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the georgetown herald wednoday july 30 1947 the georgetown herald serving tfce ooodtunwei of georgetown gukn whaiam8 norvai umkhovjs hornby btkwarttown ashgrovk imxunarad terra ootta awm kate 2 00 a year single copies 60 eaoh advokslnc rates quoted on appnoattom walter o bibhn publisher and editor staff leslie m clark harold davison garfield l mcguvray beg bioonihead be herald is printed each wednesday afternoon at the office on main st georgetown authorized as second class mall post office dept ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and tbe ontario quebec division of the cwjia the editors column family reunions a fine custonrat this time of year is the habit of descendants of pioneer families to gather together for a picnic and family reunion recently we have reported such gatherings of the lyons howden and caldwell families and this week an account o the leslie clan reunion appears elsewhere in the paper families like the lyons and leslies have gone to the further trouble of compiling family histories tracing their geneology back to the early 1800 s such records are of historical alue not only to the families themselves but to the country and every family should be interested in their early origin particularly if it has roots deep in cana dian history we can t help being proud of the fact that we are descended from john biehn who emigrated from switzerland to pennsylvania in the eighteenth century and whose sons settled in waterloo county about 1812 and that our maternal great grandfather was adam scott elliott who was granted land from the crown subdivided and sold lots to establish what 13 rjow the town of chesley in bruce county it is interesting too to trace occupations in fa milies the biehns up to the preceding generations were mennonite and ornish farm folk but their interest shifted to professional lines and we now find a prepon derance of dentists and doctors with very few members remaining on the land all of which is intended to show that we appre ciate how much a family reunion means to people like the leslies and the lyons and that we would urge ev ery family to adopt the reunion procedure and start compiling family histories transatlantic visits with the war over many of our townsfolk are looking forward to visits with relatives in the old coun try in the past length of travelling time was sometimes a stumbling block particularly for the family bread- winner who could not take such a long vacation now we find more and more making the fast trip by plane mrs andv dewhurst mrs m lawr mr and mrs tim stacey mrs daniel banks and miss freda her bert are among those who hae already travelled this way and others like james murphy are planning similar rips as the majority of georgetown residents are of british origin there are very few who have not immediate relatives in england and scotland and it is wonderful to think that meeting with these can now be thought of in hours rather than in days a county spirit speaking of family ties in th preceding editor ials reminds us of the difference between counties as- a stranger in halton when we came here we noticed immediately how little association there seemed to be letween the component mumcipaities people in georgetown know and care little about what happens in burlington and oakville our county town of mil ton is rarely visited by any georgetowners unless on official business and acton and georgetown are closest together when they are farthest apart in hockev sea son in bruce county the picture changes here there seems to be not only a town unity or local patriotism huttonville park sun aug 3 community sinssons ted rust ventriloquut presents midnight dance sunday aug 3 modern aires dancing 1205 to 3 am wed7aug6 johnny boyd and hit orchestra sat aug 9 martkenney featuring norma locke and roy roberta dancing every wednesday saturday wednesday merrmakr saturday al kuhn coming aug 30 bfl gauny mm hit qnsoitni we might call it but a county unity as well we can still recall shortly after arriving in georgetown a glen resident introducing himself as being from wiarton im from bruce too forms a quick bond of friendship for strangers and yet we doubt if two people would ever rejoice to find that they were county neighbours back in halton ot course there are reasons halton is much more of a suburban county than bruce surrounded as it is by large cities hamilton toronto and guelph and with a population which shifts more rapidly we tend to be more like city folk there is less mter-mar- nage between residents of neighbouring towns more changes in personnel of local factories and business es tablishments counties like bruce are homogeneous more because of their geographical position than any other factor though we must not discount the fact that a large percentage of the population is of scotch des cent which also might account for this clanmshness we see this we k thai cliff rd bnutltv has sold his nil it tin rkt m fun 10 lud da- vidmn of ii 3 wood intl li s purcha set i jjlrm ui to lot ithit li busliuss in acton prior frm ciifl was associa ui with lils uiolhi litre n town nui v is a inunbtr i geortftowii c i mi iiim u tt jul m- iss it of lilt m iu ijne uit is i pit litre of uit ndiu qnntettt four chicks and a chuck t rames craimr wilt of a tormt r ocoryttow n bd normuri barbtr is a memoir ol hit gtoup whiih is