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the georgetown herald wednesday evening october 1st 1947 free tuberculosis survey planned or georgetown every man woman had child high school in the georgetown area will be given the opportunity of safe guarding their health by having a tree chest x ray when a community x ray survey begins here 29th octo ber 1947 announced last night the survey will be- conducted by the lions club on the 29th 30th 31st of october under the auspices of the ontario tuberculosis association in order that georgetown citizens may be registered for the survey v house tohouse canvass will be made before the actual survey gets under way the georgetown survey is part of the war on tuberculosis begun by the ontario tuberculosis association hi cooperation with the ontario de partment of health to cut in half the incidence of this disease in on tarlo within the next ten years an xray will take only a few mo ments of each persons time the most up to date mobile equipment which uses 70 mm film and can handle 100 persons an hour will be used tribes miniature plates when read by experts are just as accurate as fuhobse x rays an improvement in the taxing of mass survey films has been introduced in that it is not necessary tc remove clothing however women are requested to wear as far as possible simple up per garments without ornaments and buttons they will be required to remove only their coats men will be requested to remove their suit coats and vests dropping suspenders over the shoulders tuberculosis of the lungs if found in the early stages and treated is almost always completely curable nevertheless nearly as many cana dlans died from this di during the war as were killed by enemy ac tion more persons die from tuber outosis in ontario than from all other infectious diseases combined many of these were needless deaths tuberculosis is a disease that can be controlled he said but it is highly controlled but it is highly not discovered untu it has reached aranc stag only hie x ray plate can discover the disease at this early stage further plans regarding the geor getown survey will be announced as they ace completed in the mean time public health officials are most anxious that everyone give trie pro ject theh- whole hearted coopera won with this cooperation they are convinced that georgetown will be well in the forefront of ontario communities in the prevention of tuberculosis the weather mr editor do not be discouraged because the following report shows we have had frost it is almost the end of sep tember and this weekend also mar bed the end of time daylight 8av log october is almost with us and you know it is noted for lots of days that would make a july day say is my face red ern batain sept 22 61 44 sept 23 56 9 sept 24 67 88 sept 25 53 30 sept 26 54 33 sept 27 53 30 sept 28 60 28 average 5628 3457 date max min rain social and personal miss june lusty has returned home after undergoing an operation in brampton hospital and is making a quick recovery visitors at the home of mr and mrs e harris last friday were mrs a cutting and mrs a hayward of toronto and mrs t smith of the bahama islands richard sheley of birmingham michigan visited in town last week with his grandparents mr and mrs j n 0neil mr w h scott or gait is visiting in glen williams with mrs jack fry mrs c e biehn of chesley is vial ting in town for a few weeks with mr and mrs walter blehn mr and mrs harold cleave are enjoying a motor trip this week to the north bay and temagaml dis trlct mr and mrs jack wallace and daughter jacq cllrte of him hon were week end guests with mr and mrs dick riddall mr and mrs david jenkins of vancouver b c former residents of georgetown have been visiting in town with her brother and s icr 1 law mr and mrs adam kay miss mary pearson of chesley spent a few das in town last week visiting with her cousins mrs j n oneil and miss a coventry miss freda herbert returned on monday from england where she had been visiting with relatives for three months she made the trip both ways by plane forty members of verdun rebekah lodge went to toronto last wednes day evening where the degree staff conferred the rebekah degree on three new candidate of margaret pearce lodge in that city michael lambert son of mr and mrs j l- lambert has returned home from sick children s hospital m toronto where he was taken for treatment after contracting pouomy elttls luckily ittebaels case was mild and showed no parelyata it h the only potto case reported in georgetown in tb epidemic wbtoh bm been prevalent in ontario william mcmichael dies at norval home a resident of norval for the past twelve years william mcmichael died at his home on sunday sep tember 28th he was bom at cllf ford in bruce county and had spent most of his life as a farmer going as a young man to manitoba and later to saskatchewan he spent seven teen years in ireland and returned to canada