrs j o martin and theodore of vtnelaud mr and mrs r- l davidson mr and mrs wilmer davidson of acton mr and mrs george griffin and mr and mrs c griffin of erin the september meeting of the oe- darvale w i was held at the home of mrs fred shortul on september 18th after the business was dealt with the following program was given scripture matthew 30 chapter reading s taobw somathlng about you mrs shaw paper valley of po wer mrs cunningham reading autumn mrs snortul an interest ing talk on how to plan a sunday din ner by mrs w henderson reading victory garden mrs cox mrs cunningham then gave a the hostess then served lunch teacher and made her home in spring field mass rev robert spencer of long branch ofifdated at the com- mttal service she is survived by two brothers her bert of batavia ny and charles of springfield mass social and personal mr and mrs edward cordal of long island n y visited last week with mr henry slenko charles banting wall grandson of mrs j hulls has entered the first year faculty of medicine at the uni versity of western ontario london mr and mrs herb milne of aurora visited with bis sister mrs h bradley last week misses margery mackenzie and mar garet pasmore are enjoying a visit in centrevllle south dakota they travelled by rail to chicago and mad the trip by plane from there mrs w j roe has taken up resi dence in her new home on the farm of her son e l miller r r 1 geor- mr and mrs s r peart and mr and mrs h a hosting of rockwcod pent a few days last week with mr and mrs camn dark ypma imtm will mr atyj m1 wnvbnulvant mdoded mr and mrs gorton fast of preston mr and mrs otut and alice an mr and mrs lloyd h leslie and daughter karen ann have returned to thelr home in colorado after spending their vacation with their parents mr and mrs t l leslie durham street mr leslie who held the rank of cap tain during five years service with the american army has been appointed director of audiovisual education at colorado springs mrs william emslie lucy hlcken was honoured at several showers and presentation prior to her marriage last saturday on september 13th mm frances deans held a miscellaneous shower and on septe 18 mr and mrs william hulls opened their home at stewarttown for a community sho wer mrs thomas bason entertained at a kitchen snowe on s 30 and the postal staff and man carriers table her mother entertained at trousseau tea on the wednesday pre ceding the wedmg miss franc deans poured tea by mrs wfqiam mrftonaw ndlctos jnwpbme ourtta emdiehkkea wedding at st johns church sfewarttown the marriage of lucy emily daugh ter of mr and- mrs bdwln- hlcken and william alexander emsue eon of mr and mrs wnliam emslie took place in st johns church r of england at stewarttown last saturday september 38th rev h leigh pink officiated and miss jean ruddell pla yed tbe wedding music given m marriage by her father the bride wore a gown of slipper satin with net over taffeta skirt and match ing shoulder length veu sbe wore pearls- the gift of the groom and car ried a cascade bouquet of red roses miss may hlcken as maid of honour wore a gown of pink lace and net skirt over taffeta with- a headdress of net caught with gardenias and forget-me- nots and carried an arm bouquet of mauve gladioli miss june hlcken was bridesmaid wearing a similar g of blue lace and net with matching headdress and carrying an arm bou quet of pink gladioli mr ian emslie was best man and tbe ushers were mr edward hlcken and mr george emslie a reception followed at the brides home mrs hlcken receiving wearing aqua blue crepe with black accessories and a corsage of talisman roses assist ing was the grooms mother wearing a mauve crepe suit wth grey accessories and a corsage of cream roses for a trip to northern ontario the bride changed to a mauve wool dress green winter coat and black accessor ies wearing a gardenia corsage limehouse a program of better quality was en- joyed at limehouse memorial hall last thursday evening when echert bros bell ringers of toronto appeared sponsored by the- wi we extend sympathy on behalf of the community to mr and mrs milts and family on the sudden passing of little tommy mills who was struck by a motor car while playing on the street near his home in toronto we welcome mrs edgar beeney and little daughter qlzaheth who arrived last friday from scotland mrs gale and miss ivens hav re turned to the city for the winter mrs grasely of toronto spent a few days with mrs w t mills mr and mrs wheeler misses mar ion and susan of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs j houghley and davkl mr and mrs w g norrie visited the mulders on sunday evening mr and mrs greeniees and children visited the bentone on sunday m w mitchell mrs h norton messrs j n newton s m wright and a w benton attended the funeral of little tommy muu son of mr and mrs bin mills in toronto on friday ianehouse womens institute dis played at milton fab- on saturday fl 9 tm imu entries m chlldrens work also mr and mrs e kam spent tbe weekend with friends in kitchener recreational this and that teen town teen agers went to town last friday night despite the coolness of the old town hall the window had wor ked up a real steam before the even ing was very md the crowd was large possibly the largest yet and the music was both hot and sweet every body was happy and the teen town er plan another wideopen session this friday incidentally teenagers theres a big party planned for friday november 1st in honour of the witches and shades who break out on hallow een therell be games and prises so start planning your costume now the furniture drive is still on remember we really need that old chair or table that is already in the discard as far as you are concerned the telephone re sponse has been very poor to date al most as poor as we are at theoid town hall how about going to the attic just as soon as you read this appeal and give us a call the num ber is 8 or 397 