ofltn heard on national net woi k program that mr and mrs ron little have moved iito the clark apart menu on john street mr little is a member of ttic smith and stone itair that the town is quiet this week with smith stone and hrley kay maryland shut down for vacation and many of their employees spending vacatons out of town w h kent- ner and son b f murftn and tfae georgetown lumber co are others who have closed for the week and james cummins shoe repair shop is closed while he is on vacation and peneon s fish and chip store is also closed lor the week that the toronto weatherman who kept predicting fair and warm on sunday had better keep away trocn those who took his advice and has first novel accepted for- publication i a ge nttown 1 idy mrb harry wlklns is wl on the way to liter succtss md has had her first totl accepted for publics tl n by tile i isdon publishing house pliuadel phi i pa mrs watkins has received u initial commission from the pub liliers who intunau tliat the book will bt put hi print sometime this lull tin novel 1 titled thtse links don t break and is written under mrs watkin s pseudonym which she is not re tiling at present although this is anne watkins ilrst vttituxe in the book length novel field she has written several short stories some of which have appeared in the toronto star weekly and one in maclean 3 magazine a housewife and mother ol a young son david she combines housekeeping duties at her home on maple avenue with a schedule whicti calls for at least one hours writing a day her friends join with the herald in congratulations on her good fortune and will be looking forward to publication of her novel instructions to a chicago baby sit ters group cautions against holding baby over gas to dry diapers mora day or night 454 phone arrow taxi a call to us brings service toyoit b holiday closing our shop will be closed for vacation from july 26th to august 5th b f murfin furnace work tinsmithing sheet metal work dust collecting systei 3 announcing our service representative will be in georgetown thursday august 14th anyone wishing service or information please contact singer setving machine 2266 bloor st w toronto it poured rain j headed for the beach here all that day that the herald slipped up rather 1 badlv last week in on ad for the nas- sagiweva presbvterinn church garden i partv by neglecting to mention the star attriction tht georgetown girls pip band that mi i t tract lv hisu ricil i booklet wis unnwd b ui herild fir the eunion ol th ltslit clan las j snurdaj and wv on sale ni the pic nlc which tta held it the home of mr ii i mrs wilfrid leslie that the printing or the annual fall fair booklet is m progress in the herald shop jjst now its one job that never get shi xi isldt with foreman garfwd mcgilvraj ills own taskmaster as secretar of the fair that the department of highways is making some much needed im provements on no 7 highway through town and warning signs hut been placed at the worst pots until the job is completed that it looks as if this yearsj hockey team wont hae so much ap- peal for ttie bobbj scoters composed as it will be mostly of married men delly beaumont became a benedict on saturday and we hear uiat jack birtwistle and art hurst are the next in line that a hpndsome display cabinet 41s being placed at the entrance lobby at the smith and stone office and company product will be on iew that mrs bob hoare has joined the staff of the roval bank here that some weekly papers are taking a holiday there will be no is sue of the acton free press and mil ton champion this week and the erin advocate will droo the august 7th sue d i r ec j 6 lundomitumiiroii iminoiminiraaiimui oiiiumuniairnmiiittntniniiiuiattiniiimir a e lepage realtor toronto telephone ad 561 farms country estates surburban homes city houses summer properties national assootatiqn op real estate boards local depresentauve telephone 410j c a wuxson qeoboetown ontario head office 330 bay street specializing in nunmnioiitimimtobiitiramniiiii during six vear of war canada had 04 000 war casualties and 170 000 street br highway accidents r0sedale floral cut flowers wedding and funeral deign work phone 28sj i dr j burns milne 1 dentaij sorobon g x- bay 1 cwxmetown x ftooe w mummwua dr clifford reid j dentist pbane 410 op mam street elmer c thompson th0uranok service ta auto wtortetom o p railway a autod stoamsbrp grjllmer excursions i llw or georgetown l roy dai kc m sybo bennett k 1 barrlvters and sottcltan nielsen ttie chiropractor dnigless therapist b3rd year ol practice lady attendant hours mon tues pri 25 pjn sat 25 89 pjn closed thursday over dominion store georgetown phone 150w radio repairing we specialize in this work m years earperience i j sanford son phane georgetown 34w monuments pollock campbell 92 water si afortti o a lt designs on request phone smb inspect our work m greenwood cemetery lever hoskin chartered accocntantts successors to jenkins hardy 1306 metropolitan bldg m victoria st toronto el 9131 insurance and real estate service walter t evans and company ad unes insttnuwe rr ad lines ef real estate ocean and inland steamship tickets walter t evans clayton q hogg james p evans and b t bvsos are readtr to servs yon we are as dose as yoor telephone ocnce hours 830 to l open satarday etenlnfs phone 163 office mb r 1 3 consult j a wokngfaby a sam mr oowurbul bscazb im too st ad ana ati aal p i j o