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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening april 16th 1941 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa lome scots regiment authorized to mobilize troops for active service destination and job of district troops hot yet announced number of present members volunteering word came through during the week end that the lame soots peel duf- ferin and halton regiment bad been authorised to mobulae- bringing to fulfilment the growing rumours of the pest few months the lome scots have been actively drilling as a regiment of the npam nonpermanent active militia since a year ago this spring when major j r barber of georgetown took command of the company working under col r v oonover oc of brampton a fewoweek training period was spent at camp niagara in august after this battle dress was issued to the troops and it was felt that it was only a question of time until the call for active service would come it is understood that the regiment will have a special role to fulfil in the war but details of gila have not yet been announced col conover is completing arrange ments for medical examination of of- fioers and recruits who will be given first chance to fill the vacancies in the special active force establishments it is believed that some officers of the lome scots who have been on the instructional staffs of training centres will be cabedback to the regiment the lome scots one of the oldest units of the militia already have sent a number of officers noos and men overseas including a unit that became an infantry base depot under lieulool louis keene among local men who are members of this unit are opl thomas given pte j a howey staffsgt c w moreton pte j r graham pte f n grace opl henry ferry and pte w beamish major j- r- barber when interview ed thfe morning was unable to make public any details coamedted with the a creditable number of the pres- cut tt of the lome scots have signified then i of volunteer ing for active service said major barber col conover lutei viewed by a to ronto globe and mail repo earlier in the week e bis belief that general recruiting wfu be opened soon here is a new photograph of myrtle campbell of the singing campbell sisters yea may hear her on sweet and lovely the new mnst- cal programme broad over the cbc national network on mondays at 800 pan ed st myrtle hares vocal honours with eddie allen to music directed by albert prat district young people on executive at the halton county rally of unit ed church young peoples societies held recently in waterdown frances deans and jack maclaren were chosen convenors of christian culture and re creation respectively other district young people chosen to the executive were john bird ashgrove vicepresi dent mrs roy smale formerly jean evans of georgetown freeman se cretary and convenor of publication marlon dick jjid edith wriggtoowortn ashgrove convenors of christian fel lowship and christian ii president of the organisation william johnston of burlington card of thanks we wish to express our thanks to the georgetown fire brigade for then prompt action and good work in sub duing the fire which occurred in our home last frlday- the hill family the weather ouoryosky we have not had to stoke the furnace for two days and are hoping we can forget about it ull fall aftoshiifotojle ifna him n ti na lions sponsor firsj rurajni31t jjfext monday night the georgetown- lions club is sponsoring their first rural night in nerval parish hell it is hoped to make this an annual af fair the plan being to move the set ting from year to year to other neigh boring communities by doing this the club hopes to become better acquaint ed and to make itself better aequflunt- ed with residents in the surrounding districts soldiers comforts committee hold annual meeting the first annual meeting of the pfflnt soothers oomsbrt com mittee was bekt in the library on wednesday april 9th 141 the officers were reelected mrs a reeve president mrs sidney mac- rtmtb treasurer mrs r guyot se cretary oommtttee miss m laiwsao local council mrs d livingstone womens institute mm bralsby loyal true blues mrs a beaumont ix tjb mrs robinson nerval during the past year the commit tee has sent 38100 cigarettes over seas and fifty parcels only three of wrdch did not arrive the boys are always glad to be re3 mff by their dellowotttsens asd their letters are full of anpreci- ation of the parcels and cigarettes another shipment of cigarettes will be made early in may the committee would like to thank all those who nave in any way con tributed to make this endeavour such a success during the past year and to look forward to continued loyal sup port a sale of homemade baking will be held on may 31st of which further details will be published later treasurers statement as from ltth april 1940 to 31st f march isc receipts verdun rebekah lodge 81160 womens institute iojoo true blue lodge 2000 lode bd0 wjotu 3jb0 loa ooo of can red cross ioojoo 070 811858 8725 40400 4sj6b asjg tag day red cross shipment the following large shipme of bed cross supplies was made to the ware house in torontolast week contain ing a number of quots for british war vvotansand part of the quota of british womens auxiliary service garments 31 quilt 1 large af ghan 1 blanket 10 blouses sise 40 10 blazers size 40 5 coats sise 40 5 skirts slse 40 10 slacks else 34 2 pullovers girls 2 windbreafcern boys 2 pr socks 1 yr 1 childs sweater 1 yr 6 aero helmets 2 helmets with ear fiai 3 plain helmets 17 ribbed hefanets 1 pr half mitts 20 pr flying mitts 12 pr twoway mitts 4 pr plain metis 18 army scarves 8 sweaters 122 pr socks 2 pr bed socks on navy