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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednoday evening june 11th 1941 section two three weekend accidents involve l people mrs lewis t rutledge p norval man killed by truck pedestrian at guelph killed by leorgetown driver residents of georgetown were in volved in three accidents over the weekend respiting in total injuries to a norval and ouelph man saturday night mortimer clarke norval service station proprietor was inatantiy killed when he attempted to jump otr the running board of a truck the accident loccurred in front of the hollywood hotel at norval the driver of the trade was un- aware of the accident and returned home to bed and it was not until chief w g marshall of georgetown went to his home to question him early sunday morning that he learned of the fatality an inquest has been ordered by cor oner dr j a mcniven of acton a private funeral service was held tuedsay afternoon at 130 pin from the home of h c mcdure maple ave georgetown the funeral was conducted by rev arthur leggett of norval and pallbearers were wes and heib louth george sharpe gordon browne alex orelg and mr mc of toronto burial was in park lawn cemetery toronto mr clarke la survived by his par- ente mr and mrs harvey clarke of norval and a sister mrs sheffield of lambton mills he was 53 years of age man killed at gaelph struck by a car driven by frank king of georgetown while walking on the highway near guelph reformatory peter slobodlan 33 was instantly killed on saturday night slobodlan a ukrainian section hand employed by the cnm was on the edge of the highway with john roslak a fellow railway worker king told police he did not observe the two men prior to the accident slobodlan who formerly lived in winnipeg had been in guelph only two weeks an inquest has been or dered by coroner dr t r pickard accident at silvercreek late monday night a car driven by norman morton ol acton was involv ed in a headon collision with another car driven by frank mooney of ac ton the accident occurred at the top of silvercreek hill morton who was badly cut and bruised was taken to guelph hospi tal bill nunn of acton a passenger in mortons car received a bad cut on the knee two geo men william huffman and norman stew art also passengers in the morton ar received minor need injuries mooney who was alone in his car was uninjured both cars were badly chief harrop of acton is investi gating the accident mrs annie hubbard died last week annie elusabeth porter widow of the late thomas hubbard died last thurs day june 5th in her 84th year at the borne of mrs a wright king and queen streets after an illness of six months mrs hubbard was born in london ontario and later moved to mount albert with her family after her r- marriage she lived in toronto and brougham and after her husbands death she lived with the wright family at richmond hu1 when they moved to georgetown 28 years ago to become proprletorfof the exchange hotel mrs hubbard came with them and continued to live with the family here she was always interested in young people and was highly esteemed by everyone who knew her she had been quite active until six months ago and for the past month was confined to her bed she is survived by one brother ro bert porter of newmarket the funeral service was held at 130 pjn on saturday afternoon from the home tn the absence of her pastor rev woo thompson who was taken suddenly hi rev s r cole- brook of st pauls church of england norval conducted the service the body was taken by motor to broug ham for interment in brougham cemetery local movie man buys brampton theatre mr russell gregory of oakvule proprietor of the gregory theatre georgetown has purchased with bis son the capitol theatre brampton from mr t h moorehead the deal which took effect on june 2nd added a seventh theatre to the chain now mr gregory operates theatres bear ing his name in oaknrllle acton and ge while his son mr leslie owns the windsor royal the brampton theatre will be oper ated by a company affiliated with the new odeen chain which is being or ganised from coast to coast and of which mr paul l nathanson la presi dent most important of all is the fact that the chain will be 100 own ed and controlled by canadians the death of ethel melissa switcer beloved wife of professor lewis t rutledge of queens universitff king ston occurred at the gnulia soldiers memorial hospital after a very brief illness starting with a cold she pass ed away on the night of thursday june gfch the deceased was born on the town line below norval the daughter of the late joseph and harriet grundy switzer she had resided in kingston for the past twenty years and was residing in orulia for the summer the late mrs rutledge made friends among all with whom she came in contact in kingston she was actively interested in st james anglican church and in queens university she is survived by her husband a daugh ter winifred and a son ke al so by three brothers dr bertrand switzer of detroit harvey switzer of guelph and nelson