to farm near mclea saskatchewan after retiring from farming he lived fox awhile with his daughter in montreal until he moved to norval he is survived by his wife form erly frances alexander and one daughter mrs c church of mon treal he also leaves three brothers and two sisters thomas mcmichael of toronto albert mcmichael moose jaw sask- robert regina basic mrs j c starr and mrs william oow of vancouver b c he was a member of the presbyterian church rev j l self conducted the fu neral service yesterday from the brampton funeral home and inter ment was made in norval cemetery pahbearers were gordon uomlch- ael alvin starr lloyd mcmichael harvey mcmlchael lovell mcmlch ael and a r mcoonnelt church news st georges chmh archdeacon woo thompson rector eighteenth sunday after trinity sunday school 10 am holy coramu nlon 11 ajn ded icatlon of steps in memory of st george a slain 3 pm no evensong but adult con flrmation lecture at 7 00 pjn st albans church glen williams eighteenth sunday after trinity matins 930 am sunday school 10 30 am no water service interruption aa reservoir cleaned the yearly cleaning of the town water reservoir on sunday was ac compushed without it being neces sary to shut off the water supply during the operation and house ho i ders did not need to make use of the buckets and tubfuls of water which they had been warned to store up in reserve three town public school meet here next wednesday continuing an annual back and field meet inaugurated last year by the public schools of qeorgetown acton and milton a similar- event will be held next wednesday at georgetown park commencing at 2 15 the schools will compete for a trophy presented by the three school boards and presently held by oeor getown the meet will conclude with two ball games georgetown girls playing milton and georgetown boy playing acton parents of the chll dren are invited to come and see th track meet tomorrow afternoon at the park the regular school field day will be held cereus blooms again last summer many will recall see ing a nightblooming cereus in the herald office window this cactus oddity which blooms once every se ven years has a beautiful white flower which opens in the evening and dies by morning this year the plant which is kept by its owner tom wames at the public school has not acted according to form and on monday evening it produced two more blooms several people went to the school to witness the oddity the plant is a tup from a plant about twenty years old and has been growing for seven or eight years this is its first year to bloom recreational directors hold zone rally at weston recreational directors from the toronto district heed a zone rally at weston last thursday when they met together tc discuss various as pects of their work h j newman georgetown director attended the meeting which featured an address on hockey coaching by joe primeau gordon alcott georgetown man who is director for the town of weston was host at the meeting and on friday night made one of his ire quent radio appearances when he discussed the weston recreational program over radio station ckey toronto community mourns death of popular merchant proprietor of a meat and grocery store in georgetown for the past twenty five years clarence james buck passed away in toronto gen eral hospital on saturday morning september 27th after an illness of some several weeks duration born in georgetown he was va son of the late james m- buck he at tended public and high school here and was a second year student at the school of practical science unl verslty of toronto at the tune of his fathers death in 1923 when he returned to take over the business mr buck was one of the most po oular of georgetown merchants and enjoyed a good patronage at his attractive store on mill street he was a member of the united church and an executive member of the board or trade surviving are his wife formerly elizabeth caldwell and two children joan and jim he also leaves his mother two brothers and three sis ters sholto mrs james young ermal and mrs langford jones merle of toronto mrs w t gra ham carrie of norval and jack of owen sound he was predecea sed by one brother harold rev r c todd conducted the fu neral service from the mcclure fu neral home on monday there were many beautiful floral tributes and mrs h c wrigglesworth sang the city foursquare during the ser vice pall bearers were harold bell alfred cole ray orlchton sid mor ris fred cole and pat vance local business firms closed for an hour during the funeral service as a to ken of respect interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown the salvation army is at humanitys service 24 hour of the day the salvation arrays work of vre conversion of men is taking on in creased importance as responsible me and women today plan how best they can cope with the numerous problems of the post war world by reconversion of men is meant the salvation