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seventyfourthiyeer of publication wednetdy evening october 15th 1941 5c a copy 200 a year social and personal mrs r mboulloughpent the holi day wek end with relatives in cree- miss bsa bessey of kilbride spent the holiday with her parents mr and mrs herbert bessey miss doris howell of montreal was a holiday guest with mr and mrs w v grant and miss betty grant mr and mrs quentln jackson of toronto were guests of mr and mrs ted arnold over the holiday week end 1 mr and mrs w p soulsby of nla- gaar falls were week end visitors with mr and mrs sam walker mr- and mrs al cameron of kin cardine were holiday visitors with the misses brown charles st mr and mrs alex fraser of branbford were visitors over the week end with relatives in town mrs leonard bell will receive at her home on charles street on saturday october the twentyfifth from four to six oclock mr and mrs garfield mogilvray boss and gail spent the holiday week end with friends in london and kit- mr and mrs boy van dusen ait tars were holiday quests with the mcolbbons mr van dusen is pub- usher of the tara leader mis l lebar and ernest colman and fred cameron of toronto spent the week end at the home of mrs a e colman mr and mrs boss miller and baby ruth of nashville were visitors on sunday at the home of mrs millers parents mr and mrs herbert bessey mrs t grieve and mrs george ferry attended the convention of the womens auxiliaries to the canadian legion held tn the king edward hotel toronto on october 8th 9th and 10th mr lloyd leslie chief clerk odea of personel 7th div fort ord cali fornia left on tuesday after visit ing with his parents mr and mrs t l leslie members of st georges church of england choir met after church last sunday evening at the home of mr and mrs w f bradley to hon our two of their members mr and mrs ed hoare who have recently moved to oshawa a lovely vase was presented to the couple as a parting gift from the choir members t glwttljams adl george blyth who has been stationed in newfoundland for some months spent the past two weeks home on leave george left on monday for dartmouth nova scotia miss phyllis blyth of toronto spent the week end with her parents mr and mrs b blyth mr and mrs robert mcmenemy spent the week end with relatives in guelph acs wellington wlllett was home on leave over the week end from mann ing depot mrs delia chara of toronto spent the week end here with her parents mr and mrs j wheeler mr and mrs jack puckering and children of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs james norton mr and mm stanley masales of niagara falls mr goldle masales of beamsvule and mrs ethel blair of oalgary abjerta were visitors over the week end at the home of mr and mrs clayton allen mr and mrs gordon robinson and children of erin were visitors on sunday at the home of mrs halpln mrs herbert preston who has been a patient in guelph general hospital fo the past couple of weeks is now progressing favourably and hopes to be able to return home shortly tztzl olive macdonald bride of james 1 c jones on thanksgiving day a quiet wed ding was solemnized in at albans church of england acton when ouve wihnlfred youngest daughter of mr and mrs k b macdonald of georgetown became the bride of james lloyd g jones rcaj son of mr and mrs j w jones of ac ton rev e a brooks officiated the bride given- in marriage by her father wore a beige crepe dress with brown accessories and her corsage was bronze and yellow mums she was attended by her sister mrs boy wil cox of hamilton who wore a soft grey wool crepe drees with powder blue accessories and her corsage was of rose baby mums the groom was attended by mr jack dryden ro af paisley after a reception at the home al the brides parents the happy couple left on a motor trip the weather monday was thanksgiving day the one day tn the year that the govern ment declares a national holiday for giving thanks for the bountiful har vests and general mercies that a kind providence bestows upon us not tho least of these this year was the fine autumn weather that day when those who wished could enjoy to the full the delight of being out of doors on such a day and the frugally minded could add to their winter stores 01 fruits and vegetables temperatures are gradually falling the average daily temperature last week was 51 degrees or 4 degrees lower than the previous week on a couple of mornings there has been hoar frost but no killing frost as yet and tree leaves are ripening and falling naturally following are the local records for the week date h and l rain temp fall tues oct 7 80 53 wed oct 8 52 47 thurs oct d 55 35 15 frl oct 10 56 46 sat oct 11 54 38 02 sun oct 12 57 45 mon oct 13 65 32 georgetown herald soldiers comforts fund cash on hand acknow ledged 1040 miss h a staunton 500 georgetown choral society balance of bank aocount 206 total october 15th 1746 t baiafap mr sherlock foreman of long is land ny is spending a couple of weeks with his parents bev a o w and mrs foreman the mission circle held their oc tober meeting at the heme of miss lillian sbortin on wednesday even ing mr alex irwin is recovering