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the georgetown herald wednesday evening june 1 1th 1941 l1mehouse a number of the friends and neigh bours of the mcdonald family oailed m them alter church on sunday after noon to present ouffonl with a little btft before he moves with he lome soots mrs s gisby came forward with a leather billfold a fountain pen and pencil set and a collapsible lea ther ut containing yafdfleys shaving et while mrs a benton read the following address umehoufie ontario june 8th 1941 dear clifford tute happy yet sad little gathering is but a small representation of your many friends in this community happy because you aire witting to an ewer your countrys and the empires cah to the colours sad because we are going to be separated from you for a time and in separation there is al ways sadness you have alwfeofe been wtimng- to help with any socials wheth er at jour home or elsewhere and we hope that by the will of the aknightiy you will be- with us again in the not tod distant future as a ttgi token of the esteem in which you are held this commun y may we present you with these utile gifts and as you use them in your daily ufe away from us may they re mind you of jour assodatdons at xjmehouse good luck and god bless you and keep you safe until you return o bless our brave men everywhere on sea and land and in the air be thou their help wbateer befall and in tby mercy hear their call forgive our sin relieve our pain to this sad worm give peace again bless all thy children great and small and m thy mercy save us all signed on behalf of your friends and neighbours mary gisby maxlne benton it being the occasion of mrs modon aids birthday also marion norrle on feehau of sumehouse community pre seated her with a large bouquet the regular june meeting of the linvehouae women s institute was held at the home of mrs oowdy on thura day afternoon with eleven ladies at tending and the president mrs eller by in the chair an incident of plo neer days was the roll call and some proved rather interesting it was de elded to pack another carton for the salvation army soon and to hold a quilting if possible once a week for the summer excepting during the week of our regular meeting mrs aisby and mrs norrle were chosen as captains it was decided to get a gift for a local boy in the army and a baby book for a new baby whose mo ther is a member twenty dollars 20 66 is to be spent during the season for jam for overseas and do nations to be given for war work as follows 26 00 towthe salvation army 25 00 to the georgetown red cross and 10 00 to the central fund or the w l mrs oowdy was asked to collect clippings concerning the doings of the w i for the county scrap book any news concerning the age of our branch and names of the first officers and members would be appreciated mrs benton and mrs wright re ported on the district annual held at burlington on june 3 ms f brown read an interesting paper entitled pioneer days in lime- house mrs devries was guest speaker choosing colonization as her subject dealing particularly with the early dutch explorations she displayed work in gold thread and wood carving done by natives in the dutch east indies also coloured scenes of hoi land the hostess and her assistants serv ed lunch including a birthday cake made by mrs glsby for one of the members during the luncha hour mesdames gowdy and brown treated us to a duet pussy willows the meeting closed wun god save the king mr and mrs bob moody and family of schomberg spent sunday with the beennan family the noble s visited the meredith s on sunday pte jack noble expects to be moved from hamilton soon social and personal mr and mrs w r robb have re turned to town after a twoweek va cation trip to tlmmins and owen sound mr nlveii m jackson of calgary who is on a business trip to toronto visited last week with his sister inlaw mrs john mcdermld and miss isobel mcdennld mr and mrs john lane of hamil ton were week end visitors in town opl h allen of the lome scots who b stationed at standard bar racks hamilton was home over the weekend john r murdock georgetown car penter sustained painful injuries last week when he lost balance and jell from a ladder on which he was work ing he suffered a broken wrist on his right hand as well as straining the muscles in his back and it will be several weeks before 1 e will be able to return to work mr and mrs hogg spent the week end with the halls mr ana mrs harvey norton and mrs robert lane attended the silver wedding anniversary of mr and mrs wesley lane in toronto on saturday miss ivens spent the week end in windsor the scott family spent sunday at mai ton mr and mrs steve norrle and fa mlly and mrs gisby attended the dance recital in aid of britt h war victims fund held in the palace theatre now toronto miss marlon norrle a pupil of miss gertrude cam was taking part in the recital the marundale family of philadel phia spent a couple of days with mrs sutherland recently miss dorothy