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seventyfourth xeaf i publication wednesday evening november 6th 1940 1 50 per annum in advanc 200 to usa a board meets at ottawa town will cooperate with horticultural society in planting 100 trees this fall remembrance day service sunday morning returning officers and poll clerks appointed for coming elections low relief account in october a remembrance day service in hon our of those who fell in the last war will bo held at the cenotaph next sunday at 1045 am dj3t mayor oihbona will open the service and the four resident ministers rev e g baxter rev d d davidson rev f c overenil and rev w g o thomp son will take part corp- fred mc cartney president of branch 120 canadian legion will call the roll of honour which includes the names of 24 men who gave their lives for their country a parade for the march to the ceno taph will form on mill street at 1020 am local church services will start somewhat later in order that the con gregation may attend the remem brance service and sunday schools will be dismissed early in order that the children may be present canadian service members of the joint canadian us defence board left to right air commodore a a l cnffe air member the air staff captain l w murray deputy chief ot the naval staff brigadier kenneth stuart dso mc deputy chief of the general staff district governor bennett visits georgetown lions district governor g e bennett at oakvllle paid a visit to the george town lions club on monday night several outoftown visitors were pres ent including b h mortlock w e capps di w w bartlett jack fink harvey taylor arthur death and george balterehell of brampton and a e whitaker dr j w deans a m- morden george fletcher and h s thornton of oakvllle introducing the district governor lion chief ballantlne referred to the difficulties under which the local club was working and hoped that new members would join up this year and that sdmie of the older members would renew their enthusiasm in the work of the club he said that the social side of club work would be stressed and several interesting fea tures are scheduled for future meet ings including a talk by major j r barber and a ladies night lion bennett gave some pertinent remarks on the meaning and value of a lions club there are twenty- four thousand children in canada be low the age of eighteen he said who arc crippled we have no means of knowlnt what they might have be come bu we can be the means of making them normal and then finding this out he dealt with the club motto of liberty intelligence and our na- tions safety pointing out particular ly the value of interclub meetings and the way such meetings can pro- mote friendship between individuals and thus between towns themselves the georgetown club decided to go to a zone rally in hamilton on nov ember imh and the regular meeting scheduled for that night has been poslponod a letier from gordon alcott in copper cliff was received wiuvjntcrest mr alcott is interested inaavlng the club promote a midget hockey series in town for the calder cup no decision was reached on the matter at this meeting missing farmhand found in barn no inquest will be held in the death z f scot t rosendale 26yearold em ployce of j- j thompson whose body was discovered last week end partially- used barn owned by mr thomeson the funeral service wlil be held from his mothers residence at lyleon thursday afternoon with burial in everett cemetery alllston a brother wilbur also of lyle was in town yesterday and made arrange- ents tor the body to be removed to alllston discovery of the body of scott ros endale 26yearold farmhand hanging from the lop beam of a barn on the 6th line solved the mystery of his dis appearance the week before rosen- dale had been missing since the dis astrous fire in which the j j thomp- dairy son bam was completely destroyed j fnjlt mr and mrs a dolson wedded filly years residents of peel county all their lives mr and mrs aiken dolson were tendered congratulations on the cele bration of their golden wedding anni versary by over 200 friends who visited hem at their home on the fourth line west chinguacousy on tuesday after noon and evening october 29th guesu were present from tonna- wanda ny chatham toronto and all parts of peel county and surroun ding district and numerous letters and cards of congratulations were received by the celebrants in addition to c large number of lovely gifts appro priate to a golden wedding anniver sary baskets and bouquets of flowers the majority of them golden or bronze mums gifts of the organizations with which mr and mrs dolson have been a5soctated were subjects of the ad miration and appreciative comments of all those present the flowers were received from ionic lodge brampton peel milk producers association peel county agricultural association snel- grove womens institute brampton west institute mr and mrs george warner tonnawanda ny mr and mrs dave williamson mr