from severe attack of sciatica we are i glad to fee him able to be around again bev and mrs a marshall and mrs bern cavers of toronto were holiday visitors at the manse 4garage operators educational meeting a very large and enthusiastic num ber of the members and visitors of halton branch of the ontario garage operators association attended the october meeting held in milton thursday evening october 9th mr j l mckindley the branch presi dent presiding a large number of items of business came before the meeting for discussion and were dealt with by the chairman in his usual efficient manner the educational portion of the meeting was provided by representa- uvea of the champion spark plug co ltd mr r p warriner and mr a r hutchingb who used motion pic tures to show the manufacturing pro cedure of the champion spark plugs and the best methods of servicing them everyone present felt rewarded by a terr enjoyable evening and took away much f th jtsodal half hour at the dpse brought one more evenlnf to a finish soldiers comforts fund thats what the men overseas will be saying this christmas when those parcels from georgetown arrive oncthlrd of the proceeds or the uptoybu sale in georgetown arena on friday october 24lh will be given to the comforts fund the rest will be divided between the war victims fond and the red cross donations are already beginning to pour n the list already includes 2 bus apples a n kohlnunn quill pidles from charles street coffee pervolatdr muses k and a ilyan electric clock e r maglough- len 2 gnls anllfrceze a r speight cake mrs w f bradley 5year subscription georgetown herald 2 bus apples cedarvale school chesterfield endublc harvey tusly s2 christmas cake canada bread cook stove j valentine auctioneer frank petch who is donating his services for the big night has promised to buy a pair or pigs one to be donated by himself and by w f bradley the lome scots band will be in attendance and tl will be other entertainment provided in addition to the auction sale- big event of the night read the ad on the back page of ths edition for fall details uptoyou to make the sale a success 3 limehouse mesdames gowdy and euerby tended the leader training schools first lesson in what is new in nu trition ini milton on wednesday the ladles quilted another quilt for ihelr war work at the home of mrs klrfcpatrick on thursday the presbyterian wm8 met at the home of mrs mitchell on friday even ing with a good attendance miss ivens gave a splendid address missionary work and the special need for the women to carry on this great work during the present world up heaval misses margaret klrfcpatrick and miss doris mitchell played a piano solo sabbath school and church services will be withdrawn on october 18th owing to anniversary services being held in knox church georgetown the merediths spent sunday with the nobles at cheltenham recent visitors in the community in cluded messrs wm and gordon grieg of brantford with mrs gale and miss ivens over the holiday dr and mrs r lodcwood and son and mis paul of toronto with the halls a couple of weeks ago also mesdames mitchell broster and mr and mrs blagborough of toronto last week for a day with mrs r lane over the holl- 1 day mr and mrs a w lane and misses dorothy and norma mr and mrs ted morrow all of toronto and mr and mrs bob lane of georgetown mr alex wright and miss ivens home from toronto miss gladys mlulere home from hamilton mr and mis earl tarwweu of ac ton mr and mrs earl scott and garry of malton with mr and mrs josephscott and family mr and mrs james noble of cheltenham with the merediths oc tober 5th the gamham family miss malsy jackson and mr norman brown of toronto with mr and mrs f shel- bourne mesdames yeates and king of lon don and mrs klnderbley and child ren and mrs whelpton of toronto with mrs sutherland mr and mrs sam gowdy and miss nettle gowdy of guelph with mr and mrs william gowdy messrs bob allan and don warren of toronto and mr vic schlrfutshauer of stratfordwlth the norxies and mr jack davis mr and mis james jaxnleson and babe and mrs mcvey with the jamie- sons over the week end mia maxwell with her sister mrs jamleson for a rebelcah lodge officers installed at the regular meeting of verdun rebekah lodge no 184 held tuesday evening oct 7th 1941 mrs ouve reld district deputy president of centre district no 23 of the rebekah assembly of ontario assisted by her deputy marshal miss pearl scott of the local lodge and the installation staff from toronto installed the fol lowing officers for 194142 png mrs marie day noble grand mrs pearl llllico vice gran mrs neoma walters rec secretary miss mabel forgrave financial secretary mrs edna cleave treasurer mrs ouve reld warden mrs lillian ritchie conductor mrs vivian arnold chaplain mrs evelyn walker pianist mrs dora petch bbng mrs laura mackenzle ljbng mrs margaret groat rj9vg miss pearl scott lbvo- mis idella wlllson inside guard miss ouve kennedy outside guard mrs peggie west- fall there were several orand lodge offlceis present also visitors from muton guelph and toronto after the installation ceremony mrs reld presented mrs day with her past noble grands jewel