r help us to help conununlty activities bktdoe the bridge olub bad mall number of faithfuls on monday due to other meetings here and there in town but it is kneeled that there will toe a real owd next monday the bom are from 8 to 11 and all male bridge play ers are welcome it your bridge has hecotne a bit rusty dont let it bo ther you cone out anyway yog get plenty of practice and help in he national edveitfcement last tor the pulp and paper indue- r there was an error in figures born- u m om 3l 7 yean at r- we see this week that eatons order office has had a new coat of paint that bob richardson is away from the bank of commerce recuperating cram injuries suffered in an auto acci dent near gait the weekend before last that a generous 25 donation has been made by a local donor to the georgetown recreational oquncu that mcclures home furnishings have a new hudson truck to replace old faithful which did yeoman ser vice for many years that ted bludd has a new red light delivery truck for his painting and decorating business that a new jewellery store will join the growing ranks of georgetown busi ness establishments next month that joan main has entered the nurses training course at toronto general hospital and that brenda robinson is attendmgtehaws business college in the city that removal of the federal sub sidy boosted milk prices to 15c a quart effective yesterday a fifty per cent rise over prices a year ago that brenda bell and judy bon athan were two diminutive taggers who helped to raise money for blind last saturday that prise money amounting to over iieoo is being mailed this week to prizewinners at georgetown fair that mrs audrey sharpe sailed from england on the scythla last sat urday after serving in england with the st john ambulance hornby sponsored by the hornby womens institute the eckardt brothers gave their musical review in the princess theatre at milton on wednesday sep tember 25th the bellringing cath edral chime playing and piano work were worthy of appreciation consid erable skill and ability were displayed it was difficult however to appreciate the shadiness which was substituted for humour and which put the over all performance on a much lower level than seemed necessary some people in the audience felt that their intelli gence had been underestimated by the performers rev ross hares sermon on holes m ourpocketa was very much appre ciated by those who attended the aer- vloe to the hornby united church rec- anth when the minister was absent pieaohlng tie harvest home sermon at the mulgrove united church toe official board of tbe hornby dotted caiurch met at tbe parsonage last t evening with thirteen honbna present wvs and means of paying for the parsonage bathroom batlon were dealt with and the matter of painting the outside of tbe p or putting on ineusbrlck was discussed the hornby united church is having its anniversary services on sunday october eth rev wesley hunnisett and his musicians will have charge in the morning at eleven oclock and bv john mcdonald or brampton with a quartette soloist and accompa nist will take care of the evening ser vice from eight oclock mrs james bailey has been on a vi sit to her daughter to east rochester new york the spence children have been dis- outing apples to those in our com- hlty who do not grow them tbe lowest possible price nothing they bo entertain their customers with delightful chatter the young peoples union are plan ning their first meeting of the fall season wins beautiful trophy at betaeviixe ken mcmillan who is once more on hisfall round of the fairs and horse shows came back from belleville last with a beautiful trophy for the best light horse in the show the trophy presented for the first time this year was donated by dr scott of that city and is a silver horse moun ted on a pillar measuring about eigh teen inches in height it can be seen in the herald showwindow this weck lt is a coincidence that the donor is a native of halton coming from bur lington and that the owner of the horse is also a halton man the prise toning home halton performer while bom m orey county has also ancestors in the county for whom he was named so altogether it was a cleansweep for halton in this event brotherinlaw ed hoare has been helping out at bradley store where of clayton bradley and jack whitney who underwent an t t last week has depleted the staff ed at a tortanan at the dnatate psant m o wbsdh k on strike at pre brampton area farmers watch jeeps at work the weather by h l hutt- who said the weather was going from bad to worse and we were all beaded for the bowwows admitted ly august was away below normal in heat and rainfall but the figures for september show it has all been more than made on in the fine mild weather and bountiful rainfalls of the month just passed while the night tempera tures have been slightly above nor- mal the maximum daytime tempera tures have been 57 degrees above nor mal and have ripened tomatoes and other fruite in due time the rainfall was also above normal a little over threequarters of an inch making a total of 334 inches which has given the fall wheat a great start as we were away last week we give the local records for two weeks max min rain sept 17 83 53 sept 18 s3 57 sept 19 81 51 sept 20 82 48 sept 21 72 60 74 sept 23 71 53 sept 23 71 58 41 sept 24 68 50 sept 25 64 47 sept 26 73 40 sept 27 75 44 sept 28 84 51 sept 2d 60 53 jo sept 30 56 40 legion nates l m c the first regular monthly meeting of this season was held last thursday evening september 26th there was quite a good attendance although it could be a great deal larger with the membership now nearing the 400 mark one of the main items of the even ing was the election of sam tennant as entertainment convtahor comrade charlie parton had resigned in june and the work had been carried during the summer by comrade alex taylor the secretary wallace thompson read a letter be had received