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pe8 the georgetown herald wed nesday evening february 8th 1 939 devon bband peas corn tomatoes bun whtnirs peanut butter 2 25c westons ginger snaps 2 19c magic making powder 28 soap lakes 3 30c fresh ci pork shoulders m pork lgc sausage in small oamtags prime rib roast boned railed front choice young steer beef young lamb front quarters 17 legs of lamb 2 lake herring 20 fresh and smoked fillets blue goose oranges ltc 23c 29c doz one mnctmren jelly powder free with each dosen fresh spinach 2 lb 15c texas 1 grapefruitrlarge 6 for 25c new carrots 2 for 15c large banchcq local news valentine day next tuesday the local council of women are holding a travelling bridge on sat urday afternoon feb 25th it mr john fuller 4th line west chlnguacousy reports seeing a ground hog out on monday morning james k malum campbeltvule has been appointed returning officer for halton county- for the federal election norval bachelors dancerfriday fob 10th in the parish had birth- dance prises admission 33c and we understand esquesing town ship council are trying out their new show plough on some of their roads st spme earlyday pottery was colored a dull red the- first pottery factory known to have existed in vermont was estab lished in bennington by capt john fenton in 1793 pottery was nec essary in the community for the simple household needs of everyday use the first pottery produced was colored a dull red some of it lead- glazed and some of it covered with slip this pioneer pottery supplied a market that extended to montreal buffalo and new york but it was not until christopher webber fen- ton and his associates entered upon the manufacture of the finer earth enware in the middle of the nine- iernth century that what we know we e- for cash 2 c j buck we deliver ccne to the crokinole party at the sapust church on tuesday feb 14 t 8 pin admission 35c retreah- boruoattaral sectety the annual meeting will be held tomorrow thursday evening in the ubrary auditorium- there will be an illustrated talk and music the public are cordially invited it w i dick announces that his son kenneth y dick is now associated with him in the practice of law in now offices on main street muton immediately west of the canadian sank of commerce 3t the ladles guild of st albans church olen williams will hold their th bazaar on shrove tuesday pen 21st in the parish hall plain and fancy sewing homemade baking white elephant fish pond etc chlc- aen pattle supper will be served 25c 2t nelson township council on monday authorized payment of claims total ling almost 800 for sheep killed or i by dogs arthur heslop sheep valuator reported more than 100 tiiir killed since last spring the previous years bill was slightly over too pheasants in halton county are in no danger of starving according ja griffiths president of the hal- ton count- game and fisheries as sociation food provided by the government and distributed by interested resi dents is sustaining the birds in the severe weather he stated w l smith fruit grower counted 32 pheasnts on his front lawn re cently they are becoming more stated and visit his home regularly for food to mint silver dollar there is to be a royal silver dol lar minted in honor of the visit of lheklng and queen and it is sug gested that 10000000 will not be loo many as most canadians will desire one as a souvenir of the happy oc casion one way in which all will have an opportunity to share in the distribution would be for employers to purchase a sufficient number to enable them to place one in each employees pay envelope not bad suggestion fifty years hence there would be some of these souvenirs in possession of those who received them in this way lions club carnival feb 17th in the arena it for a worthy cause tne second meeting of the year of union young people was held on saturday evening the president miss xnfcl qookwas in charge of the meet ing aftd there was a good attendance of members it was missionary night and- the- roll call was answered by missionary verse from the bible the main topic was ably taken by aoss norma hunter on the mission fleus of india misses evelyn young and enid cook were appointed delegates to the young peoples con ference in knox church georgetown lea carnival oeosge lions club will stage tbcdr monster loa carnival at the arena qeoljutown friday feb 17th qraadr parade at 8 oclock races us boys and gtote race under 10 jam boys race 15 years and under adds race is years and under boys race over 15 yean girls race over 15 years gtav race open mens race laps open best skaters on ice j beak oonue couple most ort- sdnal eps on lea oldest- couple on joe bait national oostunss lady and ens muda comic oostame 10 yean threeholiday dessert by frances lee barton- ip you are looking tor an excuse to have party sows the timet for we rejoice in threw celebrations this month the birthdays ot washington and lincoln and dan cupids st val entines day yoall want a handsome des sert to end your company dinner and nothing than a charlotte ruses h package 4 tablespoons lemon savored gelatm 1 cop hot water s tablespoons jojea from maras chino cherries 1 tablespoons powdered sugar teaspoon grated orange rmd dash of salt tea spoon it4 extract 1 cap heavy cream t r c nne ly eat s ismswsnnns rolled oriel 14 aagaw hot water out and support uk uau stiflrlijfn m oos- tts adahs t m oostnme 15c and tbosa not m cosbane ra place la bowl of cracked ice or lee water and whip with rotary egg beater awn tatty and thick uka whipped cream void tat tan mm molf heed with lady ftagara ohm utn arm tjunold oaraleh with sections ot additional r ekerrlee verves a these days the regular meeting or esques ing council will be held in the coun cil chamber at stewarttown next monday 13th