and mrs t o dolson and miss jessie cation of toronto one of the features of the tables was the brides cake an elaborate three- layer creation of solid icecream ir three flavours this was the gift o mr fred neill of the acme farmer there was also a layered son on the home farm mr dolson was only eight years of age when his family moved on to the property which he still farms but which is now under the mana of his son one might terms the dol son property a machineage farm for on it has been introduced all the newest inventions for fast and effi cient work originally its 260 acres were devoted entirely to mixed fann ing- but mr dolson has built it up also into a dairy farm and la proud of his fine herd of sixty head of hoi- eteln cattle machines milk the cows and tractors plow the land while mr dolson re minisces on the days when brampton was a bog hole the centre road a mud hole with gravel roads un known in this district and plowing matches in those days featured horse drawn plows only the tractor la a wonderful improvement mr dolson who has plowed peel uelds for a good many years commented with the boon of modernized machinery to assist him in his toil the farmer is able to carry on in spite of the short age of hired help in these days the weather following a second severe freeze on the 29th when the mercury drop ped to 21 degrees there have been no night frosts and plenty of rain we dp not take much stock in the old timers forecast of a mild or severe winter based on such things as the scarcity of nuts and the thickness of corn stalks but two sure signs were evident last week that she is just around the corner first was the sound of a flock of wild geese honk ing southward indicating- that the waters in the far north are freezing up and second the swell raised by a whole flock of local tame ones making life as unpleasant as possible for their neighbours by filling the air with dense smoke from the burning of the leaves that shaded them from the summer heat following are the local records for the past week prompt action of six local youths ralph wmtanee larry mackenale walker cleave frank cleave fred tost and harold lunan who were driving past the farm when the fire was first noticed saved most of the livestock rosendale left the house early sun day evening and was never seen again it was feared that he had perished in the flames and provincial police had been raking over the ashes in an ef fort to find some trace of his re mains the body was discovered by h and l rain date temp fall tues oct 29 42 21 36 wed oct 30 41 37 10 thurs oct 31- 52 33 fri nov 1 45 30 47 sat nov 2 54 48 23 sun nov 3 55 40 mon nov 4 56 32 tues nov 5 58 50 a m nielsen president of th georgetown horticultural society in terviewed the council last night at their regular monthly meeting -qpeafc- ing on behalfof the society he stress ed the heed of tree planting in the towriboth to replace old trees cut down and to plant in treeless area which have up to how been devoid of trees the society felt that a stilt could be made with 100 trees this fall and wanted the town to cooperate with the society in sharing financial arrangements the council agreed to share in fln anelng oils improvement leavlngd balls of planting areas in the hands of the horticultural society although it is expected that the parks and streets committees will be consulted mayor gibbons is particularly anxious that trees in the park which were destroyed by are should be replaced- and mr nielsen concurred with hint in this vrw maple avenue was alsot specifically mentioned as a jlkeb planting location a remarkably low monthly relief ac count of 93692 was passed for pay ment the council expressed their pleasure at this happy state of affairs which spoke well for local industry a communication from the local- branch of the canadian legion regard ing armistice day was read in whmi the legion asked for support for toe vvr ff ft nifrtlon was passed sam walker loses brother in bombing raid german bombers brought sorrow to georgetown home last week whea sam walker local contractor received word that his brother john aged c7 had been killed in a bombing raid he was in his home at croyden at the time when the bombing attack wrecked the home a daughter who i living faith virtue lntelli- llved with her father was absent in sence temperance patience godli brighton at the time and escaped in- ness brotherly love and christian love jury he leaves three children edith th ne compared to a ladder which louise and ted as well as six brothers i wc a11 must strive to climb pointing and a stter a brother george wno out lnat the farther one climbs the formerly lived in georgetown is nowi nea one reaches the goal st georges anniversary the reverend bruce jennings rec tor of port credit anglican church was special speaker at both services in st georges anglican church last sunday when 88th anniversary ser vices were held choosing his topic from tne 2nd epistle of peter mr