cleave of limehouse community was the lucky winner of the trip to chicago sponsored by the department of asjricul ure women s ins ltute branch mr and mrs edwin currie and bouby were week end vlitors in the village w extend our sympathy to mrs on e in her sad bereavement jack speedy young of strctford brother of stewart young has seour ed employment at smith ac stone ltd and is now living in town mrs william austin of toronto visited with her sister mrs a collins last week a social evening at the home of mr and mrs w p bradley was held last friday night by the choir of st georges church of england in honour of two of its members lieut and mrs paul barber whose marriage was a recent event after refreshments were served mr bradley presented the couple with a handsome table lamp on behalf of the choir lieut barber left this week with the lome scots regi ment a lanceopl c stapleton of camp bordsn mrs c stapleton of aoton mr and mrs j a stapleton and son of georgetown mr r o stapleton and miss d cordlner of acton spent sundaj with mr and mrs h e stapleton of nerval mrs william gfttos was the winner ol th 38plece petaliware table sei vice offered as a lucky draw during the neptolac enamel demonstration at w c anthonys hardware store last week nine employees of provincial paper ltd who have enlisted for active sex vice with the lome scots pj h regiment were honoured by the company and their fellow workers last saturday mornng at the mill r b foulis presented each of the men with 100 cigarettes andfrgpoke a few words fitting to the occasion there are now twentyawo employees on active ser vice with various units at home and overseas a niarfbr of friends including se vera feuawmembers of the lions club gathered at the home of mr and mrs charles watson on friday evening to honour pte j l- watson who left last week end with the lome scot regiment lion president col jams ballantine was chairman of the venlna lion w v grant presented pte watson with a handsome lions rng on behalf of the club in which hennas been a good worker feuow members of the culb then joined in a few words of parting and refresh ments were served tfrl arc urgently needed for canadas active army make no mistake about it this canadas freedom is threatened your king and country need you i the call to duty is ringing clear and men who love canada and all this great dominion stands for will need no fur ther urging its time for action for allout effort our future our homes our faith our freedom are at stake i theres no room for talkers or skulkers i your hour the hour of the fighting man is here is your call to duty you are heeded now tk for active service atm of my in tie ranks per day with board lodging be medical and dental care pro- dependent anowancea in cash month fornot 1 3 chodrta a aoldier whh wifa and 2 cwdra cetjectlwciy racefcre total of s9 so per month extra bttta varrtnc from 35 to 1s4 per dar lor tattled trad nana while employed canadas great mobile army equipped with all the finest weapons of modern mechanized warfare tanks armoured vehicles and guns of every calibre stands ready to your hand join it now be a vital cog in this fast- moving hard hitting fighting machine join up in answer to can adas call 1 join up and smash the hun canadas active army needs men for artillery engineers signals armoured cars tanks infantry trnnhport supph medical ord nance and other branches of the service the army is prepared to teach many trade and to train you to handle canadas weapons of war efficiently go to your nearest district recruiting office find out about these units how they work what they do see just where youll fit int sec where any par ticular skill youf possess can best he utilized then join up for action 1 wrorroiieaittsthhstiher recruiting office or any local armouries engagements mr and mrs harry stockford an nounce the engagement of their daughter evelyn jjoulse to mr thorn as devonald watts eon of mrs sarah and the late william watts of toron to the wedding to take place the lat ter par of june the engagement is announced of margaret emily daughter of mrs emily james and the late george james to lovell puckering son of mrs jessie puckering and the late john puckering of brampton the marriage to take place on june 28th department of national defence canada we are pleased to report that rev woo thompson who was taken suddenly ul last saturday la recuper ating at hja home and is able to be up today lester pat vance who was em ployed since last fall at bucks meat market has joined the rjcaf and is at present stationed near montreal his wife and family have moved back to orangevllle to live lest friday evening at the home of mrs a oolllns some twenty friends held a delightful party for her daugh ter elaine on the occasion of her eighteenth birthday games and danc ing were enjoyed throughout the even ing after which the guests eat down to a lovely supper all joined in wishing elaine many happy birth days friday evening june 6th the an nual summer piano