quota 20 spring oamey otwiui a running bop skjlp and jump and gave us the warm est easter sunday for many a year the frog band has tuned up and la playing in full chorus and we are wondering if there is any truth in the old saying they have to be closed down a couple of times before spring really here anyhow the farmers are on the land again and early gardeners may now get in the early seeds the average temperature week was 5125 degrees 126 degrees higher than the week before following are the records for the week date h- and l rainfall temp tues apr 8 68 28 wed apr 0 02 30 thurs apr 10 62 30 erf apr 11 66 32 sat apr 12 66 31 sun- apr 13 78 40 18 mon apr 14 76 69 lifelong esquesing resident dies r saturday william herbert anthony a life long resident of esquesing township died at his home lot 26 5th line on saturday april 12th mr anthony who had been in failing health for the past few years was born in 1866 a son of the late mr and mrs richard anthony and had been a fanner all his life he is survived by his widow the former ellen jane shortlu and nine children mrs k r maodonald mar garet- and mlsa jhorence and mrs jack fox bertha of georgetown mrs fred brooks ethel mrs win- nlfred roszell william c joseph and fred all of this district and frank of harriaton surviving brothers and sisters are mrs george foster of orangevllle mrs john mcauley orr lake and harry in saskatchewan the funeral service was held from the home yesterday afternoon with rev f c overend of georgetown united church in charge of the ser vice interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown during the service mrs fred shortlll sang a solo does jesus care acoornanied by mrs c meredith padbearers were messrs fred w shortlll r n brown c f moffat thomas kennedy a j claridge and w b shortlll flowerbearers for the lovely floral tributes were ntodan lindsay mel- vm mccuuough stanley morrison oliver moffat robert shortlll and edward maud these were received from family grandchildren mrs george foster fred anthony and family mrs john mcauley and fa mily mrs elizabeth shoruu and fa mily members georgetown council alliance paper mills bannockbutq womens institute roy wilcox mm james b gray miss margaret long mrs garfield mcoilvray mrs bruce mackenzle for this first gatherlngprof jbha buchanan of the ontario agricultural college guelph as guest speaker charlie bodley torontos radio plan 1st- and rex slocum aleightofhand artist whose previous appes have evoked many laughs the llona are hoping that rural men will turn out in goodly numbers to ensure the success of the new venture tickets may be secured from any lions dub member hor society offers prizes for bird houses and gardens to encourage the boya and girls of georgetown to build bird houses and get acquainted with the birds the lo cal horticultural society la offering four prises of 200 150 8100 and 76o to the pupils of the public school and the same to the pupils of the high school for the most suitable houses for such birds as the wren blue bird robin flicker or in fact any bird that will make use of them with the excep tion of the english sparrow and the starling the houses are to be made and put up for the use of the birds by the first of may and then be shown at the fall fair in september to be judg ed for the award of prizes pupils may now see a display of such bird houses in front of the tw at the georgetown lumber co mr kentner has kindly consented to let the children make use of slabs suitable for this purpose lf they will flm call at the office and get permis sion to take them away the horticultural society is also f urnishing seeds of beets and carrots enough for a 15 ft row of each and seeds of callendulas and zinnias for a litft row of each to be grown in thg home gatrdens four prizes of 8129 l00 76c and 50o are betas offered for- the best display of these in the garden prizes of 75c 60c and 26c will be awarded for the beet display of each at the fu fair in september 10 9 turtle 4 pr twoway mitts 1 pr plain mitts 6 pr seamans ribbed stockings t pr seamans boots 400 pr mmcbma kntt- socks dim at ed by mr jos beaumont wetfc ecaon or unclk saws call vo asms and other onftqn of ids post oar pwni j as told to afeaturs article to to tbe american weekly wi april issue of the detrou sunday times b sura to get the detrou sunday tknea tfafe week and areas the georgetown herald brithh war victim fund junior farm clubs in peace and war the canadian council on boys and girls club work again reports increase for 1040 in the membership of the clubs of the farm boys and girls of canada bringing the mem bership up to 47047 as compared with 46314 in 1930 this is an increase of 1733 members ox 38 per cent and is all the moreremaifcbble from the fact that the increase in 1930 was 21 per cent greater than in 1938 and is still being continued under the distracting circumstances of war a clear picture of the steady advance of junior farm club work since 1631 the year in which the canadian council was organised la given by a study of the membership to 1931 the members numbere 21442 fol lowed by 21430 in 1982 23432 in 1033 28700 in 1kh 30202 in 1035 33640 in 1936 3m1 in 1937 37264 m 1938 46014 in 1930 and 47047 id 1940 this steady growth of club member ship is close associated year by year with use improvement in the char acter of tha work through the adop tion of nwkls frlgiwd to make club experience more useful and edu cational to each rnsmber the year 1940 proved no exception further prc- gress being reported m all branches of the work particularly in tha develop ment of that fc factor tn easeful dub work which reaches to while tha in carrying out the reqmrsmsnts of their ohm