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4 fee seventyfourth year of publication 4efci wednesday evening january 1st 1941 1 50 per annum in advance 200 to usa t acdatimtiofl for esquesing township council r ad to late george i usui snow removal 2 bquuzation dsscvsskd one of the smallest attendances cm ncmx featured the esqaaetng town- b ship hotntoatlon meeting hold in iiu monday afternoon pst -bad- been very quiet nommetton day and it to tfsolpated theauy new men eater the pontes iut was fc the necessary hour perfcwfor nominations closed and mr x m bennett read the 11st of nomm 3rwae were as follows 2l tslt a whon proposed by thomas bird and robert muter ft deputy reeve c howard may proposed by o wood and o w wey councillors o charles murray propoesd by a o caarrldge and robert muler edwin hahrop proposed by thom as bird and w j alexander g80aob r cleave proposed by william gowdy and milton bird aa the five nominations correspond ed wtth the five vacant seats the re tiring council was declared reeleeted arid there will be no election for this next monday however as a bylaw bas been passed and advertised pro- wkung for a vote on the twoyear council term an election will be held far this purpose on monday january 8th a lively discussion centred aftnmd this point during mondays meeting a few of the ratepayers ex pressed their disapproval or going to the expense of an election merely to vote on this one question it was ex plained that it was impossible to fol low any other course as a bylaw to tins effect had been drawn up and passed one attendant was in favor of taking a vote at the meeting and settling the matter on the spot an other ratepayer perhaps with his tongue in bis cheek drew attention to the emoluments of public office which amount to 130 yearly for each councillor t see that there have been four teen meetings during the year he aald and this makes almost 10 a meeting perhaps our council would agree to serve us for a tworyear period for one years salary mr j m bennett acting as cbair- man introduced reeve w a wilson who dealt mostly with the county oonndl as it affects the municipality i can practically promise a hard- anxface road at the end of maple avenue next year he stated also explained that failure to get the tjwy road into proper shape during the summer could not be blamed on the county roads com mittee but was the fault of the con tractor who had not carried out his contract as early as promised how ever the gravel is now spread and x guarantee that the road wbl be good shape tins coming year he promised he explained himself as strongly gainst a county equalisation and be lieved that the members of the coun ty council could settle the matter amicably among themselves if they tried township finances are in good shape this year and he drew attention to the payment of the county rate wlhch has been almost paid already this year ascrmg interest charges which delay ed payment m other years had caused deputyreeve may explained the veforestauon work which the county is doing he was perturbed about the ij snow removal problem and believed that something should be done to im the situation oouaoulor murray detailed the road work done in the township during the past year nineteen miles of road way had been sprayed with weed- ttber and results of this would be seen tn the spring councillor harrop remarked that the nail attendance must be a sign that the ratepayers were satisfied with the way the 1m0 council had carried on the public business he was in-be- itween on the snow re ques tion believing that something should ibe done and yet being hesitant to ispend money on new road machinery f councillor cleave expre himself as entirely m favour of snow removal he pointed out that the man on the ibeck roads was at a great disadvan tage when be had to sleigh part of the way tn to town yet could not use fate sleigh when he came to a cleared mam roadway -moreover- he stated i believe dorwremoval is the cheapest policy fito the long run roads which are cleared dry out sooner and stand up a longer period of time ptftg down maintenance cost ah members paid individual tribute to the late mr george leslie during happy time club organized at st georges a club ha recently been organised atbt qeoiges angl1canohurclrlpr night in tnei church basement is known as the happy time otub and the young people are enthusiastic in their plans for the future at the organisation meeting held early in december the boys drew up a set of rules for club conduct which include no bad language regular sunday school and church attendance in- ab orderly and quiet manner and respect fulness to elders at the first meeting held the next week rev w jq o thompson pre sented hockey sticks to the boys with the name of the club printed on the handle a surprise birthday party waa held which honoured the supervisor and organiser and christmas gifts