feb commencing at 130 pan the removing of snow off the corner and portion of main and mill streets last week made travelling much better for both pedestrians and motorists the va or knox predbyterlah church celebrated their tenth anni versary by holding an afternoon tea and social hour in the sunday school room last saturday afternoon the improvement society have issued invitation for an old and new ftyme dance to be held in st pauls parish hall norval on wednesday feb 15th bingo bingo i georgetown lions club monster bingo in the le gion hall thursday feb 9th at 830 pm 15 good- prizes admission 25c it a meeting of imperial veterans will be held at canadian legion rooms friday 10th february at 8 pm all imperials should come whether members of legion or not col cousens- it a meeting of the georgetown conservatives will be held in the public library tuesday feb 14th at 8 pjn for the purpose of electing delegates to convention at milton on feb 17th everybody welcome it rdont forget the st valentine dance in the arena friday evening feb 10th under the auspices of st oeorge5 daughters with graham melross and his orchestra a good time is assured it owing to the meetings of the school for leaders the february meeting of the wctu has been cancelled the executive will meet at the call of the chair to consider mat ters of business it esquesing agricultural society will hold an old time and modern dance in the arena georgetown on wed nesday evening feb 15th doris hulls sixpiece orchestra will supply the music danilng 8 till 2 lunch will be served admission 70c couple twentyseven brampton citlaens were summoned for falling to obtain radio licenses in brampton police court yesterday and 24 of them paid s3 and costs the three remaining dropped- when it was found that the defendants were indigent trafalgar township council yes terday authorized w e ford town ship treasurer to prepare tax certi ficates for this year the certificates will be in s10 25 and tloo denomin ations council decided a discount of three and a half per cent will be al lowed to persons who pay on this sys tem there was a large congregation last sunday evening when the young people of the united church present ed the drama for he has great they are repeating it again on thursday evening and the public are cordially invited silver collection caledon township council met on monday when the following salaries were approved reeve 1150 deputy- reeve and three members of the council 100 each township treasur er e wilson 350 township clerk p j mcklnnon 420 john petch assessor cast half 100 ed delaney assessor west half 150 last week the stayner sim changed hands when mr v7m bui ross an employee or the newspaper for the past eleven years purchased the business from mr eric wilson mr wilson has been owner of the sun since 1934 mr ross has been acting editor since the early summer when mr wilson went to montreal to take n position with the family herald and weekly star the montreal herald gives these definitions tor the various isms socialism you have two cows you give one to your neighbor commun ism you have two cows and give both to the government and the govern ment gives you the nulk fascism you keep both cows and give the milk to the government and the govern ment seus- part of it back to you nazism the government shoots you and takes both cows new dealism the government shoots one cow milks the other and pours the milk down the betty j bryant dancing master or america professional and certified teacher in all types of nwng has started ballroom classes every tues day evening 8 djxl including the lat est dances lambeth walk injun palais gliderdebutante walts etc stage dancing classes for ctaudken and adults in tap ballet toe acrobatic etc every tuesday tiny tots 3 pm beginners class 430 pm lntezmedl- atee 5j5 pxo advanced 700 pjn fee 50c per lesson this is a genuine school of dancing enroll with con fidence legion hall mill street georgetown itp resigns aa retteff cesamladener mayor joseph damons who with his many other duties has filled the office of relief commissioner for the town since june 1937 without any remuneration therefor tendered his resignation at test nights iimnnin off council the mayor baa faithfully perfomed the duties of the office stnee his appointment and the thanks ot the cttawmi 4i due him for hi sar nsr- rocklrrghom was produced by the arm writes alice rollins in the li angeles times c the factory had been making large quantities of earthenware and stijnevvare a disastrous fire in 1845 destroyed the works and inter rupted production or a brief pe riod it was at this time that chris topher webber fenton began manu facturing on his own account he produced common white common yellow and rockingham fenton himself was nota great potter but he did have the kft of creative imagination and vns able to at tract those who were themselves fine craftsmen these men advanced the institution to first place as a pottery manufactory and it de servedly holds a high place in the history of pottery making in amer ica rockingham or dark luster ware as it is sometimes called ranks high in quality and while many oth er factories produced a like pot tery that made in the fenton works is considered the best personals mr r d warren of toronto waa in town on tuesday mr john erwln of sambv is spend- a few days in town miss isobel mcdermid spent the week end in mt forest miss margaret currie of mjlton visited friends in town on monday rev and mrs altken of ouelph weve visitors hi town on monday mr and mrs melville of toronto were visitors last week at mrs danns mr ahd mrs h c armstrong of london spent sunday with mrs gollop mrs j a wluoughby of toronto visited friends in town during the week mrs chas connell of uurimgton spent last week with her mother