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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday jevening july 24th 1940 1 50 per annum- in advance 200 to ua leroy dale named chief registrar lor halton registration organizers meet at milton on monday night preliminary or- anization work for the halton coun ty national registration laid when a meeting was held in the court house in milton mr leroy dais kc president of the halton ldberal atsociation has been apdoiht chief registrar for the county r a mason of acton bresl- mt of the county conservative as- aoclatlon as chief assistantregistrar apd they will be in charge of organi zation work for the job as yet de juty registrars have not been ap pointed but this will be done in the near future ail work in connection with the registration is to be volun tary so that no expense whatsoever will be incurred in halton county for salaries to workers anyone who wishes to help should get in touch with mr dale immediately so that the organ zatlon may be completed as soon as possible victor king and frank petch repre- sented georgetown at the milton meeting and two representatives were present from each municipality registration days have been set by the government as the 19th 20th and 31st of august and notices will ap pear this week in post offices public buildings throughout the coun ty many personnel changesjn local businesses it keeps us busy keeping track of all the changes in local businesses these days after mary tosts marri age a few weeks ago silvers depart- meity store hired jessie hill this left a vacancy at carroll s which was filled by ethel wood ken richardson left c j bucks to join the army in brantford while clarence carey secured a position in provincial paper ltd walker cleave and jack whitney are now working jtor c j bert sjer who barbered for e r magloughen is away in oshawa tak ing a mechanical training course ori- ginated by the government and mer- vyn cook of meaford is the new man here when evelyn wood left d brill co after her marriage it coincided with the summer vacation for son buddy and lit is busy in the store these days isabel dobson is spendine her um mer holiday working for bill long while bud ji ii has left the domln ion store for a padtion with smith stone l d bob smmhc from niagara falls is uikintr buds pi ill the brad brothers roy and clayton are o lr m anson thurston dues in cobourg following a short illness the death occurred on wednesday july fth at his home 363 john street jdobourg of anson leroy thurston mr thur ston suffered a stroke in me latter part of the previous wce nd failed to rally the funeral took place on friday afternoon julylbth from mcclures funeral home to green wood cemetery georgetown aser v ice was also held at the family resl dence in cobourg on tuesday born in georgetown in 1887 mr thurston was the only son of the latl pi of essor h l thurston and lllabeth thurston and a grandson of rev leroy thurston who was a prominent methodist minister in days one by he spent the early part of his life in acton and later lived in georgetown where he was a traveller for o b dayfoot co he was fond of music arid will be remembered by theatre goers of bygone years when he played uie traj in the band at the old rex theatre he was one of the organizers of the lome scots band wh ch came into existence on july 3rd 1930 playing trombone and later the snare drum moving to oobeurg six years ago he was employed at edwards and edwards tannery at the time of his death in that town he played in the cobourg kiltie band he is survived by his wife the former ivy alfretta ross and one sister mrs ada smith of toronto attending the funeral from outof town were mrs ada smith toronto mrs m andrew and two daughters toronto mrs jack boynton and mr and mrs jack boomer of toronto mr and mrs jack roscoe gait mr and mrs george staple ton guelph and mr and mrs s 6 ross walker- ville a hint to local organizations the daily papers liave rectnily been fud of stories about salvage campaujns beint iun by organizations in different canadian towns the latest concerns the city of brantford vvheie many tons of rags paier and scrap roii have been collected vic nv biys are givm to citizens in the ovn as well as to stores ind factor ts and miuria which wot id other ic b destroyed is saved to go into samuel mcmastcr loses barn and livestock a fire of undetermined origin start ed in the barn of samuel mcmaster on the 10th line east of olen wll- liaino about 1 ajn hist thursday activity more than- 250 men being morning 300 chickens and 10 pigs were lost in the fire as well as a hay crop and some implements neigh bours quickly gathered and helped to fight the blaze and they managed to keep t from spreading to the house and also saved some livestock and implements from the barn this is the first barn fire in the district this spring and we are at ways sorry to leam of such incidents local i owl siupped to georgetown