and she in few weuchosen words thanked the lodge for the jewel she also express ed her thanks to her officers for their support in the past year and wished for her successor the same support mis ulllco the newly appointed noble grand then presented mrs reld with a gift from the members at the same time extending congratula tions to mrs reld for the very effi cient manner in which she carried out the installation and how pleased arid honored the members were to have one the l of t wt iwjmjs overseas soldiers boxes at the home of mrs a w- benton on monday wan ing publy school field day at park on tuesday october 7th pupils of grades 4 5 fi 7 and 8 of georgetown public school helde a field day at georgetown park winners in the various events were senior boys 230 yd bernard glllevet ken hulme ken huj relay l james burns tom wyue melburne spence and bernard gllle- 2 ken hill don parker jack king and douglas peck 3 clifford norton hugh wyue brian ferry and billy hoare high jump george barber 3 ft 11 inches james burns ken hill 100 yd james burns ken hulme ken h1u broad jump tom wyue 14 ft 6 inches james burns ken hill boys bicycle race james burns tom wyue hugh wyue junior boys 3leggedrace ross norton and gerard wilcox ronald vivian i james golden tommy connely and albert norton 60 ydlonald vivian junior grace ross norton high jump bluy muir 3 ft 5 in ches george louth donald bums clothespin race tommy connely and billy muir albert norton and john tyers i senior girls 75 yd alice murphy june clarke teresa curtis relay 1 june cofell june clarke pauline norton and ethel james 2 geraldlne tyers violet barnes jessie murphy and elsie hulme 3 tie a teresa curtis beth connely bertha fryer and doreen mulholland b marjorie herrlngton joan lyon susie colman and helen mcglll high jump jessie murphy 3 ft 7 inches audrey dillon june shepherd broad jump alice murphy 12 ft 7 inches jessie murphy pauune norton junior girls 60 yd marie hulme elsie hulme sylvia lorrlman 3legged race- 1 josephine cox and beatrice hilts 2 margaret connely and doris roberts 3 kathleen cox and betty sacerty clothespin race i josephine cox and beatrice hilts 2 tie joyce mc millan and betty sacerty doris ro berts and margaret connely champions among the contestants were senior girls jessie murphy senior boys james burns junior girls tie josephine cox and beat rice hilts junior boys ronald vivian active service notes we acknowledge a letter from over seas from opl harvey allen of the 9th infantry bde whp thanks us for sending him the herald every week and says he is sure the rest of the boys feel the same way v another letter from gnr m b varey was received a few weeks ago from petawsiwa he says i thought i would drop you a few lines to let you know i am progress ing lalrly well in the army i am very pleased to get the paper regular ly and always glad to know what la going on in georgetown am glad to hear that the people in georgetown are doing their utmost in helping to win the war x send my best regards to mrs b marchmenjt mrs varey and mrs reld and to mrs j ross b b 3 georgetown i was very sorry to hear about james boyle for he was one of my best pals may god bless him and take care of him another georgetown boy pilot offi cer james evans who was recently married to miss june frank has ar rived in britain he is the third local boy to arrive in england with the rcaj the other two being sgts omar digging and david crlchton mr and mrs d p crlchton receiv ed word this week that their son sgt david crlchton has completed nil course in scotland and is now with the coastal command stationed at iceland dave says they are having only three or lour hours sunlight there at this season and that he is working hard some days flying the full twen tyfour hours at one time ac2 richard beaumont of mountain view spent the week end with his par ents in glen wiulains another active service list wiu soon be published in the herald send us in your correct addresses and help to keep the ust uptodate of their own members as district de puty president this year the noble grand also caued on a number of the visitors for a few words they expressed their pleasure at being present and also commended mrs reld and the staff on their work at the conclusion of lodge a deli cious lunch was served the center table being beautifully decorated with autumn leaves fruit and candles the toxoid diphtheria clinic will be held at the public school- georgetown on friday october 17th at 1 30 pm the board of health is anxious to have a large turnout of children from 6 months to school age g v williams moh united church wms autumn thankoffering meeting the thankoftemg meeting of the womans missionary society of the georgetown united church was held on tuesday afternoon october 7th in the church auditorium visitors from the acton nerval and ashgrove socie ties also from the other congrega tions in town helped to make the at tendance a large one between b0 and 100 were present mrs john mcdermld and miss anne staunton gave a welcome to those at tending the vice president mrs a m nielsen was in the chair accom panied by mrs dick of ashgrove the devotional part of