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ii- seventyfirst year of publication wednesday evening july 6th 1938 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa many family reunions held over holiday week end attract large gatherings of the various clans among those were the east mcleanhartley carton lyons and brownridge descendants the east reunion members of the east family com ing jrom all parts of canada and several points in the united states held their annual reunion in east wood park acton four generations were present in honoring jthe pioneer william east a resume of his life was given in a talk by bin t watson of acton wife of the president of the group who is a daughter of the late- mr bast- cabtonmunultt reunion although rain kept drizzling most of the day it did not stop the crowd from gath of- miv and mrs m j carton for the annual reunion of the cartonmarlatt fami lies which was held july 1st athrtnyh mr and mrs carton and family had prepared everything in readiness on their beautiful lawn and lhad tables ready to be set on account of the excellent weather had to make a speedyflfhange in the morning to their large barn to receive the guests that came at 3 oclock the hour set tor the occasion when the weather man deckled an a change of weather one car load after another began titf appear udta over nhiety persons irate present soon as all had arrived the presi dent mr robert mensie of camp- bellvllle as also did the host and hostess extended a very cordial wel come- to all between the showers the convenors of the committees were able to run most of the sports while this was taking place the ladies were pre paring a very appetizing supper which they are noted for after aluhad satisfied the inner man with the many delicacies provided co singing and speeches were the order of the day while this was taking place a play in costumes with all kinds of music entitled the dlonne quints entered the barn as soon as the gathering got their eyes on them the large barn became an uproar of laughter and it was some time before order could be restored to finish the remainder of the program before the gathering broke up a hearty vote of thanks was extended t the host and hostess and family for the trouble they went to and ex pressed their pleasure at being able to be present and have such a lovely ttne hope was uxpi that m some future ume they would be in vited back rainy weather mars legion rally held parade to cenotaph and de- poslted wreath afternoon events called off dance held in arm- ories tn the evening prixe winners owing to rain on thursday evening and all day friday the street carni val and afternoon program in con nection with the legion rally had to be called off friday afternoon notwithstanding the inclement weather the veterans and members of the snverthorne branch of the womans auxiliary headed byquelph bugle band and 3uverthome branch 57 bugle fatri paraded to the cenotaph where a wreath was deposited by fred mc cartney secretary of the local branch there was a good attendance at the dance held in the armories in the evening when little holland aad his band of guelph supplied the music and lets say right here that everybody was delighted with the dance program rendered by this splendid orchestra the draw for prizes at the dance was made by irene brown and the prize winners were as follows 1st no 221 jlmmie staples ouelph 2nd no 186 clarence spence george town 3rd no 783 teddy bludd georgetown 4th 559 mrs john fry glen williams 5th no 514 mrs j nlcholls rjt 3 georgetown 6th no 108 mrs j green fergus winners of the lucky spot dance were irene brown and ted jackson of guelph the committee in charge or the dance was harry savings herb har low s b groat s p chapman with thomas grieve chairman freddy weaver of glen williams was the clever artist who produced the cards referring to the rally that appeared in the windows of business places in town fifth reunion of the lyons clan the lyons connection reunited saturday july 2nd at edgewood park xtfan mills two hundred strong at one oclock the guests sat down to a atnttptuous picnic dinner having pre- tlously renewed old relatives besides meeting new relatives who have been either bom or married into the q at 2 oclock the guests assembled m the hall of the park and enjoyed a program put on by the younger members of the clan the past presi dent thomas lyons of georgetown welcomed the guests and acted as chairman for the program and also for the business meeting immediately after the clan was addressed by r w gladstone mj for south welling- ton and briefly by dr stephenson of brampton the oldest member of the family in attendance was mrs james lyons 88yearold brampton resid ent and the youngest was three- monthsold boss lyons mcklnney son of mr and mrs emerson mckln ney of brampton the one coming the longest distance was mr clare leslie of sedgwick alberta the past presidents are hamilton lyons janies lyons j l clarke thomas l lyons