jennings spoke on the eight requisites a resident of los angeles california norval rifle club mr jennings is a nephew by marrl- ne of miss georgina young a georgetown mrs kalherine preston was special soloist at the evening service several nice scores were made on the range last night atkinson and meredith shooting on the 20 yard tar get at 25 yards this is a handicap s to those two men the aggregate scores are as follows atkinson 100 x 9 meredith 90 x 6 robertson 100 x 7 c caves 100 x 8 a w wilson 99 x 8 r whall 99 x 5 w llsk 98 x 6 f hustler 98 x 8 o h hall 98 x 7 griffin 90 x 1 former minister honoured rev canon william burt rector of and st johns anglloa churches in fort erie has been offi cially advised by bishop l w d broughal of the niagara diocese that he has been elevated to the rural deanery of lincoln and weuand mr burt was a former rector of st georges church georgetown guest of honour on tuesday was miss mary lawson of georgetown bridesmaid at the wedding of fifty years ago the groomsman was the late j l clark of norvaj whose death bocurred two months ago among relatives and friend who as- i slsted in the golden wedding celebra tion were mrs gordon armstrong inglewood mrs dean lerille george town mrs edgar dolson toronto mrs wilbert dolson toronto miss je cation toronto mrs walker wilkinson tea hostesses assisting it nelson cook in a partially used barn lhe mjl were mra w l owned by mr thompson andjdtuated j mlsa mrrra leslie miss frances ca- t m w o o meron mrs hartley cameron and mrs sandy dolson kitchen assis tance was given by mrs mel ackroyd mrs dave williamson mrs george leslie and mrs steele of acton j elevenyearold jim cleaves grand- ron or mr and mrs dolson opened the door and the gucsta were greeted by mrs norman cameron mrs t o dobon and mrs clarence dolson con- jucted them to where the celebrants were seated miss vera cation alien- ded the register in which almost 200 names were written b m a m are-d- aboit a mile from his farm home meroil mrs hartley cameron cook had gone into the upper part of the barn to throw down some hay when ho noticed the body hanging from about four feet of rope one strand of which had been broken dr o e syer milton coroner view ed the body before it was removed to georgetown and an inquest will like ly be held provincial officers g cookman and a oliver are investigat ing fsrtaqrjehiew at milton last tuesday tuesday evening october 29th a pesed by mrs j b moore and re group of ex wardens and wives niim- ponded tt- by charles readhead mil- beiing 34 met at the milton inn mil- ton and j j- jamleson brampton ton lor the annual peel and halton oeorge cmrle of georgetown gave exwardens banquet the mason or- a toast to the ladles which was ac- chestre of acton was in attendance j cepted by mrs willis of caledon to furnish music for the occasion and the election of officers for the en- other musical features during the suing year took place and j s evening included vocal solos by mau- beck of brampton was chosen to re- rice readliead ullton and miss mar- j place mr leslie victor hall east jorie dawson milton and a cornet solo trafalgar is vicepresident while by amos mason of acton o r church publisher of the streets- after the singing of o canada v review continues as secretary- mr t l leslie of georgetown retlr- treasurer the two sitting wardens ihg president of the organisation gave oeorge finney jraasegeweya and an address in which he pointed out james mcbrtde caledon were unable the value of the comradeship which the exwardens association developed among these fanner municipal officers be made reference to the four mem- hers who ha passed a s last meeting william morden oak- vtlle duncan campbell moffat oeorge hynd aoton and ruben ltgbt- heaxt chinguacousy a toast to canada was proposed by j beck brampton and replied to by john f- pord miltcn the guest speaker of the evening was rev j b moore of 8t pauls united church milton who told bis aodienoe of an interesting mediterranean trip he had taken aioast to the xwardens was pro- to attend the meeting former glkn resident pays f visit in p yeas bet oeorge bludd of tfae bourn saskatchewan regiment visited his old hometown last weekend for the first tune in s3 years thla former reslcfent of the glen went west 18 years ago moving to swift ourrerit saskatchewan now as a member of the bjsju he u stationed in toron- o at the exhibition grounds be spent the weekend with his aunt and uncle mr and mrs e bludd in glen williams granting 2500 to the fund and per mission was granted to hold a tag day on november 9th the fojowlng accounts were passed for payment w spence ww sts t 7 29- a hill sts 4 20 w spence ww sts 12 30 w spence ww sts li 10 w spence ww sts la0jll a hill ww 4 20 thos grieve police prot 2 00 f kennedy police prot 2 00 j schulz sts 70 86 municipal world stationery 2 54 halton county sts 9 00 georgetown lumber co sts 2 20 saxe motors town and are truck 30 9s j n oneill son wjw sts 15 04 