mrs jos kentner rev griffin thompson of hamil ton spent monday with relatives in town rev j a and mrs mcdermid of mt forest are spending a few days at mr john mcdermlds mr thomas dobble ot toronto spent the week end at the home of his son and daughter mr and mrs james dobble mr and mrs r 8 carter and daughter june of norval left on sun day by motor for florida where they will spend several weeks hydro commissioner h c dayfoot ahd electrician james gray are at tending the ontario municipal elec tric association convention at the royal york toronto mrs j c wetherald a highly es teemed resident of georgetown for many years celebrated her 87th birthday at her home on edith st last thursday she received a num ber of friends during the day and was the recipient of many congratu lations the herald joins in extend ing best wishes for many more years of health and happiness to mrs wetherald name fanny means free according to authority the name fonriv or fannie is a diminutive of the teutonic frances and has the same meaning free it is often an independent name however other forms of it are the french franchon franchette lit- tie free one and fania or fanya a slavonic form writes florenceat cowles in the cleveland plain deal er fanny burney 17521840 eng lish novelist won fame in 1778 with her novel evelina first to present society in a realistic manner she married general darblay a french refugee fanny elssler 18101884 aus trian dancer won laurels in europe and america fanny davenport 18901838 was a prominent actress of her day fanny crosby 18201915 blind from 6 weeks old wrote 6000 hymns including safe in the arms of jesus her real name was mrs frances jane van alstyne fanny brough 18 was an english aclress niece of ltonef brough fanny fern was the pen name of sara payson willi parton brilliant newspaper woman of the early 1860s sister of nathan iel p willis do your advertising in the her ald halton countys best advertising medium edmond w smith teacher of vioun special attention to beginners mdivktuat instruction at your own home write box 182 or fitfm modanam bakery acton i hot ait gttdphs comfortable show place now unto friday the screen greatest character actor i charles laughton the beachcomber vlth elsa uanchester dally at 245 730 930 pjo saturday and monday oaudette colbert zaza with herbert marshall bert lehr helen westley walter catlet extra t ma of time presents the refugee coming tnesday for 4 days errol flynn in the dawn patrol with basil rathbone david hlven the emancipation proclamation according to bassetts history of the united states president abra ham lincoln read to his cabinet on july 22 1882 a tentative emancipa tion proclamation to apply to the se ceding states he justified such ac tion on the ground of military neces sity postmastergeneral blair ob jected because he believed it would endanger the autumn elections and secretary of state seward suggested that nothing be done until the army won a victory otherwise the proclamation might be construed as a confession of weakness on sep tember 17 1862 lees invasion of maryland was checked and on sep tember 22 bassett gives september 21 but other sources give sep tember 22 lincoln issued the pre liminary proclamation announcing that slaves would be declared free in all states resisting the union on january 1 1863 on that date the final proclamation was issued only four serpent mounds in all the world there are only four mounds representing serpents one is in warren county ohio two miles west of morrow and another is in adorns county ohio there is a small one 10 miles south of peter- boro in the province of ontario canada still another serpent effi gy is in argyleshire scotland near the shore of loch nell all four mounds resemble each other suffi ciently to cause speculation as to their common origin in no bi wg o in the legion hall under auspices of georgetown lions club thursday february 9th 830 pm 15 good prizes admission 25 cents this is posrnvely the last notice that st georges daughters are holding a st valentines dance tft the arena georgetown friday evening february 10th 1939 graham melross and his orchestra dancing 9 pjn to 1 am lunch sened admission ste each norval juniors play what happened to jones bommerictng at 8 pan parish hall norvax wednesday eveg february 22nd 1939 admission adults 35c children 20c old zola customs an old zulu custom is celled be ing ashamed of the motherinlaw a zulu man must never look at his wifes mother if they meet by ac cident they must turn their heads away and pretend not to have seen each other if ever there is real need for them to speak together they must go to opposite sides of a tall fence- ahd shout over the fence a zulu wife must not men tion her husbands parents d a organised hi ism the daughters of the american revolution organised in 1890 is rep resented by 143000 lineal descend ants of revolutionary men and wom en the society as 2503 chapters in every state and five foreign coun tries most honored members are three real daughters of revolution ary heroes who get pensions ot 18 a month 24 lb bag monarch fancy pastry flour 59c pure lard in 1 lb cartons 9c 2 pkgs sugkrcrisp corn flakes 15c 16 oz pkg sunbeam seeded raisins 15c 3 large tins lealand tomato juice 23c 3 tins heinz infant soup 25c 6 pkos hornets deluxe jelly powders k6 3 laroe tihb choi quality ptjmpkin mo 1 lb toctjp oranqe pekoe tea a h cup and saucer with every lb 2 pkob mbtotb tapioca and one xverknb petalware sherssrrr dh9h 16 os jar ahnsufts phoufhs uarmalatjfs bfto 1 pkob sbtrbxrvs lobhtj8 jelly powders ue swsbtpickxx cottaoe roll by the piece mx me psaicealed back bacon by the piece m me ohobos brbakpast bacon by the piece lb bse zlfeesh bolcoka by the nteosl lb uka choice resh imdit and vegetables a phone 75 e farn