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page 4 the georgetown herald wednesday evening march 8th 1939 deanna durbin free coat contest commences jl oday at silver s your votes will be respectfully solicited by your favorite contestant in the deanna durbin free coat contesj the winner of this contest wall receive- a deanna durbin coat absolutely free deanna durbin devotee club members registered at silvers are qualified members of this contest each and every purchase of 50c entitles you to a vote for your favonte con testant those who have purchased deanna dur bin coats from us are requested to come in and register in our contest come m and inspect our new arrivals of spring coats suits and millinery died devereaux at the home or her son h devcreaux lot 30 con 5 esquclng township on tuesday march 7th 1939 demerua louise depotie beloved wife pf the late j a dcvereaux in her 81at year the funeral will be held from the home of her son norman devcreaux chick line on thursday march 9th short service at 2 15 pjn followed by service in knox presbyterian church 3 o clock interment in green wood cemetery georgetown mcpherson at her late residence inverholme norval march 6 1d39 margaret anri eldest daughter ot the late alexander and jane noble mcpherson funeral from her late residence norval on thursday march 9th at 3 rm interment in norval cemetery price in trafalgar township on fauturday march 4th 1938 mar garet annie tilly beloved wife of jamb price aged 74 years interment took place tri greenwood cemetery georgetown on monday ooituary next week swann suddenly on sunday mar 5th 1939 at her home 3281 dundas street wet toronto edith dearly beloved wile of prank arthur swann and dear mother of mrs irene c oss mn mildred moarc and ernest swann interment was made in greenwood cemetery georgetown on tuesday afternoon in memoriam weston in loving memory of dear little keith who left us march 12th 1938 it wai car morn the master came and walked among the flowers he touched the lilies one by one and plucked this one of ours the depths of sorrow we cannot tell to lose you dear keith we loved jou so well sadly missed by mummy daddy and brother roycc weston treasured memories of our little grandson and nephew edward keith weston who died march 12th 1938 he lives with us in memory still not just today but always will from g randma and grandad wei ton uncle roy auntie gwladys and uncle slec silvers dcpt store if its new youll find it at silvers first phone 375 georgetown erin mrs f h gilroy was chairman and mr john irving chairman of the stew arts board made the presentation v m bas the minister was gowned bj dr o fce flu and confined to hi room a klng clerk oi s bnd jaa t hopes to be back to his office to pawing ft lengthy ulness tb bell secretory ot the board mas emily scott teacher on the itoben w phu1 0 mil0 died on local public school staff who wm un morn in the private pati f m c mtb pavilion at toronto al hoapttal has recovered sufficiently hospital in her 54th year to be able to go to her home at new- th v i- where she is convalescing e vl ashgrove sir george wilson dies in auckland- contributed to the funds for the erection of st alban chvroh glen williams word was received by relatives here of the doath last tuesday at auck land new zealand of sir george h wilson a former resident and busl nessman of toronto born in brad ford yorkshire in 1869 six george eame to canada when 21 years old he lived in toronto- for 16 years tak lng up permanent residence in new zealand in 1010 after visiting the country on behalf of his toronto firm wilson ac canham it was largely due to his influence that the cana dian merchant marine inaugurated service tlll operating between the two countries during the war he initiated several funds for the com fort of soldiers personally contrtbut lng 75 000 in 1034 he was knight id for war and charity work he has been retired or some years he was a member or numerable hospital col lege and charitable institution boards h is survived by lady eleanor wll son auckland and three sisters in toronto mrs r j bryce albany ave mi s j c m fisher kings mount park led and mrs g w fra er woodlawn ave e the above item is of interest to the church people in glen williams trom the fact that sir george wilson took a great interest in the building of si albans church and was the largest outside contributor and this in spite of the fact that he was at that time a congregationalist bonn years ago however he and lady wil son became confirmed members of the church of enalarid in auckland new zealand during his residence in toronto he was one of my closest friends and even in those early days was well known for personal philan thropic work he took a particular interest in new comers from eng land helping to place them in posl tlons and inviting them to his home naturally his removal to new zea land limited our contact but it was my privilege to cross on the empress of britain with sir george and lady wilson on my last visit to england and i found him the same kindly genial personality he always was auckland has lost a great citizen and i a dear friend j beaumont messrs w a burchill and harold oriffln and mrs geo d scott were delegates from erin agricultural so doty at the convention of agricultur al and fall fairs held at the king edward hotel toronto last thursday and friday other officials of the erin society who attended were mr ad mrs j h gibson mr e pearen miss pearen mr and mrs john robb mr w p mcenery they report a very successful convention early sunday morning february 19th there entered into eternal best one of erin townships esteemed re vents in the person of ellen gray beloved wife