were presented to mr thompson and mr sargent by the dub the group has planned many events for future meetings jim keuy will give the boys instruction in discipline drill a chib stamp collection has been started with one member donate tag his own collection to be used as the nucleus it is also planned to have a birthday party once a month for all members whose birthdays fall in that period dues are ave cents a week brian ferry is president of the club and other officers include vicepresi dent buddie bousklll secretary wal ter sargent assistant secretary bob bousklll treasurer leonardtennant assistant treasurer bid james mem bership ross norton assistant memb kenneth mendham social rosssykes social committee earl walters wu- bert mills billy bullivant orderly sergeants bobbie bouakil and bin 25 christmas hampers distributed the christmas hamper committee reports that twentyflve hampers were distributed to local families on christmas eve christmas was thus made happier for 39 adults and 43 children whose christmas meal might otherwise have been a bit slim the white ollts donated by the junior pupils of the united church sunday school added a gay christmas touch to the hampers the hamper committee is thankful to those who contributed so generous ly of money food and toys which made the hampers possible to the womans institute who did the pack ing and to chief w o marshall who delivered the parcels seek bennett tn his 47 years of fofltoa m treasurer of the township 1 george leslie was never known to have zueatai his books or actions i wilson he was an entirely bbnest bookkeeper and never made ooopciuor may he was a fine old f tan and we win miss him very much tmffy murray his ability and bonesty n a good pattern for any one to follow- osuaeulor harrop his character cleave during past lie to know mr xesue very he was a wonderful help r end a fin old gentleman baptist ministers wife dies suddenly in hamilton mrs eleanor isabel holmes wife of rev oordon m holmes pastor of wentworth baptist church hamilton died suddenly last friday dec 37th after being stricken with a heart at tack in a hamilton departmental store she was the only daughter of the late mr and mrs thomas mcoinicuddy of toronto and was educated at har vard college toronto and mcmaster university hamilton mr holmes was formerly pastor of georgetown baptist church coming here in the spring of 1913 a daugh ter was born to them while resident in georgetown in 1915 they went to goderlch later moving to toronto and lindsay where mr holmes was pastor of osatngton avenue baptist church and lindsay baptist church mrs hobnes was a member of the iode rev john o mcoinicuddy of barrie is a brother the funeral service was held from wentworth st baptist church on monday with buri al in hamilton cemetery christmas piano recital tne annual christmas recital of the pupils of miss margaret dickie at cm was held in the public school sat- urdayafternoon deo 19th at 4 oclock the children invited their parents as their guests there were solos dues and three selections by the rhythm band made up of class pupils from the school classes several pupils were absent on account of ulness the follow ing took part in order of performance jane mime mary jane arnold doro thy bowler anne orabtree betty clarke marlon dickie margaret mar shall mary woods ingesorg henst- matm john heldmsnn andnytjll ion bud tost kathleen thompson violet barnes jean tmekle clarke barbara param bennee hughes nbrah cleav helen black burn and helen wquahvi following the recital a social ti was spent when light refreshments lost plans lands near glen apparently losing ejr way in the for last friday afternoon two air force meh were forced to l their plane on a fairs near gban wshams a guard has been stationed over the disabled trmc which a yet has not been removed fcfc repairs christmas visitors the and there christmas lsalwejys a time of home coming andjnany gay family reunions toolrtjlacedurlng the midweek holi day mr stewart young was in strat ford with his- mother and sisters dr c e blehn of windsor spent the weekend with his son mr walter blehn mr and mrs james ritchie of acton were at mr ritchies home here for the holiday mr and mrs ian stuart of to ronto were holiday visitors with mr and mrs w v grant mr vernon cole spent christmas day with bis parents mr and mrs william cole in milton miss doris green of toronto is spending a few days in town with mr and mrs c burnsides major and mrs john r barber spent christmas in toronto with mr and mrs j c lawrence the misses ada and etta conlln of new york city spent the weekend with their aunt mrs ross mr and mrs e menitt or toron to visited with mr and mrs wal ter whitmee last sunday misses jean and margaret creasor of toronto are spending new years with miss lorraine wright mr and mrs c r van dusen of tara were in town tor the holiday with the mcolbbon family mr and mrs a ostrander