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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening september 17th 1941 5c a copy 2 00 a year excellent weather draws crowd to fall fair large exhibits on par with last year races good midway with rides and games special feature military re cruiting car and lome scots regiment also take part baby show brings many elntnes judging competi tion under direction of j e whitelock milton directors thankcnl w snpport given fair this year confident pair wlir continue in 1mb depending on war conditions friday dance grand success buss cbeighton supplies music marking its third fair since the be ginning of the war and reverting to the old saturday date georgetown fair broke attendance records for the past ten yers and almost doubled gate receipts of last year when well over 1600 people supported the b5th consecutive esquesing agricultural so- dtys fall fair while it is still doubtful whether the prize money can be paid in full due to a small deficit being carried over tor the past two years the direc toro considered the gate receipts and lair as a whole highly satisfactory and appreciated the efforts of all those who in any way helped to keep this time honored institution on a par with the best fairs hi the district the fair was favored with ideal weather conditions both on friday and saturday the sun shone during the entire day and many former ceorgetownites availed themselves of the wonderful weather conditions to renew acquaintances at georgetown fall fair and one elderly lady was heard to remark that she had attended the fair here 50 jears ago exhibits good on the ft hole exhibits were as good if not better than in previous years the hall while not as full as in years gone by looked lovely with the dls play of ladles work home made bak lng fruit flowers and vegetables one of the best displays in the hall was that of the children of georgetown public school many favourable com ments were passed on their work and the boys and girls are to be compli mented as well as the staff at the school for we believe principal wrig glesworth takes a keen interest in the lall fair display bj the pupils excellent displays of work being done for the red cross society were shown by verdun bebekah lodge branches in the district of the wo men s institute and the red cross so cleby itself another booth drew at tention to the purchase of wax sav ings stamps and certificates the display of dressed fowl in the hall was consplcious by its absence something that has not occurred in a good many years the horticultural society prizes lor the best bird house made by boy or girl brought out a number of exhi bitors with winners being as follows lat doreen mclholland 2nd clifford norton 3rd violet barnes 4th ted ooknan it was disappointing that only one little girl entered for the best decorat ed doll carriage excellent prizes were offered in this secttom with june lerch being ae lucky little girl the showing of light and heavy horses was good while the cattle ex hibit was particularly fine the t eaton co special for hogs brought out a large class and sheep were on ex hibit in their usual good numbers the poultry show was not quite as large as last year but the quality of stock shown could not be surpassed at any fair leading exhibitors were unset farms georgetown just re turned from winning many prizes at the one w j alexander ashgrove w h mclaren erin excellent races the harness racing provided some thrilling moments for the large crowd assembled on and in front of the grandstand with close finishes in all races in the 220 class the results were 1st rosatoelle lee owned by coliton toronto 2nd dy peters owned by jacob walters allenstein 3rd kaye han ester owned by jim mcdowell toronto in the 2 26 cliss st patrick owned by wm lawson oranges 111c finished 1st bruce henle owned bj ken thompson drayton 2nd and t he other two horses tied perc lee own ed by w mcdonnell hamilton and betty gratton owned b charles o learj tottenham bill morris of brampton won the running race with victor queen with alkadeena and safetv first owned by dr bovalrd and d campbell also of brampton finishing second and third respect vel the potato race also held in front of the grandstand was as exciting as usual and produced the following win ners howard laidlaw bramp on jean gowland brampton the only lady entrant clarence carej george vian clark nonal station and rold brown won the hleh jump which was the last item on the af- tern con programme baby show ther was the ra q of e i trmnts in the baby show while it was regretted the show was late in starting the babies didn t seem to mnrt and put on their best behavl our for the judges the prizewinners were 1st kenneth brian son of mr and mrs kenneth weston of georgetown 2nd sever ley ann daughter of mr and mrs j c clark of eden mills 3rd barbara june daughter of mr and mrs harry allen milton other features in the lucky draw for war savings stamps the following were the win ners 1st miss eva thohipson stew arttown with ticket number 741 miss thompson turned her prize over to the red cross society second prize went to mrs wm wey with ticket no 1607 the third prize has not yet been claimed ticket no 1585 