of leonard bessey in ber seventieth year after an illness of a few weeks duration bora in 1069 she was the third daughter ibe late william john and susannah moulin gray in 1897 she was united d marriage to leonard bessey and ttiey farmed on the bessey home stead lot 29 con 5 up to the present ttane to this happy union five sons were barn wesley having predecas d her five years ago alex william towart and arnold all of erin town i ship three persons suffered fractures mr win beers belfountaln suffereed m fractured ankle when he slipped and fell on the ice this was a most vofortunate accident as mr beers vms not fully recovered from the ef fects of an operation he underwent last summer kenneth rldler a student at erin continuation school a e a fractured leg when sleigh xtdlng mr fred smith 4th line kin suffered a fractured leg when be fell on the lee he will be laid up for quite a time advocate milton general born in conn near mt for she had resided here for 16 ycar salmon has a festtvl col canadian ialmon is one of the most in cresting and colourful foods and canadian salmon is rich with vita mins and minerals for body building when you open a can of salmon con serve the rich fish oil it contains the sump health building ingredients that arc found in expensive cod liver oil and crush the bones and add them to the ercipe thej contain calcium which is vital to proper bone forma tlon in children this canadian jellied salmon makes an interestingarty dish an appetiz mg main course for the family din ner with potato salnd and hot rolls or biscuits and a green vegetable its a meal to sere often anadian j rilled salmon 2 cups canadian salmon teaspoon salt tablespoons grit n peos optional tup cold aur j lice of 1 lmon 1 sliml hard cooked egg 1 uiblc poon plain g laune 1 cup hot water soak the gelatine in cold uwnter in hot water cool ballinafad mrs f w shortill spent a few days last week with her mother mrs g robson in guelph who has been quite ill mr alex mckay is recovering from an attack of flu and pleurisy we lipe he will soon be around again mrs j d nelson of ainsworth is visiting with her brother mr c mc enery mr peter bennte of reglna sask spent the week end with mrs frank bcnnle the mission circle held their march meeting at the home of miss annie snow the difficult is that which can done immediately the impossible that which takes a little longer nansen acton short courses conclude with banquet on friday evening the actoiy three month short courses in agriculture and home economics were brought to a successful conclusion when the closing banquet was held in the town hall with two hundred guests in attendance according to many of those present it was the finest ban quet they had ever attended ad congratulations are therefore due to the young people and also to the ladies of the dublin w i who cater ed in a very efficient manner with agricultural representative j e whltelock acting as tostmaster an excellent programme was presented tlie toast to the home economics class was proposed by jack vangoo zen and responded to by laura john ston ruby mcpherson proposed the toast to the class in agriculture with ross gordon responding the toast to the guests was proposed by harold barber and responded to by warden victor hall of halton and reeve d d gray of eramosa the guest speaker mr j e houck of brampton gave a most inspiration al address on your to morrow mr houck was the recipient of many words of congratulation from those in attendance who stated it was the fin est address of its kind that they had ever been privileged to hear the programme concluded with a violin duet by manscll ncllls and jack cook with miss lorene locker at the piano and a vocal duet by the misses dorothy mckenzle and blanche mcklnnon and a piano solo by miss wilma hansen all of which along with the toasts previously men tloned were particularly well received and rounded out an excellent even ings programme the announcement of the prize winners was made by the misses betty wallace and grace hamilton and messrs j a berry and h v blnkley in home economics the general pro flciency prize was won by ruby mc pherson with certificates to the fol lowing dorothy barber mlna cripps molly cutis laura johnston eileen johnston lorene locker dorothy mckenzie ruby mcpherson evelyn pearen margaret swackhamer bea trice taylor erma wuderspin edith warne vema webster helen mccaig reta cripps wilma west dorothy cleave edna cook wllma hansen marion leslie jean mann in agriculture the general proflci- ence award was won by ross gordon with jack vangoozen in second place public speaking elwood johnston best note book walter couke stock judging ross swackhamer the fol lowing young men also received cer tificates or merit harold barber harold brown chas burgess walter couke clarence denny jack glen denning ross gordon elwcdjohn ston lyall mccutcheon osbertpttfc- man norman smith fredyspear ross swackhamer jack- vangoozen dirk vangoozen arthur watson john t wilson alexwaldie delbert snow the concluding feature of the pro gramme was the presentation by el wood johnston and a number of tho students to the members of the staff the remainder of the evening and early morning hours were spent in dancing the postponed february meeting of the w i was held on feb 28th ai the home or mrs ward ruddcjl with a large attendai c regardless of in element weather miss edith wrig giesworui sang a lovelj solo and mrs nlelson stark read an amusing then dissolve itorj mrs earl wilson explained j flake the salmon add the lemon juice j our motto keep us o lord from salt eg peas and gelatine mixture pettiness let us be large in thought pour into a large mould irinsed in i wi