army s work with dls charged or paroled prisoners during the past year the salva tion army accepted responsibility for 194 parolees ai d i o fewer than 1384 persons were commitud to the army s care from cii idian courts a total of 4 213 prisoi ers were helped to fli d jobs and were resto red to their 1 omu many prisoners families wen helped with financial assistance or counseling the salvation army pioneered in work in behalf of prisoners 65 yearji ago when army officers waited out side prisongates to offer assistance to dlcharged prisoners and when the first prison gates homes were set up by the salvation army for mon eyless or friendless discharged pris oners today this organ bfttion has be come a recognized agency in the field or criminology and its service to the man behind the bars form t semi officials adjunct of this coun try s penal system prison officials place almost no re strictions on the type of work that the salvation army carries on in side prisons and these activities take the form of band programs lectures motion pictures prayer meetings and evangelistic meetings personal visits to prisoners and distributions of books and magazines including text books religious books and the bible the army concludes their george town appeal this saturday oct 4th with a tag day under the able dir ection of mrs r t paul and her workers taggers will be out bright and early saturday morning and georgetown citizens can be counted upon to see the army of the help ing hand reach their objective mr harold mcclure and mr r llcata head of the special name committee are working hacov to wind up the campaign with a suc cessful finish mr r h ireland manager of the canadian bank off commerce is treasurer for the drive the united church of canada georgetown rev k c todd ba minister miss lynda stewart atom lrsm music director 10 a m church school 11 am public worship 9pm public worship ten commandments for modern christ inns no 6 thou shalt refuse to sup port any organization trat his tor its jrur pose the spreading of antl semltlsm norval inltrd church charge rev f j dunlbp glen wilhama 7 pm harvest home service quest speaker rev gordon hunter of to ronto special pvusic by the choir norval 11 a m sacrament of the lords supper will be administered mount pleaeant 2 30 pm sacrament of the lords supper balhnafad charge of the united charge of canada rev o rflmdan bjl 10o6 ajn 8mday school uj6 am public wbnhjb 10 ajn public worship 11 ta sunday school pn pottle wbrsfaln faix faik dates acton marlcham streetsville waterdowa erin woodbridge oct 3 4 oct 2 3 4 oct 4 sept 30 oct 1 oct 11 13 oct 11 13 hockey club party at highlands members of the hockey ci b and ii tcrmedlate hockey team enjoyed a party last friday night at gait when they took in the dance at the high iinds knox presbyterian church rv chas o cochrane ba bd minister 10 ajn rajy day sunday 11 ajn pi bile worship umehonae presbyterian chnreh 2 pjn ubllc worship first baptist church 10 ajn sunday school rally 11 ajn cubic worship 7 pjn public worship holy croat rc charch rev fr v j morgan mess at 9 ajn 2nd and 4th sunday 11 am 1st 3rd and sth norval and imn rualijliilon cfaarebai rev j l self ba bd 2 pjn sunday soboot i pjn public worship uafaa 10 em stmday ar ii ul pdbio worship segsworth is premier exhibitor hahon holstetn show ross segsworth freeman won the premier exhibitor banner at the annual halton county black and white day held sept 27 in conjunc tion with milton pair a total of 136 head were shown try 30 exhibitors the judge was d s dunton bramp ton the quality of the cstdbk was excellent the aged cow and two- year old heifer classes m particular surpassing anything ever previously seen at this show the senior and grand champion cow was spruceleigh annabelle the winning aged cow in milk for ross segsworth while the reserve senior and reserve grand champtonshlp went to hays limited oakvllle on the first prize dry aged cow mary cavalier toltula hays also had the junior champion female alrvue sovereign happy who headed the senior heifer calve next to hap py in crass and following her through to the reserve junior championship was graymar anna champion shown by e j meagher oakviue senior and grand champion bull was the winner in the two year old class abc pathfinder palmyra exhibited by john schertal nonal the brownridge and ruddell oeor kiltown entry spring farm black diamond who was second in the two year old clhss was named re serve senior and reserve grand champion e f ford hornby took the junior male championship on 1 is top senior bull calf pordh lm r a simon with the reserve ju i r award going to hays limited on the first place junior bull calf m c s vercign ormsby 1 uc gro p classes segsworth n the junior and open progeny r dam classes aid the senior get s1 c tl e litter on a group by pri gbar k rag appl prince f felleturo ai 1 sons milton ux k the j n lor cet of sire class on a kro ip jired