canadian brass co ww 24 is gartshore thompson pipe and foundry co ww bell telephone oo speights garage town truck hydro electric w g marshall postage etc lloyd davison sts p b harrison postage etc 8 58 f whltmee sts 65 90 s walker sts 144 90 council voted to instal a street light on ontario street where ratepayers have been without adequate street lighting a bylaw was passed appointing polling places deputy returning offi cers and poll clerkb for the munici pal elections next december sam walker alexhawfet f arfers and r c adams were ohoa deputy returning officers and alcott m armstrong wullam camp bell and george dobson win serve as poll clerks polling places remain tb same as last year namely ward 1 at the town hau wards 2 and 3 at iha greenhouse and ward 4 at the pubbo library 6 88 13 53 36 94 80 08 2 53 83 cendanls of peel county pioneers i mr dolson was bom oh the property immediately across the road from where he now farms on lot 17 fourth line west chinguacousy he is a son cf the late william dunn dolson and janet mclaren and was the youngest and only surviving member of two families in which there were seven- esn children nine in the first and eight in the second his father settl ed in peel county in 1822 coming rrom pennsvlvania dsa mr dolson is a prominent figure in agricultural and dairy interests of the county he is a director and past president of peel county agricultural society a director and past president of peel county milk producers asso- i elation a director of peel county ptiwmens aasnolatton rand u di rector and past preewenb of- peel farmers plre insurance co and 1 1 director of the ontario milk pro- 1 ducers association mrs dolson was born on the first j hne and wa a is cat w saturday november 9th daughter of the late william cation who came to canada from flrejand mr and mrs dolson are presbyter- 1 ians fifty yean ago it was the rev j l campneu of cheltenham and mount pleasant presbyterian churchs who officiated at the wedding cere mony which was held at the brides home mr and mrs dolson have one daughter mrs lome cleaves of nori val and one son william harold jdol- the 11th november remembrance day once known as armistice day will be with us onoe again very shortly bow- much joy there was on that day twenty years ago joy mingled with sorrow for those whose loved ones fell on the field of battle who had lost all that was precious to them and who looked to the future with foreboding today the drums of war are heard again war with the same forces of tyranny those who would if tliey could take all our liberty from us it may be that the terrors of the present war tern the thoughts of the older of us back to the days of 19141918 and the younger to realize that these were days very similar to the once we are now living in while the new war rages the wounds of the old war are not yet healed the canadian legion throughout canada many years ago shouldered the task of alleviating the hardships of the less fortunate among their comrades today hey are carrying on fuqy awake to the fact that in addition to their work for those of the last war they now have to face increased service in tending to the needs of those who otter their all in th present struggle saturday next the 9th november wffl be poppy day in georgetown and district buy your poppy and while doing so please remember the need is greater than ever let u all s in o voice in the immortal words of john mocrae we will them the ritchie allen weckfinff at acton at the home of the brides parenta mr and mrs charles allen aoton a pretty wedding was solemnised on sat urday when their only daughter ruby may became the bride of mr james ernest ritchie son of mr and mrs john ritchie georgetown rev d d davidson georgetown officiated the bride who was given in marri age by her father wore a street length dress of pale blue french wool with navy accessories and corsage at sweetheart roses the bridesmaid miss betty ritchie sister of the grop wore dahlia rose french wool wb black accessories and corsage of araam roses the best man was mr moriey allen brother of the bride mr frank whale of brampton played the weja- ding music at the reception which followed mrs allen received wearing navy blue crepe with matching accessories audj corsage of red roses she was assist ed by mrs ritchie in queens tflus with black accessories and corsage of pink rotes after a short wedding trip the bride and groom will reside in acton mob report shows mumps prevalent in town twenty cases of mumps have been recorded by dw tt- v -wllssboav- georgeto medical health officer te his monthly report issued this wek this brings the total number of erases to 24 in the last two months i following is the report for october of health scarlet fever chkkenpox p j mocartniby president canadian legion georgetown o oodbens chairman mrs t grieve treasurer poppy day committee infantile paralysis typhoid fever wnoobtng cough oersbrospmal meningitis epidemic 0 0 0 0 0 o 1 ft