the following officers were elected for the next three years presidentjames a mcka 1st vicepresident edgar lyons 2nd vrcepresldentharold lyons secretarytreasurer miss mamie campbell of georgetown the winners of the sports events are as follows boys and girls six years and under 1st david lyons 2nd ray ander- glrls twelve and under 1st ethel hutchinson 2nd jean cole boys twelve and under 1st john lyons 2nd clarke lyons young ladles race 1st lyons 2nd edith lyons young mens race 1st harry bar rett 2nd emerson mcklnney balloon race 1st kathleen lyons nyi ic mcklnney 2nd mar garet campbell and campbell sin clair plate race 1st mrs emerson mc klnney and frank lyons 2nd kath leen lyons and emer m coat race 1st marlon cation and hugh clark 2nd mrs frank lyons and frank lyons doughnut race 1st kathleen lyons w frd kdith lyons jjadies nandrivtng contest 1st mrs george leslie 2nd mrs prank lanms stepping 100 yards 1st james mc- kaoe jr 2nd clarence anderson the high school entrance results the candidates at this natlw at georgetown who were admitted to high school by the entrance board on their years work have been ad vised by their teachers to that effect the secretary of the board regrets that their names with standing can not be published his week bat they will be published in the herald later of those taking the examination last week the following were successful doris adams jack bailey grace bkerman jack brill ward brownrjdoe orme cart astrid christtensen don walker cleave james oofs3ll charolyne davidson bert donaghey stewart elliott b hargreaves qdeeni holde henry hunter lloyd kexr vernon ktrby joseph mcmenemy william newns aones re beta ritc frances rtjtledge donald sanderson harold sohenk marjorte sohenk joseph sohertzl doris smith olive btarret bruce thatcher frederic tost nrzl van vliet georg wal r wmt joseph whjoox shirley wright robert wylie georgetown public glen williams school report tace lat kathleen oonttntfed on page 5j uons clltjs meeting georgetown lions club meyat the mcolbbon hotel on monday evening far their regular dinnermeeting chief h c mccture presiding routine business was disposed of after which the chief made a few remarks u the sincere and continued cooperation of every mem ber of the club and itrlglng the various committees and club duties it was decided to hold a monster garden party later in the summer there was also a suggestion from the chief uoo that a ladles auxiliary should be organized past chief long then gave a com prehensive report of the convention of district a held at bigwtn ian to which he and h tjt itotfture had been delegates and at which the record number of 547 registrations bad been recorded splendid pr had been shown by the reports pre sented vicepresident dr jackson ad dressed the club briefly g the members for his office and showing much enthusiasm for the work of the lions club congratulations were ex tp past chief long on his election at the convention to the district execu tive the meeting adjourned after the ringing of the maple leaf midsummer promotions the names published below are ar ranged alphabetically honours in dicates a standing of 75 or more on the years work an asterisk in front of the names indicates a reco grade vh grade vtxl doris armstrong kathleen boyle george brantford wilfred clark norah cleave hon robert corinely rich ard crichton hon claude dillon donald early wheldon emmerson barbara faram teresa gillevet margaret hornby bemlfee hughes ethel ketnshead marjorle kentner kathleen king shirley laird ron ald latimer charles laws james lyons lois- nielsen betty paul margaret ritchie katharine tyers rkoda whitney annie wylie alan young mary young betty zim merman grade vi to grade vh james boyle margaret bradley isaac bulll- vant robert bums jean cole hart ley coles eleanor cummins mary dobson jane early john farmer elsie fey ethel ganton james gra ham alva grieve norma herrington james hilts robt hoare phoebe hu alleen jordan gordon king george latimer amelia lorriman joan main ronald mendham dorls millar arthur mcallister mary mc cture hoos john oliver helen shepherd alfred tost edith wylie mary louise smith albert whitney everett wilson grade v to vi george bailey louis brandford bernard brill billy collier bruce collins phoebe conn jean dickie hons john evans phylls grace ross hill robert had- dell audrey herrington douglas herrington betty henney billy huff man peggy kelly hons josephine lorusso michael lorusso marjorle lane velma lane hons john lerch norman long annabel mackle douglas marshall jack muckart islay mcclure doris mcdonald marie oliver alan parton jean roney brenda robinson hons jim shortt hons marlea wilcox helena wil son jim woods grade iv to grade v ronald bailey violet barnes hons jamie burns james carney hons philip carney june clark hons brian ferry hons bertha fryer harold gilmer bobbie hall marjorle harlow kenneth harrison hons marjorle herrington hons murray hill ken neth hill betty hunter ethel james hons