c e herrington of sunset farm is shlppii g a pen of buff orpingtons to georgetown demrara british gui ana this week with the warm wea lhcr wt have been having this week and with no change in the name of the town the poultrj will probably never realize that thty are many hundreds of miks away from their old haunts mr hcrington tells us that he has another order on hand for a ship tnent to bangkok siam a few years ago he was honoured by having a pen ordered by the pope seems that he bad exhibited some prize fowl at the crystal palace in london eng land and one of the popes agents was so impressed with them that he immediately sent in an order for some of the birds bowlers bring home prizes from hilton a mixed doubles tournament in mil ton on monday which was postponed from the previous week gave top hon ours to two georgetown couples s p chapman and mrs e b tyers came work is advancing on the shand dam driving north last weekend we passed the site of the shand dam just east of fergus it is a scene of great lawn party and draw nets red cross society 310 employed there at the present time discussing the project the elora ex press says work is progressing rapidly on the construction of the shand dam which when completed will be canada s lar gest conservation project the cost of the scheme which is expected to pro vide sufficient water during the sum mer months for the treatment of sew age from the larger centres will be in the nelhhborhood or 2 0q0 000 to which the federal government is con tributing 37- the provincial gov ernment ts making th a similar amount with the interested nftmlcl- palitins responsible for the other 25 per cent or the cost thousands of yards of concrete are being poured weekly into the huge wing waits which when finished will be more than 70 feet in height the base of tht dam is 300 feet thick with tin spillway section of the dam close o 200 reel in width workmen art busy installing the large conouits through which the flow of water from the lake to be formed will be controlled the last wall of the dam is now about foity feet in height and the west wall close to half that height daily hundreds or yards of earth fill are being placed hi the east end of i the dam and stamped down by sheep s foot rollers drawn by tractors carpenters are working night and da placing forms ready for the pumping of concrete 1000 war savings certificate went to dundalk man programme enjoyed amid beautiful surroundings july weddings at a quiet wedding in st oeorges anglican church frank bud kent ncr who recently obtained his degree fiom the ontario college of pharm ncy was married to miss gladys beaver of georgetown rev w g o thompson performed the cere mony which was held at 3 30 pm on thursday afternoon mr jack stew art was best man while mrs stew art a i tci of the groom attended mtss beaver mr kentner is a son of mr and mrs vance kentner of georgetown hit ytung couple will live in ridge- w ly where bud has recently obtained a position asa druggist georgetown to georgetown return a ttjzsrszft ffis3s got a rug and mrs tyers coffee outfit john kennedy and mrs harold cleave vere secondprize winners in the event four teams represented georgetown out of a total of fourteen teams which competed others coming from run- neymede milton and aldershot 8 p j reaching its destination addressed sllex j to a locd organization the letter bore i a threecent stamp and was posted on july 12th it reached the organi zation on july 18th after travelling to georgetown prince edward island being opened by the same organiza tion thtrc and returned to the home town again in a quiet ceremony at 230 pm on saturday july 20th eleanor elisa- i li hornby daughter of mr and vlrs i j hornby became the bride of keith arthur sim nee youngest son f mr and mrs william spence the wedding took place in the presbyter- ian manse georgetown with rev douglas davidson reading the cere mony the bride was dressed in heavenly blue stoer a whlu picture hjt xstsurz the citizens of georgetown agate rallied to the call for funds by tha local red cross society and swelled the treasury by 310 when the pro ceeds from the lawn party and draw were tabulated the red cross executive are grate ful to the people of this community for tthelr generous response in buying tickets and attending this unique af fair and to the ticket sellers for their efforts in disposing of over 800 tickets wrlch not only admitted tha holdi r but also entitled him to a hance on the draw for war saving certificates besides the sale jo tickets considerable money was raised at jie refreshments booths tha red crass executive are aware of the fact that citizens are called upon to support many war funds but none deserves greater support than the red cross society the lawn party on thursday after noon and evening last was an enjoy able outing for many who attended and was held amid the delightful sur roundings at the home of mrs a w nixon on the 9th line during