from the provincial command asking that delegates be sent to the convention held last sunday it was decided to leave the selection of these to the djs- oretton of the president comrade cousens brought up the matter of approaching council to that the street to be laid from no 7 highway in to the site of tbe wartime houses now under construction be named by the legion branch this suggestion was met with enthusiasm and it was decided to contact council immediately the idea was to name the street after one of the battlefields of the canadian army in world war n such as dieppe road fslalse or some other such name new tables and chairs have been ob tained for the beverage room and add a great deal to the appearance of the several new members have been ac cepted in pie branch and an initiation will be held in the near future the number to be initiated win be around the twenty mark the executive seem to have had a busy summer meeting on the average at every two weeks this was a result of the remodelling going on plus a tremendous backlog of business from the spring season a number of the comrades visited the air force association regular meeting last wednesday night- harry hale who was one of the party re ported an excellent time and said he had picked up a lot of ideas for the exair force get together to be held locally a number of members are on the sick list at present and are wished an early recovery comrade jack whit ney is recuperating from an operation balunafad the september meeting of the wms was held wed evening at the home of mrs jesse mcenery the president in the chair the new study book was introduced by mrs j mc enery and mrs stanley sinclair fol lowing the program outlined in the monthly arrangements were made for tbe autumn thank offering sunday evening october 27 miss martnlmtt bdton of the george armstrong school staff at hamilton spent the week end with joanna shor- tffl a number from this oommonlt at tended atxttrcresry services m acton tjntted cbnreb sunday rnnf to hear bob vvokm give a very inspir ing jtecently several hundred farmers itt the dlsirlct had a chance to see the willys universal jeep at work in setting familiar to them the faun a demonstration sponsored by wil lys dealers of toronto district was held on the p of bud earle located a few miles south of bramp ton east of no 10 highway some twenty jeeps thrilled spectators with their ability ut handle easily a num ber of tough assignments for example tbe jeeps gave hlbiuons of ploughing dlaharrowlng cultivating sawing wood digging poi holes operating a hammer mill tow ing etc it was shown bow these ver satile vehicles coum be used for carry- ing grain and stock to town and trans porting the family altho they resemble in- many ways the wartime jeep it was em phasized that the peacetime version is different in many respects from the original pleasing color combinations contrast with the dull olive drab of the army uniform the engine baa been greatly improved for increased economy and- steppedup performance in fact it has been reengineered throughout for its present duties a highlight of the program was the first official showing in canada of the new jeep station wagon a smart- looking unit with fourcylinder sixty- hree horsepower engine and allsteel body which can be converted to ei ther business or recreational use among the mechanical features are counterweighted crank shaft a gear- driven camshaft and independent frontwheel suspension the metal body painted to simulate wood seats comfortably seats may be removed to provide storage space for goods or merchandise pubuc school news the first term of the 1946 year is well under way with an enrol ment of 315 we are happy to report that miss hume our grade 1 tf is p satisfactorily m th guelph general hospital but tt wbl be some time yet before she win be able to resume her work at tbe pubbe school in the meantime mtas t scott will continue to carry on ml humes work our thanks go to miss georgma young who took over tha work in grade ill thro sep tember ebavenr deed m securing miss bowena stall to continue the work to that grade until miss hume is able to be on duty again miss marlon hepburn is a new addi tion to our staff in the capactty of music teacher we took forward to happy and profitable year in music our annual field day is funned for this thiirsday october 3 to the pack events to c at 130 anyone interested in watching the events is invited to come out to the part win ners at our local field day win com pete in an mtersohool field day at acton on wed october 9th already we have had two ball games with the high school students tbe public school boys were able to wta over tbe high school by a slight mar gin at a game in the pack on friday september 20th then last friday wo allowed toe high school girts to gtm our girls quite a trimming to sort of even up for the boys after the fleu day on thursday the boys are going to play again and we bear the ghfl fellows are really out for revenge r should be a good game tbe student body really went to town last thursday aspfrlday in col lecting baskets throughout the town about 1200 were brought to the school which wul realize about 936 for the school treasury i a concentrated pa per drive wul be made du ttao week of october 21 first peace time fair at acton sees many new events the first peacetime fair in seven years at acton j see many of the old features revived and new ones in troduced back comes r the first night big arena show on friday october 4th with horses box in ponies clowns bands and han exhibits open tbe second day on saturday octo ber 5th sees horse racing back again on a good fast track the prise list should draw the biggest exhibit of horses and livestock ever shown at this fair back again from wartime use is the hafl where tratte baunff homecraft and childrens work wul again be on display two bands wu be on the saturday prograi boys band and eiiiib bfudn 1