recital of pupils of margaret dickie atom took place the auditoriumi of the public school was fragrant with baskets of flowers for the occasion the assisting artist was dorothy garden 14yearold to ronto soprano pupil of elfrtda boul- ton atjcm dorothy delighted the audience with her three selections which displayed her high clear voice during the evening a heautiful bouquet of flowers was presented to miss dickie by anne crabtree on behalf of the pupils and a nosegay of mixed flowers to dorothy garden by betty clarice from miss dickie prizes for perfect attendance at lessons during the year were presented to ingehorg haupt- mann margaret marshall betty clarke and jane milne following the recital miss dickie served light re freshments to the pupils those assist ing were the misses huda erwin jean mackenzie and helen williams those present from toronto were mrs h dicflle dorothy garden mrs donald gunn atjcm miss muriel wells and miss mabel knight those taking part were betty coarfce anne crabtree linda ginsberg margaret bradley mary jane arnold jane mil joyce mcmillan margaret mar shall billy arnold mary woods john heldtnann katheleen thompson aii drey dillon buddy tost ingeborg hauptmann violet barnes june clarke barbara faram bemlce hugh es norah cleave richard crichton helen blackburn in our mail bag georgetown ontario june 7th 1m1 tb the editor georgetown herald dear mr editor in pursuance of our endeavor to keep before the mtnds of our citizens a sub ject of vital importance to community welfare we are asking you to accept ati an advertisement from our organi zation the enclosed news item from the globe and mall may 18th 1041 this is but one of numerous items of news which appear in the press every week which form a sad com mentary on the results of the present system of liquor sale we place this information before our georgetown citizens hoping that we who are so deeply concerned ovet the bombing out of britain s homes may find time and effort also to con cern ourselves about the boozing out of canada s homes as reported in the glo and mail article published be low fear of trespassing too greatly upon your space mr teddltor prevents us from offering our usual annual analysis of the meaning of the news ltem con cerning the towns xdquor control board cheque which last appeared hi your issue of may 21st suffice it to say that we estimate that since november 1st 1934 the towns beverage room expenditure for beer totals and this is a conserva tive estimate at least 300 000 we shall be glad to furnish upon request an explanation of this calculation on behalf of georgetown wc ttj mrs c b catherine dtayf oot press secretary women wanted turn your teme nto dol lars by selling familex products to the people in your community be the only one in your territory to make money- with ourlineof4irxgoarantae4 necessities no risk for catalogue and complete details 570 st clement street montreal it singer sewing machines singer used drophead treadles over hauled and guaranteed in good condi tion 700 up also used electric port able and cabinet machines at reduc ed prices we also do guaranteedt re pairs on all makes of sewing mac- nines singer sewing machine co 21 queen w brampton phone 096 or eave calls et herald office reprinted from toronto globe and mail may 15th 1941 describes social conditions as riot of alcohol and drunkenness a riot of alcohol and drunkenness such was the description of social condlt oris i tor given by r e mills director of childrens aid society of toronto in his address yesterday to the members of the central council federation for community service in the lst war we had prohibition already in this war we hae a situation existing the seriousness of which is little realized b the public those of us who know what is happening are duty bound to tell what vc know of the scandalous problem on our hands right now mr mi is declared the speaker pointed o it that social agencies were taking the shock of pre cnt conditions and that the gcreral public was not aware therefore ol th seriousness of the situation the children s aid so deiy is constantly faced with the problem of removing children from their homes because excessive drinking has made such homes unfit for children he said advertisement sponsored by georgetown wctu mszmim mmwmmmmm quaker flour veribest lard 98 1b 259 2 lb 17c budget tea lb 61c grapefruit juice 2 20 oz tin9 19c richmello coffee lb 40c tomato juice 2 20 oz tins 19c organdie tissue 5 rolls 25c domino balang powder lb 19c clear water salmon i s 2 for 25c lynn valley tomatoes 2 tins 25c fruit and spinach 2 lb 15c celery hearts 2 for 25c lettuce head 8c radishes 3 bun 10c new potatoes 5 1b 25c vegetables cucumbers each 14c tomatoes 2 lb 29c cauliflower 2 25c canteloupes 2 for 19c oranges 288s 28c 29c dozen meats we1ners meaued cottage roll bologna breakfast bacon lb 23c lb 29c lb 19c lb 33c sausages lb 21c mealed back bacon lb 39c dutch loaf lb 28c head cheese lb 19c lxminion stores ltd fifi