switzer of melfort sask the funeral was held on monday june 9th from her late residence to glen williams cemetery the service at orulia was conducted by rev a g ernmebt rector of st james an glican church orulia and by rev arthur leggett of norval at the cemetery the pallbearers were pro- fessor l m arkley and arch thom son of kingston and c r long d g patmore e a arens and g brown of ortllia the weather until the last couple of days of last week we have had real summer weather with an average of 73 s de grees for maximum day temperatures and an average of 45 7 for minimum night temperatures the average tem perature for the week was 60 6 or 7 s degrees higher than the previous week and still we are badly in need of rain the light sprinkle on saturday evening amounted to only 03 of an inch but it was enough to produce in the setting sunlight tha most perfect rainbow we have seen in a long time the gale of wind that blew all day sunday was only the results of a storm that brought rains and relief to those fighting bush fires in the north following are the local records for the week date h and l temp rain fall tuesday june 3 78 45 wednesday june 4 70 45 thursday juhe 5 78 45 friday june 6 83 saturday june 7 83 sunday june 8 06 monday june 9 57 45 52 card of thanks we wish to thank neighbours and friends for the floral tributes received and the kind expressions of sympathy in the loss of a dear friend mrs a wright and family r marchment appointed new night constable a special meeting of georgetown council was held last night to deal with applications for night constable in response to an advertisement in last weeks herald the vacancy occurred when nigh constable william emmerson enlisted recently for active service with the lome scots pd h regiment in response to two delegations of mer chants the council after voting once against hiring a nighty man to replace pte emmerson reversed their deci sion and decided to ask for applica tions r marchment proprietor or a gro cery store on mill street was chosen from a list of six applicants to flll the job at a salary of w5 00 a month the appointment is a temporary one until the return to civilian life of the former constable acton committee thanks georgetown for help in parade a letter addressed to w f bradley from g a dills editor of the acton free press and publicity chairman for the victory loan drive in that town was received this week thanking the companies and organisations who en tered the victory loan parade in acton last saturday night the letter follows acton ontario june bth 1041 mr w f bradley georgetown ontario dear mr bradley will you kindly convey to those re sponsible the sincere appreciation of the acton committee for their help in our parade on saturday evening the splendid array of floato from geo and the imttvjduals who participated in the parade all played the part for which we are deeply ln- may our oommrttee through you convey our thanks to them one and all i sincerely g a dills chairman acton publicity committee thank you mr dills and also the many good acton friends who helped us your band boys have been par ticularly kind in working so well with ours to make these events what they should be w p bradley publicity victory loan at georgetown rebelcahs receive new members on tuesday evening june 3rd three new members received the rebekah degree at the regular raeettag of ver dun rebekah lodge no 164 the in itiation was put on by the local de gree staff in a very creditable man ner there were twenty vasttors pres ent from muton and toronto includ ing t dts deputy pi uf centre district no 33 mrs louise clarke who spoke a few words at the conclusion of lodge lunch was ser ved by groups 3 and 4 card of thanks the mcdonald family are grateful to those who helped with onflords presentation also remembering her birthday no cause found f0rjatal fire coroners jury meets at glen wil liams to investigate logan fire in which three men lost lives a coroner s jury met in glen wil liams last friday night to investigate the fatal may 24th are at frank lo gan s cabin which claimed the lives of prank and stanley logan and james munroe dr j h stead oakville chief cor oner for halton county presided with crown attorney w i dick and pro vincial constable j reavley milton assisting no cause was found for the fire a correction in our story last week of the dedi cation of the victory flag your atten tion is drawn to a correction in this it was stated that for every 40000 subscribed a pennant will be attached to the victory flag on the post office instead of this it should read that for every 25 subscribed over the quota a pennant will be attached as our quota to 100000 this means that dor every 40000 over the objec tive the aatd pennant will be given johnson fry wedmng at milton a pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of the brides parents mr and mrs f leonard white robert milton on saturday afternoon june 7th when eileen margaret fry of georgetown became the brtde of frederick johnson of georgetown the tame is the daughter of mrs