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the georgetown herald wednesday evening november 5th 1 94 1 esquesing township council makescrant to poppy fund stewarttown nov 3rd 1m1 esquesing township council held their regular meeting on monday af ternoon all members present reeve w a wilson presided at the meeting the minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted a letter from mr bridger re sani tary conditions near his residence was read a letter from ebqueslng wo men b institute enclosing a copy of i letter to department of highways ask ing for a 30 mile speed limit in stew arttown and that steps be taken to relieve the dust nuisance a letter from mr lever that owing to a re cent amendment to the ontario muni dpal act it will be necessary to amend the bydaw covering the auditing ap pointment a letter from the cana dian legion goigetowtlv moved and seconded by may and cleave that the treasurer pay acton public utilities commission crescent street lights o sept nth 15 00 bell telephone company 2 78 letter shop supply company supplies 135 i m bennett revisin voters list 1941 30 10 cflrihblsholm selecting jurors 16 00 alv benton selecting jurors 5 00 w a wilson selecting jurors f5 00 i m bennett selecting jurors 5 00 the georgetown herald ac count to date- 66 75 harry robertson stamps 6 00 carried moved nnd seconded my harrop and murray that the treasurer pay board of health accounts arthur gingras ambulance service for indigent from stratford general to gueiph general hospital oct 9th 20 00 dr c k stevenson treatment to no 10 june l to sept 13th 26 00 i m bennett taking indigent home from toronto general hospital oct 2nd 5 00 oct 8rd and 20th fare to toronto for in digent 4 00 total 0 00 carried moved and seconded by cleave and may that treasurer pay sheep claims harding price 1 sheep killed 15 00 1 sheep killed 15 00 total 30 00 k c lindsay valuator 2 trips 4 00 car rled moved and seconded by murray and harrop that the treasurer pay relier accounts as presented by the relief officer 4457 carried moved and seconded by may and cleave that the treasurer pay george o brown insurance on township hall to nov 18th 1942 2000 ftre and theft insurance on township grader to nov 16th 1942 81 00 carried moved and seconded by cleave and may that the treasurer pay canadian legion branch 120 the sum of 10 00 for poppy day fund carried moved and seconded by harrop and murray that the clerk be authorized to write the municipal board for per minion to pass a by law re issuing of debenture for school section no 2 esquesing and that a by law be pre pared in accordance carried moved and seconded by may and cleave that leave be granted to in trochee a bylaw to amend by law no 986 and that said bylaw be now read a first time carried moved and seconded by murray and harrop that bylaw no 946 to amend bylaw no 936 having begn read a first time be now read a second and third times and passed and the aeal of the corporation be attached there tocarried moved and seconded by cleave and may that the treasurer pay the road sheets as presented by the road su perintendent 2955 87 oarried moved and seconded by murray and may that this council do now ad journ to meet on monday december 15th atr 10 ajn or at the call of the reeve carried ashgrove the ashgrove anniversary services will be held on sunday nov 9th in the morning rev r c todd of georgetown will be the guest mini stcr the ashgrove choir will be assist ed iy members of f united ohurch choir the rev d h gal laghdr of oafcvttle will conduct the evening service and the georgetown united church choir will contribute special numbers on thursday even ins nov 13th the usual hot siippe will be served bythe ladies of the church with a good varied programme following for further particulars see elsewhere lr this paper on thursday evening lost the ps held a hallowc en social in the basement of the church misses e shore and w dick were in charge a worship service by candle light opened the meeting and was followed by a program of games a sing song and lunch consisting of pumpkin pie apples and candy brought the tnjoy able evening to a close mrs p d hartley and mrs e wil son were hostesses to about twenty- five ladles from the ashgrove auxili ary of hil wjvfs on tuesday after noon november 4th mrs george nurse was in charge of the devotional period including a lovely solo by miss ruddell mrs f wilson introduced new studj book serving with the sons 01 shuh and gave a vivid pic ture of the progress in west china during the past nftv years a vocal duet b mrs c b dick and miss edith wnggli7worth was followed by a few words by mrs h bird thanking mrs hartlev and mrs wilson for the kind invitation to their home rev j o totten closed the meeting with prayer a social half hour followed when the hostesses served lunch mrs f wilson spent a few days last week visiting friends in weston and new toronto miss e attridge of waterdown spent the wetk end at the home of mr and mrs f wilson miss l graham of toronto visited at her home here sunday mr george bellboddy who has been faithful worker on the farm of t brownridge for the past fifteen and a half years has gone to work for bernard miller on his farm near ba ulnaf ad rcaf gunnfr ready to go throughout canada from dawn to dusk keen eyed young men from canada and other empire countries learn to become gunners in rc af schools of the british commonwealth air training plan nothing is left to hazard in the training of a gunner for npon his sharp eyes and quick trigger finger depends to a large extent the efficiency of our air force in this photo a young gunner of the rc af with his vickers gun stands by the tail of a falrey battle ready for action g h s column by agnes reld halloween is over for another year and manj of the ghj3 students as ghosts and goblins paraded in the frolic presented by interested citizens of georgetown but woe is us on monday morning students came bust ling to school to worry over the tests that followed that day senior basketball three cheers for lhe senior basket ball team in their victory over mil ton seniors no doubt last wednes day oct 29th any person residing in town would be aware of the noise created from the riotous shouts at g hs campus it sounded like an amplified silo filling the play during the whole basket ball game was rap d and well executed as a resul ghs was victorious hav lng a score of 25 over 24 for milton junior basketball all the juniors put forth a noble effort but unfortunately didn t manage boys weve known since babies we see