b oikhall rag apple d d nd als hid 1 j k j i ior herd joh l p ckct ni d so h rnbj to k first prize in the se ior herd alu ri u cr ros segsw rlli 1 ad li e firsts hajs limited three rl w h robinson georgetown and f pillecrto tnd sons to firsts eich uid lome cleave norval e f ftrd j f trlmbfc streetsville j alexander and sons georgetown john picket and son hornby f o hunter norval and w w thomp n and son hornby one first each accepts iew pastorate mkv chabug8 r gowkr after five years as pastor of the waterf ortt baptist church rev charles r gower has accepted a call to the georgetow and ac ton churches mr cower has aer- ved m the following pastorates alvlnston west lome dresden and waterford while in dresden mr gower conducted a half hour broadcast each sunday evening from chatham over ofoo his ministry win commence sunday october 19th engagement mr and mrs hazen graham wish to announce the engagement of their daughterp anne margaret to mr william harold sproule son of mr and mrs harry sproule of brampjton the wedding to take place october 18th 1841 several district men attended the annual cattle sale at manltounn last week including nela robinson dun can robinson pare deav law rence kay murray sproat cecil de- tme and stan orabb clifford man joins hewson motors staff mike perry of clifford baa jol nod the staff of hewson motors on mill street and will soon be joined in town by his wife and children jeannette and michael jr mrs perry s father mr moon will alao be making his home with them in town mr perry ha- had twenty seven j ears experience in the automotive industry and holds a class a tnech antes certificate a specialized ser vice certificate as well as a doctor 1 motors certificate brampton peewees win 7 6 last night at norval branvptoi s pee ff lacrosse team won 7 6 at norv il list light in the first game of a two game playoff to u oose n wii ler to meet st ca tharii es n the oi tarlo play ctffs the noral lad got behind in the f rst period whei they tried too m ich i i vldual plaj but settled dow i to good 1 eriic n the sru d period and si owed thtj were a natch for brimpui the final game will be played in brampton tomor row night t 730 a ui lque feature of the norval team is that all the players except one attend norval public school the exception is gordie laldla of huttonville win ning goal last night was scored by brampton on a lucky long shot which dribbled past several norval players into the net first period 1 brampton gibson 2 brampton gibson 3 brampton fatten 4 brampton patton 5 norval haaell norval nerval norval ptper brampton oifason norval peewees reach lacrosse finals norval has still one team left in play off lacrosse and last saturday they proved themselves champion ship calibre when they won two games to advance to the semi f they were one of twelve teams pla ying in an elimination touniafneni with games at mlmlco new toronto and long branch the norval lads played at long branch and in their first game easily took a 122 victory from brooklln they then took on port dalhousie who had beaten out port dover and won 94 against the team coached by joe cheevers well- known lacrosse star all games were three period affairs three teams are left in the run ning and it has been decided to have norval and brampton play a twogame goals to count aeries 13m first game was at norval last nlghjv with a return match hi tomorrow winner of tbla meet st catharines in uhmco on saturday in a suddendeath gain for the championship st cathar ine is winner against fergus and st johns while brampton elimina ted merritton and st vincent a the norval peewees have on their playing roster julian read peter fendley harvey trnwl jamlg- qunritogham gorgener qeoran grasby gordla laldlaw donald jar- vie donald smith ross cunning ham peter pomeroy brim wmfr bin donaldson and laurie reed norval u brooklln 2 fu parted 1 norval osashy claidlaw 2 nbrvalcfcuunngham oraaby 3 norval piper claidlaw 4 norval laldlaw fendley 5 norval cunningham gred second peris 6 norval cunningham claldla 7 norval cunningham smith 8 norval piper 9 brooklln bernon third period 10 norval piper fendlay h norval donaldson jatrvle 12 brooklln lovelock 13 norval jarvie 14 norval piper norval 0 pt dalhoiwie 4 first period 1 norval laldlaw thaaeu 2 norval hazell 3 pt dalhousie howard schra- der 4 pt dalhousie schrader bto- ward second period 5 norval lafdjau 6 norval piper hazell 7 norval haaell 8 norval hazell 9 norval laldlav third period 10 pt dalhousie howard childs 11 worval hasell 12 rt diuhoiurte schrader ho ward 13 norv al laldlaw officers elected for provincial bowling club provincial coating mh1 bowling club has been formed and tfaa groundwork laid for the coming sea son the club will bowl at the looky strike every tuesday night starting at 7 pjn club iffli are ildent ross duncan is brampton patton sbcv treaa teams win be captained by bdb m st ted atnokl ixam marchmeot and john onanldf