f leonard white of muton and the late joseph stanley fry of glen wil liams and the groom a son of mr and mis frederick johnson of georgetown rev john b moore of st pauls united church milton offi ciated the bride who was given in marri age toy her stepfather f leonard white wore a gown of ivory embroid ered net with a short train and fin gertip veil with a halo of net and orange blossoms she carried a bou quet of apple blossom pink roses with white bouvardia the bride was at tended by her sister miss marjorie lola pry of georgetown who wore a gown of pink net with embroidered trim and pink flower hat she carri ed a bouquet of pink apple blossom roses and bouvardla mr edward stlgger oi georgetown was the best man the brides mother wore a navy printed sheer ensemble with white accessories and corsage of sweet peas the grooms mother wore a twotone ensemble of mauve crepe with white accessories and corsage of sweet peas the home was decorated with pink and white snapdragons peonies and ferns the grooms gift to the bride was a pearl necklace to the bridesmaid a gold locket and chain and to ihe best man a leather wallet twenty- five guests were present from toron to kitchener woodstock brampton georgetown glen williams and mil ton after a buffet luncheon the couple left on a motor trip the bride wearing a dress of queens blue with pink accessories on their return they will reside in georgetown herald employee joins rcaf leslie clark for the past seen years a valued member of the herald staff has enlisted in the rcaf and leaves in two weeks for manning depot to ronto les who is a son of mr and mrs mark clark john street is present taking a vacation and quit work last saturday fellow employees at the herald join with the editor in wishing him good luck and a safe return k c lindsay census commissioner for halton k c lindsay of georgetown has been appointed census commissioner for halton county for the 8th decen nial census of canada which began on june 2nd mr lindsay has open ed an office in the vacant store m the lane block on main street and has been busy for the past week conduct ing schools of instruction for the 40 census takers in halton ifyank fetch and george dobsan are census takers for georgetown and began their rounds today georgetown bowlers hold annual meeting miss appelbe addresses historical group forty members of the womens canadian historical society spent an enjoyable day at cedar crest last thursday the society makes an annual plgrimage to points of his toric interest and this year chose georgetown for the scene of their an nual outing after luncheon at the clubhouse the group was addressed by miss eliza beth appelbe local historian who gave an account of the settlement and pioneers of halton county she re lated some amusing vagaries of early land surveyors who divided the coun ty into its four townships nelson trafalgar nassagaweya and esques- lng the land of the tall pines she told of real estate wrangllngs between the government and the mississauga indians the former offering 15c an acre for the land and the latter hold ing out for 25c the group later visited the golf links and summer houses and re turned to toronto in the early even ing emmersonteasdale wedding in brampton miss lois irene emmerson young est daughter of mr and mrs john qruneraon of georgetown end mr george anthony teasdale eldest son of mr and mrs howard a teasdale brampton were married at 7 pan on friday may 30th rev e a chester pastor of grace united church brampton officiated at the ceremony which took place at the home of the grooms parents mill st south brampton the young couple were at tended by mr and mrs gordon bab- cock brampton they will reside at 19 david st brampton give it the nelson touch i sail right in buy bonds today 1 assembling at the cjufo house on edith street on monday evening juno oth with a high percentage of th men members present the gearjps- town bowling club got underway for an expected banner year the 104 president mr w g bell in oaufcm the gathering to order explained thai on two previous occasions this pram the annual meeting had been postpon ed due to members working on th various war campaigns the tlmifw of th last general and subsequent committee meetings were read and adopted in giving the financial report for 1940 secretary treasurer 8 t far- am pointed out the great improve ments in landscaping carried out dur ing the year mr p b harrison was then asked by the president to conduct the elec tion of officers for 1941 while nom inations were being made to the offtoa of president one of the nominees very heartily expressed- use opinion of th whole club that since last years offtv cers had so ahly carried out their duties and the improvements were so nearly completed the club should re elect each and ail of the retiring in- oumbents to their same position thus with the other nominees de clining mr w g ben was unani mously returned as president mr fred thompson as vicepresident mr s t farem secretarytreasurer the vari- ouo committees are entertainment j richardson elmer