tha afternoon ladles on the red cross exe cutive served a dainty luncheon to all who were fortunate to be present af ter which a walk through the beauti ful rose and flower garden was a privilege indeed even more availed themselves ol the opportunity of attending in the evening when und artificial light ing arrangements the bandbr the lome scots regiment played a pro gramme that delighted every one hite accsorle she rrled jo- and uu hanna mil roas and maiden halrl mmne1 the slllg h f gorring gets promotion fern miss dolene mcenery georgetown was bridesmaid wearing a dusty rose sheer dress with white iccessoric and carrying madame butterfly roses mr gordon hilts was groomsman tor mr spence after a reception the couple left on a short honeymoon thty will lesidt in georgetown ed proch i iti ii tiirti hive remarked that ould bi tiomg the same ih it some ol our local wi 1 et ut d on such leaving for simcoe this week and will be replaced by s b otton h f gorriror accountant at the 15 nk or moniril for tht past threi id i hall mars his bn promo rd o tin s nicoc brine or the bank md will nice our hls nw duties v thin tht nit wek a popul ir i lb ic sirtu citl n at our ommiini v m firm w 11 lx mi srd a iu li i ir plris d j 1 of hi sim tl i lorourtmc department of the i s rntford bink hi served on the bnard ut stewards of st johns unit i id chin h there mr g i inn his bevn active in the j ilt is ol kno prtslntirnn church 1 in li s ij in gtormtown he the church for i two tid ins ilw ir bill kin tcor iid the b l id onkin plicc ol b i ti is alone town til int and grocer bu in ess tin liui rind some chu e in the in i ni li out of the sto i and hao n fit ness mr i rachli now with s n sim nvij wit i the fighting iilh in tot on o graham fimell after i vc its honemoor in h n r h li ck a i the store ajam mennwlilt st i young is spendinsr two weeks uth ils family lr st uford and bill k ik is clerking in robb s dr if store during hls absence i the hera d stiff is di pwcrt fn i 1 week while reg broomhead takes his vacation and when he returns g l mcgbvny will tike a wtll irned give them passes h i ind mr f i r oinik iipiwr icr of al church fin a d wi h credit m md ls i prtsnt c l c t clf ll i hi i n tiking it 1 c ii lth the n 1 in hi ihik i n nd op to x s it niara lrma garvin chooses st albans chlrch for wedding vows on silurday at 3 pm in st al- bin s aiifllan church glen williams ret w g o thompson united in m irri frni eulalyne garin mi ii di lit r of mr and mrs john garvin and christopher george sn t hi i id st son of mr and mrs o us s i nt blue delphiniums and hib s br nh fi 1 intr tor hit cere- iwrt k th t ms m a weeidlng dress ii md a full ll cloct she i s i wis prhen in 1 i brr tlur howard l t mi tiffin i ik 1 1 s sirica curled pink w b t m 1 in il r the i wedding music iw i ds nil 1 at rr mi inhn ran ol miuve l w f iink ioms wolf lhl enlj blue with they start a rain of shells ih f it he xhi s 1 iii oillj ll ill n 1 lit sildlo t in 1 i rond to tt i hi fiom passing ll en j nlltl i n ison tlwic- 1 i ennnot provide and dale ts back in in mess again after that accident last spring and the georgetown dentil corps has been augmented b dr cllffoiri rcid who comes from toronto to establish his dental practice here t c e dobbie is the new accountant at the bank ol commerce and in confirmation or the scoop or a couple or weeks ago when we crrone ouslv reported a staff change at the bank of montreal h f gorring ls i there is no question about the leaving shortly for the bnnch at minion gnlng these men free trans simcoe and s b otton from strat ixlrtatlon to the battlerront and bick lord will be the new accountant here thc should pet similar consideration holmes has taken over the whlh ttuj are in canadn on active shoe repair business of bill smith service j and al ronev both ot whom are scrv soldkr- in uniform on leave iny with the veterans home guard should be provided with passes p- fne li htjxirtition foi canadl in ol dm on have what if it does cost i hv dol ltrs in tht lonj iun to provide this tnico xhc railways should not look upon our troops as a source or nuo as the have been doing refreshment booth on mill st r the theatre operated by jean i norman reld ts providing a wel come halfwaj mark for thirsty ped estrlans en the long climb up the hill j ian howard has come over from j acton to herp e b tyers with his buttermaking since tom pan join ed the army down i the budget groceteria don jordan rias taken bui youngs place at the meat counter and orval stanlev arfclglenna leslie have joined the staff there gordie king spending his vacation as delivery i boy for that store toarile hoare has left his job at pominionsoedhouso forhdrwrk with jim gray and hls brother jack la new at his rormer job at the seed house bruce mckenzie son of mr and mrss c mckenzle guelph st and j wtoo has lived in brantford for some paa kas taken over the service ktton formerly operated by jack quires jack has signed up