o- v in word and deed which prepared cold waun or in 6 individual moulds she was a prominent member of jonn our mlndi or hc dcbau wnlcn fo chm y rcndy to bere un mitlon chapter iojxe a member owod r thac unudy kood mould on lettuce of milton bowling club ana an ac imtured womon mutt a better home i ii there is any of this jellied cana live worker in knox presbyterian j umll a udy cranky one the dlan salmon leftover which we doubt church surviving are her husdand afflrmauve upliem by mrs j ou it can bt allowed to stand at room and one son harvey of milton wilson and mr thomas gttlen dt alexander a armstrong of milton fcauxj negative upheld by mrs passed away in hamilton general chai alsl n rnd mfs htaor brd hospital on saturday last following a much la nlcr and mtrr re period of ill health mr armstrong sljjted trom u lmch m was a life long and well known resi a lh k dent of milton being in the painting c1omkj meet business lor many years he was a pittt unuxl churcn hamilton conservative a member ol si clair j qn tmrmlay p jlsl mrj e iajbic phall mrs f wilson mrs arthur speight of georgetown mr and mrs earl wilson were privileged to hear dr and mrs monlkan of india miss minnie soga of africa and dr yuasa japan these four represen la lives brought good will messages direct from the madras conrercnoe india the bright star mission band met on sunday afternoon the meet lng was under the leadership of miss joy ruddcll the yp u held their regular sunday evening meeting on march lodge af si am and the milton pastime club surviving are his widow three brothers w j arm strong and e armstrong toronto jos armstrong buffalo and one sis ter mrs haller of bothwell the funeral service was held on tuesday in c r turner s funeral parlor in tennent being made in evcrygreen cemetery on wednesday afternoon champion acton tha engagement is announced of iiuun mary daughter of the late mr land mrs joseph h leece king o0l to vernon earl mteartturr son of mrs charles readbead and thtfj sjt mr amos e meartbnr milton fitltii tba marriage to taka piam sjplatht at bttttonvlile ont march 1ft am jftmtt i hewsoa of oafcvule jbo btts serious operation at w a general hospital several s mx ms brought home last and is p favourably lil i iiinmih m the school room of stwtod obwb last satnr- fsfty 8tk official board pre ss tbstr pastor beroordon temperature and used to fill hollow rd o it tomatoes cooked onions or placed in tiny muffin tins and used for inches the next day serve with a mirois baked potato or combine ith rice or macaroni accidfnts and compensation there were 4333 accidents reported to the workmen s compensation board during the month of february as compared with 4516 during janu ary and 4337 during february a year ago the benefits awarded amounted to 417 677 38 of which 329 516 08 was for compensation and 88 161 30 for medical aid lenten specials i -at- i prestons misses jane elliott and vincent attended a birthday party jin 5th georgetown yesterday celebrating miss denis cole a fifth birthday ootmeilior a mason had the mis fortune to fall on the ice outside his residence on sunday evening and sus talned an ankle injury which will keep him from bis usual activities for a few weeks many friends wish for htm a speedy recovery mrs h l bennleewho has been quite 111 is now improving friends wish her a speedy recovery miss margaret keuy nurse in training at st josephs hospital guelph visited her parents on sun day word has just been received here of the death of robert mckeown in kitsap county hospital port chard washington dc in seventyseventh year mr mckeown vms the last surviving member of the family of the late david and kather- me mckeown and he spent bis early years to this district and will be re called by some ot the older he was a brother of tbe wm plank who passed away last fall besides bis widow be leaves one frank to mourn his km and re- ihb friend i bought a oopy of your kbcok the other day author ota so it was you the auxiliary of the wms met on tuesday afternoon feb- 7th at the home of mrs jas barnes with mrs c b dick in the chair the roll call was an interesting missionary in cldent the meeting was in charge of mrs j bcllboddy and mrs ruddell the delegates appointed to attend the annual meeting of uic prcsbyterlal on thursday mar 9th in georgetown unitod church are mrs c b dick mrs f wilson and mrs t glffen many georgetown winners at halton seed fair continued from page 1 lean 3rd jack taylor 4th donald mcnabb 5th geo henderson fruit and vegetables juniora 1st cleave wilson 2nd geo fisher 3rd oat swackhamer 4th john vantlckle mh fred ruddall seniors 1st ric hard mvw 2nd john mcnabb 3rd craig reld 4th addison wood- ley 501 bob allan cream grading juniors 1st wood johnston 2nd grant allan 3rd wllmer davidson 4th chas clarke 5th alton breckon seniors 1st waiter reld 2nd jack tsnraon 3rd gordon leaue 4th martyn heslop and geo breckon ue freshskate zo taujs fresh smells 19 choice lakewhitefish 14 salmon whole fish 12 lb piece top or tail 13c lb sliced centre cuts 16c lb salmon fillets 23 pickerel fillets 27 oysters in bulk 25c 2 pt in jan on shell 5c each 6 for 25c a wise old owl sat on a tree he whispers to you and he whispers u me if you would healthy and wealthy be just eat more fish be wise like mc sole fillets 28 29c more time for hobbies and more money too there is more time for leisure on winter evenings when old companys anthracite is in the furnace for this harder longerburning coal needs less care and because it burns longer its more economical too j b mackenzie son ooal and ltjmber georgetown 0l companys ant the soi id fuel foff solo c atftnracit 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