and marlon sent christmas with mr and mrs bert borst in brampton mr and mrs william kirkwood spent christmas day with their son and daughtertnlaw in erin mr and mrs william frampton ol toronto were weekend guests with mr and mrs cyril brandford mr and mrs roy smale freeman were with her parents mr and mrs walter t evans for the holiday mr peter bessey of toronto waa home for the holiday with his par ents mr and mrs h r bessey mr chester laird of falmerston was a visitor at the home of his brothers and sisters over christmas mrs w c bessey and miss doris of toronto visited with friends in town and district over the holiday mrs d l herbert and miss freda herbert were guests of dr and mrft- c h best in toronto for christinas cqmb frank shannon who has been taking a refresher course in toronto is back at the local armour ies mrs r waldle spent christmas with her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs r b matson of bramp ton mr and mrs oordon barber ha milton spent the day with his bro ther mr roaf barber and mrs bar ber mr h p mocleuan of stratford spent christmas with his daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs frank petch dr and mrs oeorge paul of to ronto were with his mother mrs j j paul and dr and mrs r t paul mr and mrs a b parr and joesph of sudbury were guests at the home of mr and mrs w j camp bell mr william maclaren of tftew york city was home for christmas with his parents mr and mrs a maclaren mr and mrs k r macdonald and family spent christmas day with her parents mr and mrs anthony at lime house mr and mrs oeorge houlngworth herb and catherine of toronto spent christinas day with dr and mrs j burns milne mrs al cameron of huntingdon quebec is remaining in town over the holiday weak with her aunts the mr and mrs j w hannedy and miss m kennedy spent christmas day with mr and mrs j h stevens in ttoronto misses margaret and mary oliver had vwj paul arthurs as then house guest with their parents mr and mra d b carver in st mary rev and- mra john a uodenrdd and eon john of grand valley spent fftrtsnnaa with mra j mcdermld i mia isabel mcdanrdd ht oordon ataott arrived from copper cliff christmas morning to spend the day with his parent mr and mrs georga akwtt mr and mrs walter mcoovray of bmllugluu were with in parent mr and ten f l mcoovray and mr and mra oarflew maoqvray mr and mra j b oray and mr end mr iran wright motored to bala to apend th holiday with mr and mm- o mbcrtgomery the iflsab fry and mr fred john son were ohrtshna day vuitora wish the former parent mr and mra f leonard white milton mz and mrs lome t cave of little current manltoauh spent christmas in oeorgetown with mr and mrs t r cave mr and mrs campbell ross of st johns n3 spent the christmas week with mr rosss mother and bro ther at the ross farm mr and mrs walter rasmussen and heather anne of brampton spent christmas at the home of her mo ther mrs lily broomhead miss elisabeth langan of toronto was with her sister miss may langan who is spending the rest- of her vaca tion with friends in acton mr elmer c thompson miss isobel thompson and mrs ann lawson spent christmas day in oshawa with dr and mrs h m mcdonald mr arthur dayfaot divinity stud ent at emmanuel college toronto is spendi the vacation with his par ents mr and mrs c b dayfoot mr lewis humberstone of king ston and miss clara humbertone hornby spent christmas with their mother mrs t a humberstone jack thompson announcer at radio station ckol in toronto arrived on christmas eve to be with his parents rev w g o and mrs thompson we are sorry to report that mr jack ritchie who has not been well for some time was removed to the hospi tal last week we wish him a speedy recovery mr and mrs arol oneill june and john of toronto called on their parents mr and mrs anthony at their way to send christmas day at inglewood mr joseph martin mlss hanel mar tin mr clinton martin mr walker olajwford of caledon spent christ mas with mr and mrs jack arm strong mr bob goldham who is working durins the holidays in simpsons post office department had otnmmas dinner with his parents mr and mrs harry goldham mr and mrs george a wilson and harold of hespeler spent the day with mr and mrs william long har old remained for a visit with his aunt and uncle mrs david boyd miss vera boyd and mr and mrs lloyd boyd and qlorla jean spent ohrjatma day with mr and mrs- floyd downs and family at hornby mr w p bartlett was with his parents in st marys and mr doug las bracken spent the holiday in gananoque with his parents dr and mrs e j bracken on monday of this week dr and mrs a mnathirfmr attended the fun eral of the late mra holmes wife of rev o m holmes hi wentworth baptist church hamilton holiday guests at the home of mr seymour penson included mr and mrs oeorge penson and joan of toronto and mr and mrs david hanna joan and peter of owen sound christmas visitors with mr and mrs james