Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 30, 1946, p. 2

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y j4yi the2orgtovn herald wednesday oct people who think nothing ever happens in a amah to e opc the list of rnmmg rvrnta we have on our calendar for the next month the dancing crowd is well taken care of with the lions halloween dance hockey club dance november 1 3 and the iode plan ning an affair on december 6th norva tumors are entertaining at a social in the parish hall on the 1 2th and the teen towners will feature sadie hawkins night on the 8th m teen town hall the cherokee rodeo sponsored by the lions comes to georgetown for three nights m midnovem ber and apprentice production wilkgive their first public dramatic performance next month at the old town hall the second annual father and son even ing wilt see the recreational council reviewing the years activities an3 visiting hockey stars wih once more highlight the evening these are just a few special events picked at random and with the usual run of lodge and service club meetings church affairs etc refute the idea that a small town is dead bond campaign is lagging there has not been the response to the fund ap peal for servicemens gifts that one might expect from a town like georgetown and the recognition commit tee is still far short of its 1 5000 objective what do nations have been made are generous but there are hundreds of citizens who still have not made a contnbu tion and it is necessary for everyone to dig down as deeply as possible to gut the campaign over this will be the last financial appeal sdringing from world war ii and surely we should be happy to give generously for a presentation for the men and wo men who risked their lives to ensure that freedom m the world in canada and in georgetown in particular would continue to be our heritage canvassers are still making their rounds but we don t have to wait for them donations can be turned in at the bank or to mr le roy dale chairman of the canvass committee let s finish the job speedily so plans can be made for a recog mtion day three month visit to england they i craned tooth ways toy plane ai thor oughly- enjoyed ttae trip and the visit with relatives in the old country the ladles ran across a former district man at prestwick scotland in the person of eric stuu who is passenger agent there he la the son of william walter stuu of esqueslng on che return trip a fellow passenger was an fikigllsh gm who was enroute to canada to join her fiance william snyder son ot mr rex snyder of weston who lived here with his parents several years ago during her stay in qigland mrs lawr jotted dona impressions of her trip and has kindly consented to have them appear in the herald here they are august 5th departed from mon treal at 11 amr we stopped naif way at labrador in order to refuel we had lunoh there and after lunch we took off again flying straight through to prestwlok scotland landing at 730 am on the 6th august we had break fast ihere and then boarded another plane a dakota and flew to croydon iiondon landing at 1030 a m travel ling by coach we reached victoria coach station oac at 12 45 pm here i left mrs dewhurst and took a taxi to chr tobr imd jhail gives you o much local news every day i in toronto and throughout ontario globe and mail news reporters and special corres pondents cover the news for you bring you upto the- minute on the spot reports and in the globe and mail you get the news first early in the morning keep m touch with the news of your town enjoy pitching horseshoes with billy rose dofy skaiths on the town with its wide appeal to the gentler sex jim colemans timely sport news and all the friends that greet you in the lively columns of the globe and mail mrs ml lawr and mrs andrew dew- fcen lb when i arrived i discovered that i was to spend the next two weeks in south wales we persuaded the taxi driver to wait for us while we had lunch in which he joined us after packing a few things we drove to pad dington station where e caught a train to newport mon newport is 141 miles from london the train takes us to newport under the rher severn the tunnel being 7 miles in length as it is a non stop train the journey takes onl 2 and three quarter hours a short journei by bus took us out cardiff places of interest we return on the 19gb ofassjukt i was invited to spenda few days with my sister at hampton hs11 near court during toy stay i attended my nephews wedding i returned to my sisters at bdge- ware in tkne tor her wedding ann versary party and x met many of her mends a few days later we went by coach to westcliffe which was arran ged lay the ladles fellowship belong ing to john kette church mill hu1 of which my sister is a member here i spent all city sweet coupons on some seaside rock on one afternoon during the follow ing week my sister and i went to john kefale church to help make up sprays of flowers and herbs for some visitors who came for the afternoon from a london church st lukes a day or two later x stayed a few days in putney with my eldest brother and his wife who live very nearthe oyer thames during the last few weeks of my stay x visited a number of places such as the tower of london which has been bombed very badly but is still of great interest we toured the tower with a beef eater as our guide i also went to a theatre to see lady winder- meres fan besides seeing many film shows i was lucky enough to see the king and queen at the opening of the britain can make xt exhibition ow ing to there being a huge queue we found it impossible to see the exhibi tion that day but we managed to get in a few days later and x thought it a wonderful show the exhibition wai held at the victoria and albert mu seum in south kensington at the same time i visited the science mus eum