projects at the same time they him fuly identified fhwisuxw wth canadas war effort bottvbjr toal partiotoation m proridtng food sad active sartstsnoe to tha various wel soci as wen as their quota of investment in war saving ftftnti and certificates and donations to war funds r previously acknowledged for warded to toronto evening telegram fund sa03j7 mrs w d johnston l00 mrs james a crabtree loo rame by fred mccartney at branch 100 cana dian legion 530 mrs w mayhanks js proceedo of social evening at the home of mrs a carter 760 pool that was not collected at beaumonts mm glen williams 2j0 proceeds from oommunlty bridge euchre anduxh eery draw committee mrs p p blackburn mrs ann lawson mrs w e nodwell mrs h o moclure 8 p chap man 10000 mrs m a baby slewarttown 1x10 r- blyth olen williams 100 total march 2stti 330 92 mrs w maybanksv x mrs w c anthony 500 miss j l young balllnafad 1000 georgetown firs brigade proceeds of dance to arena march 26th 3028 mrs john gibbons 600 mrs j dofg and mrs wm miner proceeds of euchre party mon march 31 10a0 in memory of mother and brother killed in the last war xoo total april 2nd 883 42 process of social evening at the home of mr and mrs jack martin 2000 a tittle fait of yorkshire 1000 w r porgrave raffle of watch at provincial paper mills moo mr and mrs w a ounn- proceed of eoehrs party at their borne on monday april 7th 1800 total april 9th 4m42 readys 0e to gloo store proeas of draw on ra bonnie 800 terra gotta juntar i 640 total aprs 10th 4 488a3 georgetown goes over top in war service campaign 288030 with two ekstricts yet to hear from mayor wins wager with returns from the ashgrore- georgetown line and umehouse sub to be compiled chairman alex mao- laren announced last night that georgetown district bad already ex ceeded its 82600 objective in the oana dlan war services fund drive a to- tal of i33 is reported of wwoll 8261830 is m cash and the rest hk pledges reports are not yet available as to the success of the drive in other halton county centres it is also announced that mayor joseph gibbons has won his wager with mayor armstrong of milton that georgetown would- reach its objective before the county town a celebration to herald the com- pletlon of the drive was held last sat urday night a wire was strung from mcbeans store to the mcchbbanr house marked off in 500 sections as chairman macjaren announced results by districts over a loudspeaker system an aeroplane crossed the wire towards the goal later in the evening a bonfire was lighted on the old radial property behind tyers creamery with fire works set off in celebration of the successful end of the campaign as georgetown council was un able to secure permission to grant the 810000 passed at their last meet ing to the fund the council members made up the 100 out of their own pockets as prearranged among them selves pearl paulmasow noted violinist who will lie roeat artist at the choral society con cert next tuesday evening to knox presbyterian church press comments about pearl paulmason sir ernest macmlllan press inter view april 19361 forsees a very very promising concert career for the young virtuoso june 1937 she will always be a genuine musician from whom much may be expected musical courier march 1937 re markable in her sureness of execution her lovely tones and her high musical intelligence her outstanding feat was perhaps her performance of the si belius concerto nobly done winnipeg free press april 1037 she has the secret of lyrical style and her tone is remarkable for its smooth rich sweetness winnipeg tribune april 1937 her future as a fine artist appears cer tain in the chausson poems de tailed harmonies were beautifully wov en into the texture of the whole morgunbladdd reykjavik iceland june 1938 tlayed the paganlnl con certo with consummate skill vislr iceland sept 1938 she came she saw she conquered cam flesch london 1939 a su perior violliustexceptionauy beauti ful tone unknown friend party night fortyfive membera and friends of verdun rebekah lodge gathered in tha lodge rooms last night for an un known friend party night in the form of a banquet after the toast to the king sister edna cleave pro- m a toast to the lodge which was responded to by sister pearl iil- hoo the toasts to the unknowi friend was proposed and responded by sisters naomi walters i laura mackenzle after the party lodge members held a regular mnoti ing of the lodge in our mail bag somewhere in wrrgiftpd january 23rd 1941 dear sir would you do a couple of lonely soldiers a great favor and print this in your paper we are two oanadlan soldiers that came over in the second division five months ago neither of us have anyone in particular to write to and as getting mall from home ks really a great treat we were wonder ing lf someone in your fair town might want to start a correspondence with someone over here we certain- ly can tell of some hairraising ex periences and send the odd warttnss souvenirs our names and addresses are a20170 j hacks 11th field rjcje 2nd canadian division base post office panada a20180 c j newman 11th field rjca 2nd oanadlan division base post office panada we would uke to tell you a few of our experiences now but we really us counting on you printing this request and know you wont want a whole nags fuu please pardon horrible scribble bat this is being written under difficult conditions old fritay is pulling off an airraid on and around our camp and things are a little shakey thank you kindly sir ahead of tima if you print this and all the best to you and yours very truly yours j hlcka o j public school exceeds objective in war savings sales 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