thompson j h llllico a w reeve harold cleave greens j j gubbens h cleave p c thompson s t faram games a reeve fj coffin p b harrison s t param publicity s p chapman decision was made to proceed with open tournaments of mens doubles and rinks at least once a month and also a series of mens doubles within the club the former to commence on june 18th and the latter june 10th after a further discussion as to minor changes in property and addi tion to equipment for the year those present proceeded to the lawns where eighteen end games were played on three greens to close the evening everybody being highly el over the fine shape of the f fortieth district annual halton womens institutes the fortieth district annual of the halton women s institutes was held in trinity united church burlington on june 3 with over a hundred ladies at tending the sessions the morning session opened at 9 am standard time with the singing of the wi ode followed by the lords pray er mayor blair of burlington wel comed the delegates and mrs leslie of nelson replied on behalf of the branches mrs arthur cowan the president of halton district for 104041 was in the chair with mrs burton the secre tarytreasurer reading her m and reports during the morning the secret r the nineteen branches read their report as did the convenors of stand ing committees canadian pacific builds first canadian tank mrs lloyd crawford led in com munity singing twice during the day some of the reports of warwork don by the branches were outstanding these had been condensed on a large chart by the convenor of war work mrs clarke of scotch block branch after an hour for lunch the after noon session opened by singing the in stitute carol miss wallace came for ward then to report on the project work of the girls clubs she reported that misses peggy marsh and marjori mokerr of muton received provincial recognition this year since they haw completed the twelve projects which the government offers she invited the ladles to attend achievement day on june 7th at muton some of the gfrtr note books were displayed showing al- most perfect a mioses charlotte mcoullongh and irene leslie of the limehouse club demonstrated first akl and did ex ceptionally wek irene declared oar bonus are dangerous places fci which to live due to our own carelessness and outlined list of don for us to remember charlotte p her bandaging d hke a profes sional miss synott the retiring provincial director spoke of the growth of tha womens tosatote from one branch fcn stoney creek in 107 to a membc of aver firrtj- thniimwl today suggested that each branch t have a home and country convenor to review that paper at tt regular meet ings and so keep up with the a j board f wag a proud jay for the can- shops at montreal when d c cole man vicepresident announced to a gathering of government offi cials company officers workers and newspaper men that he bad great pleasure tn delivering the first canadjantraut tank to the qjknmiw army tne machine he said lathe child of sweat and tears it wul be followed by hun dreds and thousands of others to help fh empire to its victory the tank was gratafuuy sneept- who- praised mr coleman h b owea chief of motive power and rolling stock and other canadian pacific men for the effort they bad put into building this splen did war machine he in turn gave the tank and all others to come off the angus assembly line to the hon j l ralston min ister of national defence who thanked the canadian pacific workers for the fine job they had acco yon men bare put 300 of the thousands of tanks be ing made at the angus shops were being produced for the brit ish purchasing commission the pictures above show mr coleman officially delrrermg the first tank to the department of munitions and supply and inset corp coltn surtott of the royal tank regiment veteran of dunkirk complimenting an an gus worker on tha oomstnwuoa of ths tank yeart of the provincial board this convention is to be heu at cl september 10 and 11 she said the money contributed to the cen tral fund of the federated women institutes for war work has been spent for two mobile kstobens raoreaoom room furniture for gimp borden seeds for overseas donated to depart ment of national defence and to pur chase wool tor w x branches in tfa north where no red cross branches have been established she urged the wx branches to help purchase jam for overseas to save aa salvage materials pm and hi oar own homes to grow more save mora and pr more mrs gamble reported oa the 1010 convention at guelph and read tra dr christies reta fwher and charlotte wilson tom us of their trip to mon treal which they won test year mrs near of dublin read an ad dress to the coucjb seavnuyr una burton and misses isabel wrtvtea- worth and jean king preseotectbat wlto a amap table on behalf of tt acted w ohntnnah for tin election of offlosnt wmob rosobsdt as follows oftesr far mi4 prreidentmrs p w many nnrn- ist tocepresldetrf mti mnir dub- bn vsprarirfcnt sfrs stbsw konal secretarytreasurer lata w k burton palermo continued on last pnitt