which is in the same district another day was spent exploring tra falgar square whitehall downing street st james palace and park new scotland yard and other places of interest we went on to the zoological gar continued in col 6 si s jewellers of toronto wib opaa an ap4oifcte jewellery store next door to the golden gate cafe upptoausutnfy rforaubct 30qi fast expert repair service bulova watches a feature o 1 o directory ouiammiiqimiuiii a e lepage realtor head office 330 bay street toronto telephone ad wi farms country estates surburban homes city houses summer properties m national association op real estate boards local representative tekpbooe 4hsj c a whjlson oboaoariown ontario specializing in dr j burns milne 1 dental stjrohon xray phone 60 dr clifford reid ldj3 ddb dentist phone 410 open evenings mam street georgetown elmer c thompson insurance service fire auto windstorm c p railway and allied steamship bummer excursions phon 119w or j georgetown iiiiiiitiimarm le roy dale kc m sybil bennett kc barrister and solicitors mill street georgetown phone 19 i b inramiitto lnngdon ayuworih bartaten solvate and notaries public kenneth iclangdon b macmtrre aylsworth bjl acton wsbbt laortqaok m30nkv to ixun km ac pbone m nwccmmm nielsen the chiropractor drugless ther 33rd tear of practice lady attendant hours men tues prl 2o pjn sat 25 80 pjn dosed thursday over dominion store georgetown phone lbow dr s e magwood veterinary surgeon phone ii office between division court clerks office and tbe new municipal building at the cor ner of main and mill streets j a w1lloughby wfllougnby farm agency head office toronto 146 yonge st ad 0606m largest and oldest in canada established forty years consult our active city depart ment for that horn in the city tom hewson in your local representative jtmitnitiidi i lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jenkins hardy 1306 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria st toronto el 9131 frank pctch uuuud aduno ml pa ba repairing we specialize in this work u to j sanfordson phone qborowtown m monuments 1cahuh8 and urtounq pollock ingham oaur inapeot oar vara- in oreenvood walter t evans ac company twentyfive years establiahed protection and service ptre life automobile insurance windstorm accident travel agency ocean steamship and inland lakes member toronto real estate board phone 183 office miu st foot ailments treated bt miss allan bag chiropodist light comfortable arches prices reasonable open man thurs and bat evenings all by appointment phone 1300j 37 artkob bt guelph tfee man i hire for this job must t i leader im your man sir oood pouow me the heck you twy pboow me memories to honour a lifetime for lifetimes to come moderately priced monuments markers g a card or jetter will bring our service to your door oakville i s monument works i 29 colborne st oakvffle 1 1 w 1 ratitinioiiiniimiai continued from col 4 dens at regent park and were lucky enough to see the new collection of animals which had recently arrived this collection included a fine sped men of the attractive panda bear another event which took place a couple of weeks before all these visits to london was a party given in my honour by mrs tobin one of my sis iters friends and a member of the church fellowship it was at this par ty that i was presented witih the mounted model of the plane lancas trian in which i flew to preswick on the journey over also on this visit to england i had my first experience of television at my brother inlaws house at bushey heath it was on this excursion that i had my first experience of being locked in a good old english pub this was unfortunate as we went in with the sole object of having lunch after ixamlngaixjut for some-time- x at last found a side door unlocked and we were free oaoe more another afterthought amongst the places visited in london we had a day out looking round madame tussauds the chamber of horrors did not much to my disgust come up to my expecta tions nowhere near as horrible as it sounds none theless it was an en joyable day now my visit to england is drawing to an end and tomorrow the 35th oc tober i shall be on my way to canada my brotherinlaw s employer has kindly given us the loan of the car in whioh i travel to victoria station where i pick up the airport bus this nill take me to the london airport at heath row the last place to be vis ted in england my impressions gained throughout this trip are that since i was last in england thirty six years ago condi tions have improved in most if not all spheres namely housing where comfort has come to replace te all too numerous cases of overcrowding education here canada has quite a bit j to learn from england children first attend school when they reach the age of four on five and may continue until thej attain their twenties now the bug bear of man a british house wife food there appears to be sufficient food to go round the variet in cheice getting larger as the weeks go to the rationing scheme embraces practically all items of food in operation are two types of vouchers the coupon which has to be given up for meat butter cheese sugar and the point a certain amount of these points to be given up for different food stuffs such as tinned foods cereals and most items not covered by coupons recently the authorities have intro duced bread rationing this necessi tated the introduction of even more coupons known as btts happily i these are to be withdrawn as soon as i the position becomes easier the other itaq of rattening lscotti- ing here again coupon are used although the ration to not great peo ple manage to look qtdte smart one of the reasons tor this to tfcat they hve learned frmkmitoammmtil all that rumln now the good m to the folks sod sbsjtaal o

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