Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 2, 1949, p. 10

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r iforald wednesday nov 2nd 1949- the georgetown herald eerying the rornrntmlh of obounrown oucn williams nokval luohotnu hobnby btkwajlttown aracwovsthalunrad ttkka ootta j rata 2b0 year single copies 6e advertising rates quoted on application walter c biern publisher and editor mary h biehq associate mitor 4jartuld l meouvray stajt leslie it dark daug caldwell corey harrington jr she herald is printed each wednesday afternoon at the office on llala tr georgetown authorized ai second class mauv post office beet ottawa members of the canadian weekly newspapers associations and tha ontario quebec division of the cwna yt- once making a campaign- speech in a backwoods com munity in- the ozarka mountains and to illustrate a point he asked how many present had heard of george washington there was a dead silence how many had heard of abraham lincoln was the next question and again a silence exasperated mr roqsevelt said has anyone here ever heard of god after a mom ent a lanky mountaineer rose in the back of the hajl and drawled is his last name damm v- thei editors corner a poppy for remembrance once again this year the canadian legion is ask ing the people of georgetown and district to wear a poppy for remembrance and on saturday poppies will be sold in town during the years since john mccrae wrote his beautiful poem in flanders fields the poppy has come to be he symbol of the debt we owe to those who died in battle and on this one day in the year people throughout canada wear poppies to show that they remember not that any special day or any special act should be necessary to call back the missing faces of young men whose trip across the water was a oneway passage and who paid with their blood for the way of life which we today enjoy for in the sorrowing hearts of friends are etched the names of twentyfour who lie buried in foreign soil since the first world war and to their names on the cenotaph have- been added thirtynine more from the recent conflict while remembrance of the dead is the spiritual aspect of the poppy there is also a practical purpose of assisting the living for the money raised through the fund is used for emergency assistance to veterans and to families of veterans there are many cases on record where necessary assistance has been forthcoming in a matter of hours often there are worthy veterans who hesitate to apply tb any of the organized charities through the comradeship oj the canadian legion their needs are learned and the assistance is given while the poppy fund is a national appeal the money raised locally is used locally to assist veterans and their famil ies wear a poppy for remembrance it is one that deserves the support of the slogan is a good slogan every citizen pot pourr1 fall rain and continued warm weather has caused some interesting crop phenomena in this district a district farmer cliff hunter brought some shoots of wheat to the office last week which measured twenty two inches in length the fall wheat sown at exhibi tion time normally measures about six inches at this timeand mr hunter says that this long growth is ly ing over the field like a carpet our first visit to a new organization the western ontario publishers association proved interesting on saturday the group met in harnston for a chicken dinner at harnstons famous royal hotel and held an afternoon business session in the legion hall at which randolph churchill executive editor of the london free press was speak er mr churchill had the broad topic of news as his subject and to illustrate how a story can he devel oped he said that a good reporter should be able to write a story of any girn length on any given subject the free press had once developed a lialfpage feature article on a brick wall by research on white brick once commonly used as a luildingmaterial in london they traced back the early history of the brick discovered that there had once been dozens of small brickyards in that district found out why they no longer were in operation etc costuming at the lions masquerade set a new high this year and we dont envythejudges who had to pick the prizewinners among those who were overlooked were cal marshall who made one of the most unusual ballet dancers one could ever ima gine jim burns a good frankensteins monster reta maw in gentlemans evening dress and a tray on which were glued an assortment of bottles and glasses lion president len lambert and mrs l a perfect jul ius sneezer and wife cece mcnarrmra whose bedtime attire was complete with a candle