jack king hons earl lerch malsle lorriman helen macdonald doryne mulhouand hons jessie murphy clifford norton hons don ald parker douglas peck june shep herd elsie stlgger melburo spence oeraldine tyers teresa wilcox tommy wylie grade hi to grade iv jim blair donald bradley hons betty brad- beer ross boyle dare burns hons clarence bouskll dolores broom- head vtrglna chapman hons gor don clarke betty cole joan coles june oofell beth connely hons frank doyle blllle emmerson joseph olllevet bernard gillevet grace glazier hons june hlcken doris hilts blllle hoare hons eleanor hyde hons kenneth jagges hon blllle james leslie keulngtoh irene king douglas latimer hons joan lyon bui mcdonald donald mcmurchy hons helen mcoul shir ley muckart pauline norton hons jim preston marlon ritchie walter sargent hons violet shepherd lawrence shortt fred wames david williams hons hugh wylie grade xl to grade m harold bar ron nancy brown hons margaret connely josephine cox ross dillon ruth glazier eileen grace oeorgle gray shirley harrison augusta hauptman hons beatrice hilts keith huffman elsie hulme kenneth hulme ethel hunter hons bernlce jagges jennie wojclechowska roland jordan douglas mclaren billy mulr albert norton ralph peck claude reid doris roberts hons margaret sargent ross sykes blllle thompson emery thompson ronald tost john tyers john whitney gerald wilcox mary wood orade i to grade ii billle arnold jack bailey elizabeth baxter her bert baxter bobble bouskill hons dorothy bowler blllle bradbeer hons paul bradley hons ruth brandford hons donald brill blllle bulllvant thomas connely jack crichton lorraine emmerson george farmer linda oinsburg james olazter james gomen junior grace donald her rington pauline- herrington june huller marie hulme ronald hunter buddy hyde denis mccartney ken neth mendham hons peggy mulr hons ross norton hons dorothy onley keith thompson hons mar garet young mr and mrs ed sharp and family of rochester are spending a holiday here with relatives mr bert scott mrs poole and delia spent the week end in woodstock mr clayton alien was in markham over the holiday visiting with his father mrs watson mary and sarah bllck together with mr and mrs taylor and peggy spent monday at wasaga beach mr and mrs sam cowan of to ronto were visitors on sunday at the home of mr and mrs george bllck mr and mrs jack mcmenemy and hazel spent the holiday and week end at lome park mr and mrs j crawford jackie and charles spent the holiday and week end in windsor mrs r mulllns who has been spending a holiday here a guest at the home of mr wm mulllns return ed to her home m kincardine on thursday balunafad mrs richard shortlll spent last week endin brighton and attended the old boys reunion miss lydla snow left monday to take a summer course at the o a c guelph mr and mrs lloyd felker and family of llstowel visited sunday with mrs o mcmenemy mr b vannatter who is at present in gue general hospital is pro gressing favorably we hope he will soon be able to return home a- strawberry festival was held thursday evening under the auspices of the w a supper was served in the church owing to inclement weath er a splendid programme was given following the supper in the hall those taking part were miss betty speight mrs a vannatter and jean cole of georgetown miss grace dampler and mr roy hindley of everton and local talent the june meeting of the wms was hekl at the home ol mrs c beswick there was a lair attendance at the meeting and the roll call was answered with scripture verses con cerning truth the devotional leaflet was read by mrs beswick and the study book topic by mrs w mcenery a short temperance reading was given by miss b hilts the report of the finance committee was given by mrs foreman special effort is being made to have half our allocation raised in july mrs foreman also gave an interesting reading far the watch tower which is taken from the latest missionary monthly the meeting clpsedc with singing and prayer rev a o w foreman and family left wednesday for a short holiday in muskoka mr and mrs- wm kentner who have been visiting here for the past month left tor their home in bolsse- valn man on saturday r robt shortlll spent the week end with dr watson in muskoka hornby village 120 years old the tiny village of hornby the site of canadas most powerful radio transmitter was 120 years old on june 30th in june 1818 five me who with their families had left the british isles in search of a new home landed in m york th were joh dempsey and john fisher natives of scotland and abraham nelson thomas joyce and john wilson from ireland after spending some ume in preparatfon the little band left york for their new homes they travelled by stage coach- along the dundas highway as far- as munna corners and then started on foot up the sixth line then only a biased trail through a wilderness of oak and pine until they reached the baseline betwet trafalgar and esqueslhg townships under two tall elm trees an what is