with the i casf deed there ts no reason why this cinnot be done with a minimum of i ed tape give military authorities a supply of blank passes and they ii see hey get into proper hands i card of thanks mr anson thurston wishes to hunk her friends for their kindness i and expressions of sympathy during 1 her reoeat bereavement fl rthfr shfpmfnt to r8tj cros headquarters the following shipment of goods sroing forward to the red cms war house in toronto thls week 11 p orks n pr seaman s socks 21 pr hif mitts iq- 4 atro caps 6 ribbed helmets 11 pr wristlets 1 pr mitts 26 pr py jamas 2 preujnonia jackets 3 hospital nowns 49 handkerchiefs 18 armv scarves 6 seaman s scarves 28 sweaters 1 pr machine knit socks 6 blankets 1 carton refugee clothing civic holiday will be held on mon day august 5th quick loading prctk by mccnberi of britain antiaircraft fences- speed is essential if as their training teaches tfacsa a rain of exploding shell is to be kepi powing tnto the sky norton ii i muts hdig on s id i inly uui o il anne ch lim t il kli i rene and m i 1 ch timers aetni wis mar lied o btanlcv norton son or mr ml mi w a noiton limehoiise i in c ti mum was itrrormed at the fi bv eiioii maiw acton by the rn h l bonnie dm n in in irtiati bv her father miss chalmers wore a red in go te irock ol heave nh blui sheer croiw with a liijioin i at and white accessories fain cm led a bouquet of johanna hill rov s nit bridesmaid mary chalrru rs wore a rosewood print sheer rrock m di witli puffed sleeves and bouffuii shirt she carried a bou quet of talisman roses and blue tor- mi me not mr harvey norton was his brother s groomsman follow uig the wedding a reception was held at the- chalmers home mrs chalmers received in a gown of printed sheer with a corsage of and pink carnations the g4bom s mother was attired in dusty pink n i with a corsage of pink and white ci nations aftt lng unknowingly in unison there 11 always be an england the band again did themselves proud assist ing on the program war earl bunion of brampton whost instrumentals on the accordion wen much appeclated as was attested by the large gathering grouped about him president leroy dale kc acted as master of ceremonies and introduced judge munro of milton who had kindly consented to make the draw for the war savings certificates the first pm of a 10 00 certificate went to btuce mossop of dundalk who w ls visiting in town at the time the tond pi zt a 5 certificate went to i oi ge barber whose grandfather c h baiber liad purchased the tic ket in his name the society was s il ful to mr dobie new account- m at he bank of commerce who i 11 d in lit breach during treasurer m lm oc s ib net on holidays and utid i tr i uitr and handled the tii aw ti ktts i v miliums booths were on he io l cis wh t not only ice cream 1 n nil hamburgers round a 1 b vlurt the ladies strv- i i ii in 1 so d home- i- ti l ii n ni ph idiiu dale t 1 f i i f 1 bot tv expressed i mi nion jui the b i u f il grounds ind to m n id hi lnd in any way to in til iw i mti siia a trand mi dl said he gtorge- i i id di met society was second i n i in t ini i foi is size in re nd to w oi k done a nd t ht quality tin mk he cited another na- lon il di v ft fuiias in tht fill mon- l i 1 1 h ci the sotietv rould again e omit on the citizens to support a i in means so much to all of amo if the prominent and out-of- tom ii ts a tending were col r v conti col bertram mlss sybil ije mi t mi jack fink brampton judi mi nio md mrs munro of milton 1 a blakelock mpp of oakviiie mr and mrs geo begg mis w c mckay dr and mrs wnrrtn toronto mr and mrs m cai uso of br impton and nephew anthom fardella of the r cap trenton frtak tic bo two txtiorlegs perfectly formed but had an addi tional pair of legs growing from the lower buck part of its body and pointing skyward with the tall emerg ing between the legs numerous peo ple were lhterested in viewing the freak when mr munro brought it to town tuesday afternoon it was dead when mr munro discovered it shortly aftar its birth dundalk her- shortlr after its birth dundafc herald history has repeated itself in 180n britain after the collapse of prussia was left to fight napoleon whose ambition like hitler s today was to conquer the world wordsworth in 1806 wrote these words another year another deadly blow i another mighty empire overthrown and we in left or hall be left alone the last that dare to struggle with the foe tis well from this day forward we slvnl know that in ourselves our safety must be sought that by our own right hands it must be wrought tr w must f ir be laid low o dastard whom such foretaste doth not cheer we shall exult if they who rule tt land be men who hold its many blessings dear wise upright valiant not a servile band who are to judge of danger which they fear and honour wtuph they do not under stand history will again repeat itsetfj britain on whose shoulders rests the fate of civilization will again st the world from slavery