it is requested that the holder of this tic ket present it to the secretary frank petch within 30 days the oldest person on the grounds registering with the secretary was mr thomas howden 86 of r r 3 georgetown the prizes offered by m malina georgetown jeweler to the boy and girl writing the best essay on george towns part in canada s war effort were won by girls first teresa curtis 2nd marjorie hernngton boy a 1st douglas peck the stock judging competition for bojs under 21 produced the following winners ward brownridge r r i georgetown 1st harold brown r r 4 acton 2nd angus mcnabb and ro bert alexander both ol r r 2 georgetown were tied for third place there were eight boys in the contest this vears midway was a much im proved entertainment for both jomg ind old the ferris wheel merrv go ound and a ito ride held the attei tion of the children while the varou games and shows provided a diver ion for the grown ups a detac iment of military officer st john brigade parade to anglican church he first church parade of the georgetown branch of the st john brigade was held to st georges church of england on sunday mem bers from the georgetown division along with those from toronto cen tral west toronto and westminster divisions formed at the legion hall with col g b s cousens as maxshali of the parade and marched to the- church the music being furnished by the georgetown pipe band the divisional surgeon dr c v williams and capt williams of the toronto corps st john ambulance brigade took the salute and with them were mrs mccutcheon district superintendent mrs douglas corps superintendent and mayor joseph gibbons rev woo thompson rector of st georges church led in a very fine sen ice of re consecration and read the special prajers of the st john ambulance brigade following the service the george town division entertained the visitors at lunch among those present were divisional superintendents mrs t f grieve and miss williams first offl cer miss foss and second officer mrb red pa th mary feller weds herald editor ceremony took place at si georges church last thursday st georges church or england was the scene of a lovely wedding last thursday at 4 pjri when mary holley elder daughter of mr and mrs a h feller was united in marriage with walter charles younger son of dr and mrs c e biehn of windsor on tario rv w g o thompson per formed the ceremony the church was beautifullydecorated with multt colored gladioli v the bride who was given in marri age by her father wore a white sathi wedding gown with finger tip veil and white accessories her bouquet was of white roses and bouvardia her sioter floria was maid of honour wearing orchid corded taffeta with deep orchid hat and accessories and carrying a bouquet of gladioli gwen dolyn and kathleen lake of lang staffe twin cousins of the bride were junior bridesmaids they were dress ed alike in primrose taffeta with bou quets of gladioli the groom was attended by mr btuart horton of toronto and the ushers were mr douglas bracken and mr james mitchell of waterloo mrs w f bradley played the wedding music and the st georges choir of which the bride is a member assisted imdii a ihvas recruiting base at was held at the home of the brides parents on emery street mrs a h feller received the guests choosing a wine crepe gown and wearing a cor sae of butterfly rases she was as isted bj the grooms mother who wore av sheer with a corsage of roses card of thanks pearl and chester leslie wish to mlsses belt grant bett kean doris extend their sincere thanks to the armstrong and eleanor and nora many kind friends and relatives fonstnrt assisted in serving the gue ti their expressions of sympathy and the couple left on a short honey their beautiful floral tributes during moon after which they will take up he recei t sad loss of their father tsidence on tiueen street 42139 sent to telegram fund this week from georgetown a aetaciment oi munarj omcer to sl8 n h now b tu and men from militarj district no 2 1 0vcr roni herald fund climbing i held a recruiting base on the grounds with the hope or enlisting men for the active arm another interesting feature of the daj was the ceremony for the lower ing of the flag held bj a company ol lome scous before the armouries at the close of the afternoon lieut h c mcclure acting o c w as in charge music throughout the afternoon was provided by the lome scots band of georgetown their fine program was much appreciated bj fair goers the amplified public address system on the grounds was the best yet with all races and judging events being clearly announced by russ crelghton the fair dance on fridaj evening a dance was held in the arena and being an annual af lair drew a crowd of over 300 dancers rujs creighton and his band provided the music for both new and old time dancing it was judged a grand sue cess and it was russ creighton s third engagement in as manj years by the esquesing agricultural soctetv who sponsor the show since writing the above we have re celved the list of winners in the bacon hog class for eaton s specials 1st and 4th charles austin r r 3 george town 2nd and 3rd lt j brownridge r r 2 georgetown 5th wm ball son weston to 2 000 mark a check for 5421 39 was forwarded