now the cti farm the ex hausted travellers rested on the night of june 30th 1818 council engage surveyors to report on sewage disposal plant reeve george davis acta in mayor gibbons absence firemen given convention grant 68985 placed in housing commission sinking fund council met on tuesday evening in the waterworks building members present reeve davis councillors cripps brown hall costlgan lyons and smith in the absence of mayor gibbons at the hydro electric convention at bigwln inn reeve davis was elected to the chair minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed mr charles burnslde complained to council about grass fires destroying shades trees on the street near his residence mr a speight and mr fred sin clair on behalf of the halton gar age operators association asked for permission to use certain streets or parts of the highway for their safety lane campaign on august 10th communications were read from ralp ross secretary horticultural so ciety john mcdernud secretary pub lic library board hospital for sick children hagey gray and plunkett limited james proctor and redfem wynne robertson and mclean hous ing commission c c cornell to ronto general hospital moved by brown seconded by costl gan that the firemen be given the usual grant of 5000 to pay fxpfmsps or delegates to the firemens conven tion at barrle carried moved by lyons seconded by smith that the treasurer pay the relief commission the sum of 13980 to pay june accounts carried moved by costlgan seconded by smith that the amount of 68935 re ceived in full payment for a housing commission house be placed in a sinking fund and applied on hous ing debentures and that a bylaw be prepared to authorize such payment carried moved by hall seconded by cripps that the firm of hagey gray and plunkett limited be engaged to make a survey and report on a sewage sys tem and disposal plant for the town of georgetown carried moved by brown seconded by costl gan that this council agrees to co operate with the halton county gar age operators association in provid ing a street or part of the highway for a safety lane campaign on august 10th subject to the approval of the highway department carried a number of accounts were acton entering for the first time in fifty years in a band contest acton citi zens band on saturday last won fourth place in class c at waterloo seven bands were competing in this class last friday evening heads of de partments and fellow employees at the storey glove co honored mr george wilds on his retirement after thirty years of service as nlghtwatch- man a brief address read by miss garvin superintendent of the makers department expressed the esteem in which mr wilds was held and the best wishes for many years in which to enjoy a period of relax ation on behalf of those associated in the storey glove company he was presented with an easy chair one of the finest plots of wheat to be seen anywhere is in the old pion eers cemetery where the ground has been sown in preparation for seeding with grass the stalks are about six feet in height and the heads well fill ed on saturday evening ladles of the united church honored miss belle stephenson when they presented her with a beautiful silver rose bowl miss stephenson is a bride of this week and the gathering in an address ex pressed their best wishes for her hap piness and their appreciation of her companionship and help in church affairs at the meeting of acton library board on monday evening mr d a macrae who has been the very cap able secretary and treasurer of fee board tendered his resignation to take effect in august acton free press milton while playing with his brother on the verandah of their home sunday donald vanned 14 crashed through the bay window of the house and cut several tendons in his arm a large congregation attended pauls church on sunday evening when the rev a b irwin who has been pastor for the past six years closed his ministry there members of grace anglican knox- presbyteri an and boston presbyterian churches attended in goodly numbers also the ministers rev canon naftel rev mr rlddell and rev mr andrew d o scott late of the milton branch of the bank of commerce now on the staff of the georgetown bank mrs colin a campbell of edmon ton formerly annie mitchell of mil ton is visiting relatives and friends in town after eleven years successful teach ing at sjb no 9 trafalgar miss ped dle is resigning much to the general regret of the community during those years she has taken an active part in all branches of young peoples work in the community besides she sent up fortyone candidates for en trance examination and all but one has been successful up to the present with stewarttown fife and drum band heading the parade moton l l no 2388 with visiting lodges marched to knox presbyterian church on sunday afternoon last where rev john rlddell minister preached an inspiring and appropriate sermon after the service the orangemen mar ched to the cenotaph in