oostigan irrrludftd mr and mrs ray oostigan and peter hamilton and mr and mra elmer oostigan and jimmy of toronto mr and mrs j m moklnlay and children donald john and mary of toronto joined mrs r e harrison mr p b harrison and miss hacel harrison for a family celebration christmas guests with mr and mrs harry stockford and family included mr charles stockford principal of uxbrldge public school mrs watts miss owenneth andmeaers tom and edgar watts of toronto mrs violet cook and miss floetta cook of mount denis spent the week end with mr and mrs john h shepherd saturday december 28th was the 53rd anniversary of mr and mrs shepherds wedding day 3s3m marlon overend a nurse-in- training tn hamilton oeneral hospital and dr frederick overend who is connected with the hospital staff were with their parents rev and mrs f o overend on christmas day mr walter blehn joined a family patry in windsor which included his parent dr and mrs o b blehn mis isobel blehn and miss belle elliot of ohealey mr and mra j e start windsor and mr and mrs o e start of tara the christmas visitors at the home of mr and mra thomas lyon were mr and mr ecnjeraoa mekmney and family mr and mr hairy barrett end wmlty all of braanpton mr hugo lyons mr and mra frank lyon and peter of gbekenbam and ml ohar- lctto lyona of tcncdo a family dinner party at the home at mr and mrs j b msd street enchided muses jean i margery matwanrie air and mra bam mahnmirft sandy and mama 1 mafrmrtft ac 9 of dtmorlbe air training school and mr and mrs wuuam fassmore helen margaret agnes and edward pasamcre and mrs oeorge oordon all of rockwood the daughters of the church met for a social evening last friday at the home of miss marjorle gault dur ing the evening a gift was presented to mrs frank whitmee the former jean switzer a bide of last summer refteshmerrts were served and a pleasant time enjoyed by all among the soldiers who enjoyed a christmas leave at their homes were pte sam raohlln of the irish regi ment camp borden lieut allan o macdonald dufferm and trtwtiri rifles camp niagara pte w king stanley barracks toronto pte ed hlcken 48th highlanders camp bor den sgt alfred collins lome scots camp borden pte fred harrison 48th highlanders camp borden sgt- maj henry shepherd and sgt russell flrestine newmarket training centre pte bui hewitt and pte a n carter of the rcamc camp borden pte t s waraes 49th highlanders camp borden spr w n ritchie rjojeto petawawa onr russell varey 16- 43rd battery sussex nb members of the veterans guard tiirfin ods c stacey a roney wj smith and alex taylor pte wemurn -march- ment rhli stratford pte bruce harley 48th highlanders kingston driver e b tyers camp borden sgt alfred ooujns escapes serious injury in tragic auto accident an auto accident on the yonge street highway north of newmarket last week brought death to one fran and serious injuries to two others the accident occ on monday evening when a carload of soldiers members of the lome scots regiment at camp borden collided with a oar driven by william j blackwood of newmarket blackwood was killed and stephen rose a passenger m his car was injured sgt g e ghlng of brampton driver of the other car suffered a broken left leg and other injuries most seriously injured was pte oordon clarrldge also of brampton who had hfs skull fractur ed corp cecil tony stapleton suf fered minor injuries sgt alfred col lins of georgetown anotiier passenger in the chlng car was least injured of the four and was able to continue home to georgetown for the holiday tuea dee 34 g 15 wed dec 49 thurs dee 38 87 ib jjramfas fri dec 37 40 34 sat dec 38 44 33 jaramfss sun dec 37 84 140 n candlelight service at glen illuminated by christmas lights and candles glen williams united church on dec 32nd held its christinas ser vice in the atmosphere of the beth lehem nativity the christmas story from the gospels of st luke and st matthew was interspersed with carols and anthems by the choir ulustrat- insr the portions of scripture read a selection of note was the 14th cen tury carol arranged by charles wood once as i remember mr a f cowan of victoria col lege a close friend of the minister delivered the sermon en the text from st matthew 10 39 tie that fin deth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it- after christmas greetings were ex tended to the congregation by the minister the service closed with recessional hymn by the choir each member of which carried a lighted candle on monday evening dec ss the church school held its annual christ mas tree and concert in the town hall and a highly festive spirit was evident amoiur both young and old as the program of carols recitations and skits protrressed one selection en titled babes in the woods consist ed of two children one from glen williams the other from london england one could not help think- mg how verv close this horrible struv- gle is drawing certain peoples of