jciterdav to the toronto evening telegram british war victims fund in toronto together with the list or those who contributed the money and this will appear this w eek in that newspaper to date 1845 u has been sent to the fund from people in this district and we already have a start on the next cheque with 15 00 turned in this week from three donations the mcnaibb street neighbours turned in another 1100 to add to their already substantial total and margaret bradley and mary wood sold flowers from their garden to alse 25 a gentleman who prefers to remain anonymous and who assures us that he never touches the stuff raisea 1 4j by the novel idea of collecting empties from his friends and turn ing them in at the warehouse which gets this weeks prize for orl ginalltj the weather we have had another week of ideal earlv autumn weather for our fair and apple picking it could not have been finer the mercury has not jet recorded freezing temperature though there was quite a heavy zround frost in low spots last friday moniirg with the limited data at our dls posal we do not pretend to forecast even one day ahead but when the editor in chief anxiously asked us what the weather was likely to be next day for his wedding we felt quite safe in pred cting it would be all smiles and unshlne for him and his charm ing bride even if it rained dogs and cats for the rest of us and we hit it right long mav it continue to shine on them ac1 bill armstrong and four chums from rocklifte ottawa where they are stationed with the bcaj motor ed to georgetown over the week end where they visited his parents mr and i mrs fred armstrong date h and l rain temp fall tues sept 9 89 52 wed sept 10 80 63 37 thurs sept 11 66 48 fri sept 12 69 35 sat sept 13 73 60 sun sept 14 81 4b mon sept 15 85 66 biehn feller wedding group aluminum drive successfully completed in district arnoldwalker wedding last saturday in a setting of gladioli and asters at st georges church of england georgetown a pretty but quite wed ding was solemnized last friday af tternoon sept 12th when hazel edltha youngest daughter of mr and mrs samuel walker and edward fin lay son or mr and mrs george ar nold were married rev w g o thompson officiated the bride given in marriage hy her father wore a suit of blue alaskan pall mall crepe with a hat and shoul der veil of the same material and black accessories she wore a corsage of better time roses and was attend ed by her sister mrs fred harrison dressed in dusky rose crepe with brown accessoile and a corsage of johanna hill roses the groomsman was her bcrt arnold brother of the groom a reception was held at the home of the bride for the immediate faml lies following which the couple left for a mo or trip to points in eastern ontario on their return they ill reside in georgetown fall fair a detachment left military district no 2 last week to attend all fairs in the southern part of onta io on saturday a recruiting base was set up at georgetown fair in the hope of en listing men tor the active services captain g a hanuly of toronto scottish and lieut w e milner of the argjjc and southern hirhlanders hamilton were in chaige with sgt major dymond speaking over the pub he nddress sytsem actual signing or recruits did not ike place on the grounds but those volunteering were referred to recruit i a depot 61 albert st toronto sgt major dymond recently returned from eneiand and was able to give first hand information regarding the war situation on the continent halton garage operators association held opening meeting following a brier holiday period the halton branch of the ontario garage operators association held their first meeting for the 1941 42 season in mil ton on thursday evening sept nth with the president mr j l mcklnd ley in the chair a large number of members turned out and took a keen interest in the programme and the enthusiasm shown gave the members plenty of op timlsm regarding lhe future life of the branch a verj large number of business items came before the meeting for discussion and in particular the many new regulations affecting the garage business provided the members with much food for thought the members were greatly favoured with a visitor in the person of mr e j wadham editor of the garage operator who is always a welcome guest in halton county mr wad liam spoke briefly and introduced mr j a reid the new field man for the association who gave the members a very interesting and instructive ad dress based on the principle of doing and carrying on good clean business and stressed the necessity of maintain lng honourable practices at the conclusion of the meeting the members enjoyed a social half hour which brought another successful meeting to a close red cross branch gets all proceeds from collection in this area citizens of the georgetown district cooperated to make the aluminum drive a success in this district and s good supply or the metal is ready for snlpment to the central warehouse in guelph the collection was smaller than it might have been owing to the fact that a simllarrdrlve was under taken last year by the countess of strathmore chapter iodjh which fairly well cleaned up all supplies of old aluminum in the district however it was surprising