which lighted with a flashlight battery bill barry whostartled residents on saturday morning by walking to work in his elongated clown shoes bruce mackenzie who would make a perfect end man in a minstrel show it was a won derful party put a big red circle around november 25th on your calendar thats the annual nomination meeting and it should be a must for any taxpayer wonder if there is a town in ontario whose main street sees so many changes as georgetown in the paat few months no less than seven businesses have changed ownership and two more are in the rumour j stage visiting the municipal office for a few min- utes the other day we found the new assessor joe gib bons at work filling out one of the new appraisal forms on which assessments will be based in the future there is a surprising amount of detajl and it seems that everything is put down in black and white except what the carpenter had for dinner it should provide the beat comparative valuation system possible tfj dolit repeat a joke very often but this one told by f urchil at the meeting mentioned above tickled it se that the late teddy roosevelt was chatting mhb that little galo wc had a wocft one monday not only swept down the last leaves of summer but tent the fall apples tumbling to the around n well and this lattcj byproduct of the wind storm had somc disastrous page 8 directory ok j btjkn8 wuf xray dental stntobon georgetown phone m u nevertobe forgotten place in he hearts of tho kindly dutch people attending the i cde area conference at st johns anglican parish hall kitch- effecta r especially on the tattle encr lost wednesday night wel of the dishlet were standing around chatting be- on the albert prcsswood fore we took our places nt the farm nt glen williams n herd of able and- hnppcndd to glance back ten cows ntc up the windfalls of at the church wa ladles who cat- sexornl uild apple trees they creel foi the dinner and wouldnt ale in fact until they were over- on know yes we saw someone come by the apple juice when who used to live intjcorgetown iir picsswood found them he had j mis henry mailings enjoyed an exlre iicl difficult time tiy- icnewlng acquaintanceship lnr to gel them moving and into mi and mrs ronald creasey the bin he finally succeeded f 9 williams sailed on their hcmrvit called i 1ci inuriin dr liiluln to england last week aboard cliulcs siycrs and had to work hie empress of hiane from mon- vvlth the tows all div to keep them- real they uill make their home horn dvini fiom their oei-mdul- it houston near diyby lincoln- lit iilc ioitunaltb oi unfoi tuniti hiit mr ci casey l interested in lyrithci thev lost only one cow iniiilcui homnc and held boxing talking uilh mis pieswood she classes while they lhcd in the said it pointed up the wellknown olen weve lifnd of tea on thv j fatl ihut fillen apples die danger- ten jce but its the first time j cus to a htid of tattle and it vtevt licaid of tea on a rooftop seems that uttftts uercn t the only it nttuallv look place tho 1 st iow in get into difficulties from eek when mis bill itoney was eating them several of the lar- shingling the roof or their market ger hi ids in the district became street house and friendneighbour ill oftei the storm and dr sayers irs latk wnitnej brought her a iiienl a vtiv ousv few days tup of tea which mrs roney loath i to lose an tune from her work while were still thinking i ct rlght on ulc job about anlmalb heres quite one of our lotal girls the for- an interesting little story nlcr anne bowman has gone awny about dogs von might enjoy hear- ou lo st johns newfoundland to nig it came as quite a surprise whcro ncr husband allstair to learn that bloodhounds are very qnmctt ha becn appointed psy- raie in canada in fatt there are th for the dominion gov- cnly two kennels in this country crn where ou tan procure them one is at mr and mrs fred rob- crtson s hornby and the other norvai church guild kennel is in britlsh columbia 1lans december bazaar in common with most peoplej wc had alwavs becn under the the members of 8t pauls church impression thit bloodhounds were guild reversed the seasons at their of a fierce deposition and homely meeting last wednesday night ond i as well hut mis hobeitson tells gave norval ponsh hall a spring u- diflerently actuallv the are cleaning the members turned out highly intelligent and affcctlonou with soap mops and scrubbing dogs and its not at all hard to be- brushes and after everyones hard come very fond of them with work their eftorts were rewarded their wrinkled fates and perpct- with tea and cookies served by uillv worried cxpicsmon mrs prairie maguire and mrs h most of the hounds