the program was looked after by the ladles from ash grove mrs arthur speight presby- tertal secretary of mission bands in troduced the speaker mrs t cuyler young mrs young and her husband returned from persia iran somr flve years ago and are now in toron to mr young is professor of oriental languages at victoria college mrs young was principal for twelve years in the american girls moslem high school her story was of trie moslems of iran of the fine results of educa tion amongst the women of their pas sionate love for their children of the high rate of infant mortality due to lfrnorance on the part of the mothers the moslem must see something in the lives of the christians in his country that he wants to copy it is not only by teaching and preaching that con verts arc made but most surely by the day by day life of the christian the thanks of the audience was warmly expressed by mrs john ken nedy seconded by mrs w tyndall musical numbers were contributed by miss qma king mrs norman burns mrs howard wrlgglesworth and miss joy buddell mrs howard hutt of fered the dedicatory prayer refreshments were served in the sunday school room mrs b c adams was in charge of these mrs a r vannatter and mrs martin near poured tea those present had an op portunity of meeting mrs young and expressing their appreciation of her vivid picture of the moslems and her the great privilege of hearing her ad- cdress v church news scripture text the fear of the lord is to hate evil pride and arrogancy and the evil way and the forward month do i hate prov 8 13 st johns church stewarttown rev s b colebrook rector 2 pjn sunday school 3 pjn childrens day service church hornby 1030 am sunday school 1100 am childrens day service st pauls church norval 930 am sunday school 730 pm evening prayer the georgetown heral d british war victims fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram cash on hand acknow ledged college view couectlon sewn in apron by mrs t r cave and donated by the residents on college view mcnab st neighborhood club st georges church bev w o o thompson rector nineteenth sun day after trinity sunday school 10 am holy commun ion 11 ajn even song 7 pjn st albans church glen williams nineteenth sunday after trinity sunday school 2 pm evensong 3 pm knox presbyterian church georgetown 1000 am sunday school bible class suspended 1100 am 80th anniversary service of worship bev a n miller bramp ton anniversary preacher 700 pm 80th anniversary service of worship bev a n miller bramp ton anniversary preacher xjmehotue presbyterian ckftrch sunday school bible class and church service suspended for 80th an niversary of knox church george town georgetown united chnroh bev b c todd ba minister sunday oct 19th 10 am sunday school and b classes 11 aji morning womhlp subject but we see christ evening service due to knox church an niversary baptist chnroh thursday 8 pjnmldweefc service for prayer praise and meditation sunday oct 19th 330 pxn s day school 7 pm worship bev mr sinclair of alton and bulsburg will speak mon oct 30th come to the by pu at 730 pm ootning event anniversary of the church and speci al services plan to attend and to re joice in to ijqrtl witnua minister bar j k osteon total october 15th 303e06 high school column basketball pour teams of girls have been mad up to play basketball on tuesdays and thursdays after school the four captains are mary moyer vlvienne guyot leona saxe and eleanor mlulere the scores of the four game played are sept 30 maiy moyer vs vlvienne guyot 40 4 for mary moyer oct 3 leona saxe va eleanor muuere 28 34 for leona saxe oct 7 leona saxe vs vlvienne guyot 373 for leona saxe oct mlulere vs moyer 33 13 for muuere baseball three girls teams have been organ- lsed for basebau the captains are ethel lesue margaret alexander and doris armstrong pouowlng are the scores of tot games played sept 30 ethel leslie vs margaret alexander 33 33 for margaret alexander oct 2 dcdi armstrong vs ethel lesue 33 6 tor ethel lesue oct 7 m aww vs doris armstrong 37 36 for ix armstrong oct 9 lesue vs arm strong 33 6 for leslie rugby the teams for rugby have b playing since the beginning of saps the captains and scores are recorded as fouows sept 18 t beer 0 w long 13 sept 17 b criohton it vs l beaumont 0 sept 23 w long 13 vs b crlchton 11 sept34 l beaumont 7 vs t beer 0 sept 39 w long 5 vs l beaumont 10 oct 1 b crlchton 43 vs t beer 1 semifinals oct 8 r orichton 36 m l beaumont 0 oct 8 w long 16 t beer 0 camera club at the beginning of october the fol lowing officers were elected by the camera club president wquatn alexander vice presidents verne mcchntock and william long sec retarytreasurer isobel dobson the flnt meeting was held on ttw 3rd of october and the members of the club worked with blueprint paper the club hopes to develop and print their own pictures in time and to learn au about cameras hikes am to be oiganlaed for the purpose of taking scenery pictures office bbstjmed after several months of training with our armed forces mr j l lambert returned to georgetown b3b school to take over bis office of prin cipal imwg games oct 14 u alwranrtw m s oct 16 d armstrong vs k ic