victoria park where a wreath was placed among those who marched was john r mills aged 76 of milton who has attended every orange parade church and on the olorlous twelfth in this district for the past 56 years champion halton and peel jersey to hold picnic announcement has just been made by president ward rudtfell of the peel and halton jersey breeders club that their annual picnic will be held at the farm of lindsay brotheivtrairr falgar township on saturday july 9th we understand from mr ruddell that mr c m meek newly appointed chairman of the muk control board is to be the special speaker this is the first occasion in a good many years that this annual getto gether has been held m halton coun ty and it is anticipated that all lovers of the jersey cow along with then families win gather at lindsay bro thers on saturday next where understand they will have a picnic lunch judging competitions sports as well as addresses lower sehooltesnlts the following students have been promoted and have passed the exam inations in the subjects appearing af ter their names form la to n beaumont j jul comp hist maths science bus fract fr geog art spell writ 581 bowman j lit comp hist maths science bus pract geog art ft spell writ 598 brandford m lit comp hist maths science bus fract geog r art spell writ 557 clark w lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 610 cole d ijt oomp hist maths science bus fract fr geog art spell writ 551 cook w ut comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 770 cross l lit comp hist science bus pract geog art spell writ 503 diggins b lit comp hist maths science bus pract geog fr art spell writ 681 doane j ojt comp hist science bus pract geog art maths spell writ 525 early r lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 66 ferry g lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 629 gilmer g lit comp hist maths science bus pract geog art spell writ 536 kelly j lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 636 kemshead a lit comp hist science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 535 lane g lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 513 peck r lit oomp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 668 reid h lit comp hist science bus pract geog art spelt writ 97 stapleton e lit comp maths science fr geog art spelt writ 533 8hain j lit comp maths science bus pract fr geog art spelt writ560 sttgger e lit oomp maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 71 wright a lit oomp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 601 form lb to n blackburn h lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 567 clarkc d lit comp hist maths science bus pract ftt geog art spell writ 619 collins e ut comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spelt writ 543 coffin e lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 535 oudden bltt comp maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 526 davenport m lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 531 dobson l lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spelt writ 61 graham j lit oomp hist bus pract fr geog art spell writ 48 hale jlit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art writ spelt 673 v lit comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art writing spell 534 hewson m lit comp hist science bus pract fr geog- art spell writ 554 joullffe f ut comp hist science bus pract fr geog art spelt writ maths 334 lake e lit oomp maths bus geog art spell writ health report the following is the report of com municable diseases by the moh to georgetown board of health for june 1938 diphtheria 0 scarlet fever 0 chfckenpox 0 measles 0 german measles 0 mumps 0 infantile paralysis 0 uphold fever 0 hoopingcough 2 erberosplnal meningitis 0 epidemic wading pool open the georgetown wading pool open ed this week and parents are asked to send their children to the pool be tween the hours of 9 and 6 when a aupervlsor will be on hand to prevent any accidents the kiddles had n end of enjoyment at the pool last sea son and look forward again to this pastime provided by our local coun cil of women jjt comp hist science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 663 mooartnet d lit oomp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spelt writ miller m ut oomp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spelt writ 684 mitchell dut ootftt hist maths science bos met fr geog art spell writ 64 paul m lit oomp hist math science bus pract ft geog art spell writ 973 roszrl mut comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spell writ 683 rutledgs s jltt oomp hist maths science bus pract fr geoff art spell writ 743 sake l ut comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spelt writ 623 shortt b ut comp hist maths science bus pract fr geog art spelt writ 66 brill b ut brit hist comp form h to hi alexander w ut comp oram arith oeomv zoott phyg lat fr 583- continued on page 8 1zt