from the gollop robertson kennels ie sold by the members are planning a ba- innl and ue lugelj stnt to the aar in earlv december and there usa to be used bv the polite was some discussion of this during dipaiiimnt ibis wttk they arc the evening shipping out to big springs texas and out lo ii n nit morula lilond hounds tavi no vit lietnme poijiilu in ai id i a pets per il lusllit high pine isuiiiiii of pupplt lltlps itt 1 ill ti in nt tin 11 tin of tnuim till all so si ii i i i i v fi w pi ol hi i i i n i mi ini hlooilhihind i in lj in it on luu hail tin i lli ill illlllllll lllml i 1 111 i fin miiii wus mow they are ml oi l two hounds finin i ni- 1 nil intiil tin in within tho in l fi w ui t 1 ill s jiti lulu t ml li i i j 1 i di i ii i i i i ml i i- tl il tin lnla l on li iii mil pill ill ii il i ikiiiiiii hi i til i to it ljit k with tliiin in tli old oun- ui mfms as tho ml rib- iltson is nallv inealtillg into pi int tin i illv i lust a week 1111 sin wioli hi in on i i he lea cups a ilillv i oluiiili fi dure of llj iliionto llail slar and won lust jilli in theli shoilsloiy i ontest its amusing aitually hipptind and iniiiiin in i self anil llll mil as will a in i luu si iris ami thill hush mil mi and mis 1 in hull ml imi mil mi si in i ml of town its a iiov lot llh slim ll till l ei ol 1 llll nliv ml tin in i was mlii alii i 1 ah tii i ii li ion in l ri gi in i a iiicinla i nl tin ii diii to n high school leiihliig till ml hi in i willn h nl a sin dr r nr i ii jj cjfpo idel djds rd reid phone 410 ojjen xvenlnfs main street georgetown nielsen the ctavopractor unilm ttataasat sstfa y t of praattea lady attendant hon tve m 10 post wed sat 2e and pjkv over oomlriloo btotw oeowetown phone lmrv elmer c thompson insurance service fire auto wlndstorfe c p railway and allied steamship summer excursions phone u9w or j georgetown leroy dale kg m sybil bennett kc mill street barristers and solicitors georgetown phone 10 lever and hdsion chartered aeeaoalaaai successors to jenlons and hardy 1 80s metropolitan bldjx f victoria street torottaa el 0131 lansdon and aylswortb j barristers and solicitors notaries public kenneth m lansdon georgetown rlltvt mortgage money to loan offices roxy theatre bldg mill st phone ww georgetown consult j a willoachby a sosw for complete real estatk service head office toronto 1s6 yonge st ad 0805 city and country humes farms and umall acreajras indnstrial and boslnass properties tom hewson is your local rcpresentatjva phone smw di t- frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 391 georgetown p o box 413 monuments domestic and foreign granites beit sandblast equipment for cemetery lettering oranseville monument works i orangeville ont 1 c w sayers dvm vetj3rinarian guelph street opposite armstrongs garage phone 11 radio repairing we specialize in this work 18 years experience j j sa n ford son i phone georgetown s4w monuments pollock campbell 82 water st north g a l t designs on request phone 2018 inspect g work in greenwooa cemetery r rev it c chalmers i i if mtii of ciiuicikwii uni ted church arc ribirvlntf ihuisiti toi i hum ting with lf u i thilmt t s itssuclalc scut tu of itu lion i i of ev- nnnilisin ind sm i il sri lie dm iny t lit ullth mini v ci mii mtck government of canada bonds avi due november 1 1959 have been tatted for payment november i 1949 f those bonds should bo presentod for redemp tion with all coupons of later date attached no further interest will bo paid on thee bonds after this dato f vwtvttxt uiik liiiin ui opl rili ml u itoli i i no mi ot st ithiillii s ml nil mis ichi hi who it oni lino ihil 1hi when ml itosiii mlkiil ulllt tin 1 itc w c antlion haw jn 1 roiirn- cl rioip slciii lontllh holiilny in the nrltiil isles oiiil ilollund even better iii in their hiiincliintt they llkcil irollnni whiir tlu- cli mate iiml countiysiile lire so love ly and the people ho rrlenilly these things they eould appreciate in siilto or the sadness which un derlaid their visit there kor it was in holland where their hon j william was killed while serving with tho canadian army ii was eomo comfort to mr and mrs hofl- coo to see the grovo and cemetery o beautifully kept it was just llko a flower gnrdon and a dutch family with whom their ion stay ed while in holland la looking sfter hit grave this custom ap parently prevails througheut tie country where the canadians won see the new morris cars and ask for demonstration immediate delivery some models reduced as much as 300 a down payment as low as 550 will enable you to d away in a new morris tom hewson mill street r phone 331 w q m

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