th world and that if this spirit were only universal the much anticipated king dom of god would be closer to ful fillment santo glaus appeared upon the scene at the proper moment and strange to say the boys and girls did not refuse the many pr he gav them from off the christmas tree it was the chudrcn night and from all appearances they enjoyed it j a w staff hold christmas party the staff of j a wmoiighby to ronto and oeor realtor again had a christmas party this year with the prealdaht as host the party start ed with sir bowling tournament with turkeys and w y as prises a dinner at the savartn hotel followed and the staff then adjourned to their offic in the kent buflduur where mr wuloughby was pi with a desk set by the sales and office staff to make us rnvtslblk in wab an article 4n the amwwi week ly with the january 8 me of the detroit sunday times 111 ten how the beat bramc of the nation among architects artists philosophers en gineer arid other technicians are now befog trained to turn out new tricks forndtng america fmm an enemv be ore to get the detroit sunday ttee the weather following is the weather report ssr the past two weeks sun dec 22nd was the winter aav stlce when the sun was at its low declination and wa had ouraurbta day and longest night from hasvsw till the 21st of june the days wv gradually lengthen a few tfrtmrtm vb the situation is reversed and we tat the longest day and shortest nfcjht according to the old edaw as- thf- days lengthen the ccm strengthen sd we will probably find tfala ftae v i next couple of whiter monlh xssv with less cloudiness and more bnflf sunny daja it whl be mort enjoyas following are the local record at tended for last weeks kwne ate h and i preotnt mon dec- 16 37 35 114 ramftast toes dec it 37 18 wed dec 18 38 13 thur dao 18 83 34 fit dec 3d 38 31 sat dec 31 35 33 9un deo 31 38 3 mon deo gt 30 18 the past weekr date h and l preejpt- fobmer georgetown the death occurred bt toronto on tuesday ttacember 17th of samoa frank cooper who former operated a blackmlth shop aoros th road from the poet office mr hooper was born in bowmanvioe erentyniiie years ago he had been in jatr health until two years ago when he devel oped a heart condition of which he died several year ago he moved to tor onto but he was always fond of georgetown and dengbted to come back to visit his old comrades and at tend varionj functions he is sor vhred by hi wife the former marlon mephadden at then residence 58 charles st west and two children mrs eva long and donald a service was held in toronto an thursday evening dec 18th at the william speers funeral chanel and burial was in bowmanvule taw follow ing day the service was largely at tended and was under the auspices of the lojoj of wweb he was a mem ber he also was a member of the ancient order of foresters and the native sons of canada halton plowmen eltct officers for 1941 ross flo of freeman was elected president of the halton plow mens association for 1941 at the an nual meeting held recently in milton the association has again not only had an active but a most successful year in addition to th- annual match which is reoognized as one of the best county matches in the province a suc cessful junior match was held in the spring and eleven halton ploughboys competed at the international where they established an outstanding re cord the programnv at the annual meet ing included some excellent educa tional films which were screened through the courtesy of canadian in- duatrles limited the election of officers resulted as follows honorary president john mcoor- mack freeman president ross beg vicepresidents jj a elliott and victor hall treasurer claude picket secretary j e whltelock directors esqueslng james cunn ingham v h robinson clebert mc- doweh nassagaweya george finney a 8 mahon l w chlshohn nel son w j robertson william dale e m readhead trafalgar john lis ter w s hall and j a dixon county directors fred robinson gordon chlshohn stanley hall j h wilson honorary directors f h gilroy john coulson p d salter w a robinosn peter peddle mrs abbkb inman died in moultpjtf following a lengthy illness the death occurred sunday dec 16th 1940 of mrs abue inman at her home one mil east of dunnvule mrs inman who was in her 88th year was the widow of the late peter jn man and was a member of oraoe united church she leaves to mourn her loss a daughter miss malsle on the staff of the high school at oeorge town the funeral was held trcm her late residence on- tuesday after noon with rev j w schofleld offi ciating- interment was made at the inman road cemetery tkwjitkt it is reported that poultry thieves re again active in this district toe- authorities are joeing no time hi then endeavour to apprehend the culprits but in the meantime it is s tharall poultry owners be on the alert and so with the beginning of the new tear we wish you all happmea health and pro in 1841