how many old aluminum utensils were still avail able and the herald window was fill ed with a good assortment of pots and pans kettles coffee percolators ther mos bottles skates and such articles as curling tongs soap dishes and alum inum wire several people mentioned to the editor what a fine kitchen shower had been given by the town but we hasten to explain that dona- tors took it literally when the govern ment advised them to give only dis carded aluminum utensils a fid there was little that could be put to use in the new home the georgetown lions club co oper ated with the red cross in the cam paign and donated articles collected by tl em in their own continuous sal vage for victory drive there wsa also good results from the appeal which president leroy dale addressed to dis ret school teachers to have their pupils bring aluminum articles to school and the main part of the collection was compe ed in this way 1 e dr ve was planned to relieve existing al iminum hortages in can ada and whi t le lancial return w as a secondary consideration it la announced that all profits accruing rrom the sale of scrap will be turn ed over 10 the red cross branch in the district where the salvage was ct 11 cted evansfrank wedding the marriage of june l frank daughter of mr and mrs w frank of rockwood to pilot officer james f evans son of mr and mrs walter t evans georgetown took place at smiths falls on saturday evening sept 13th with rev d d davidson former pastor of knox presbyterian church georgetown officiating the bride wore a suit of heavenly blue wool with matching accessories later tha couple left on a motor trip to mon treal quebec and the laurentian hills men in uniform home last week in eluded pte bill huller hamilton ac2 stewart young ottawa lac gordon macdonald windsor lieut alan macdonald who has come east from nanalmo b c for a special course mrs charles sutherland buried at glen funeral services were held last sat urday for mary florence sutherland widow of the late charles sutherland who died suddenly at her home in ac ton on wednesday september 10th she was born sixtyfive years ago on the 2nd line chlnguacousy and was a daughter of the late james and mary jane norton her husband pre deceased her ave years ago she had lived most of her life in glen williams and district surviving are two daughters mrs jack crichton and mrs harold plues both of acton two sisters mrs r marchment of georgetown and mrs dennis tracy glen williams three brothers james and fred norton of the glen and alan of llmehouse and four grandchildren following services at the home in acton a short service was held at the graveside in glen williams cemetery where interment was made pall bearers were six nephews lewis tracy and arthur alan jack stanley and bill norton a large number of floral tributes were sent by friends in georgetown acton glen williams limehouse brampton toronto hamilton and peterborough testifying to the many friend who share with the family their loss of a mother and sister esquesing township council set tax rate for 1941 pictured above to gronp photograph aiter uie wedding last thursday of misi mary feller and walter biehn editor of the herald left to right stuart horton of toronto groomsman the and bride nosi floria feller sister of the bride who was maid of honosr misses gwendolyn and kath leen lake of lanrstffe twin cousins of th bride who were jvnlor bridesmaids stewarttown sept 2nd 1941 esquesing township council held their regular meeting on tuesday af ternoon deputy reeve c h may councillors o w murray edwin har rop and g e cleave were present reeve wm awllson presided the minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted communications were read from game and fisheries department re consignment of young pheasants for distribution in the township depart ment of highways as to accident in surance department of municipal affairs re occupancy tax wool combing corporation of canada ltd re fixed assessment moved and seconded by may and cleave that the treasurer pay the road accounts as presented by the road superintendent 357 06 carried moved and seconded by murray and harrop that the treasurer pay the bell telephone co 334 the george town herald notice re voters list 840 50 tax sale nonces 3 78 total 1318 harry robertson sumps tooo cmrrl- ed george dennis kelso killed when struck by railway 1 engine george dennis 73 kelso was hrp stantly killed when he was struck by an eastbound cpr locomotive about two miles west of milton on satur day afternoon sept 6th i guess mr dennis didn t hear the engine on account of the heavy wind he tried to jump out or the way but couldn t mrs v simonato milton heights a witness said he was walking east stevenson was summoned and provincial constable jack rev- lej investigated coroner dr o e syer stated an inquest would be held the deceased had been a resident of halton county all his life being a fanner at zimmerman for a great number of years one brother john of hamilton survives and six daugh ters mrs fred kelly toronto mrs ernest robinson ouelph mrs albert ro acton l m nnl r i son norval and mrs john robb cfcinrjbeuville there ore two sons walker at rtorval and charles gt milton t continued on page 5