them board the train after their last leave home boys weve known since 4hey were babies we say good luck were all pulling for you as we bid them good bye but are we are we pulling all we can what are we doing to help them are we giving them the things they need so badly ships and tanks and guns and planes and ammunition are we giving them ah they need thats one thing we can do we who stay at home one thing we must do we must provide the money so much needed to win the war and one way to do that is to buy more war savings certificates the hdp of every canadian it needed for victory in ffiese day of war he thoughnatt fflsh spender it a traitor to our war effort a reduction in persona pending is now a vital necessity to relieve the pressure for goods fo enable more and more labour and mahtnatt to be drverted fo winning the war tne afl out effort which canada must mate demand ihte selfdenial of each of o to leave the field victors however everjorn concerned displayed the sixrtsmanshlp and co operation de sired m any good plnjer keep up the ood work visitors at g h s on tuesday afternoon dr outer bridge rev d h gallagher of oak ville and rev r c todd from georgetown united church visited the school dr outerbrldge tave an in teresting address on japan o ii s war effort the staff and students not being content with bujimr war savings stamps art forming a club to knit 40cks and scarfs tor our ex g hb boys we would appreciate it if any on nuresled woild save magazines for us as we are making up boxes magazines would be appreciated by the bojs in the forces rugby game at oakvtlle on friday october 31st a rugby game between oakville hs and g h s took place in the second period lawrence beaumont of our team suf fered head injuries the score was 20 to 0 in favour of oakvtlle need more be said with more practice we expect our team will make a better showing in the future council discusses continued from pajre 1 uu wo j nr to mcil term last year there will bt no nomination meeting uus j i ii but in l place a public mti tii g will be tiltd for pridaj even ing november 1st in the llbrarj when th hi nncni statement for 1941 will lx pr fined to the ratepayers a review ot hi jinrs activities will be tiv i h b the co inciuopi and rate pavers will hive an opportunity of ex prcvintr uem this and askng ques tions in nil i n to mtin clpal aflilrs band oct meeting place a the ilcj icst of councillor mac do uld tl lome scots band were nvi w rm v1011 to ust the room in the tow i hall which will shortly be vacated bv tlu hvdro commission whin they movt to their now main street offlc tin property commit let 11 nut with the band to discuss arrangements accounts passed support the war weapons drive in your community pubhjtd by tfce jtar sqtrfng comtmttm ottawa- spchd iess- to b0y mom warsavlngscertmcates the following accounts w for payment w spence ww sts w spence w w sts w sptncc ww sts w spence w w sts w h kcntner jon coal halton county s canadian brass co w w j schulz sts gartshorc thompson pipe foundry co ww bell telephone co w h kentner a son coal commercial stationery and printing co stationery w c anthony acct p b harrison postage etc georgetown herald printing joseph gibbons selecting jurors w o marshall eslecting jurors p b harrison selecting jurors jack tost sts hydro electric acct saxe motors fire truck lloyd davison sts w g marshall postage mrs m elsen ww rebate welfare accounts bradley bros food maple leaf dairy food esquesing township july account speights garage town truck passed 15 40 12 60 13 65 14 70 3335 1150 3538 6195 116 1618 1550 9025 2213 745 1312 300 300 300 2063 10833 637 10 70 100 120 600 180 5 74 16 73 active service notes leslie clark former herald em ployee who enlisted last june with the rcju is now an lac having pass ed his exams at no 4 wireless school ouelph rsm john murray is home for two weeks leave from camp debert nj3 elmei sonny stockrford reported last thursday at the army training centre in brantford for the fourmon th period of training pte w j norrlngton writes from kingston jamaica where he was re cently transferred with the argyle ana sutherland highlanders of canada he sent a copy of the dally oleaner kingston s daily newspaper which was read with interest in this office sample advertisement special invitation by prop j c burrhll to fallen humanity this man who is the descendant of the maroon i will cure ou from all your afflictions internal or external come without delay below is a letter from pte fred grace which we received a few weeks ago in which he thanks us for send ing the herald overseas aug 28th 1941 the editor tlie georgetown herald dear sir wish to express my thanks for receiving the herald for the past se veral eecs i find the old town paper just as interesting as ever as i ar rived here with the third contingent ithout the news for some time but now seem to have caught well up with most of the news in the recent mails and sort of feel in town again we have travelled most of the country here and find it wonderful country and have a vtry warm wel come wherever we go 1 thank you once again for forward lng me the herald i remain yours trulj pte f n grace b51557 canadian base depot lome scots canadian army overseas not only are ptes b j and w e tennant doing their bit on active ser- overseas but they have helped the war victims as well the sale of lucky draw tickets on a lome sottts cushion donated by the boys realized 37 lo when the draw was made in the herald office last saturday night john and tony mason sons of ool and mrs d h c mason former residents in this district are now txrth on active service midanlpnmn john is with the royal canadian navy and receives his mail at the meet mall office bermuda while tony la an lac in the rcaf stationed at windsor mlup quebec reported missing following air oper ations over enemy territory on octo ber 12th sgt william harold sproule of brampton is new reported as a prisoner of war according to a n received by his parents mr and mn harry sproule bui joined the rjo af as an air gunner in june 1040 his mother is the former hazel tuck of georgetown and his father is man ager of the f t hul co store in brampton i england sept 18th 1941 editor of the georgetown herald georgetown ontario dear editor a copy of your paper with the pic tures of our platoon was received last sunday sept 14th and it was a very pleasant surprise the local paper seems to be the only paper that la or much interest and it is one kmwg i know that we just couldn t get along without in the active service notes i hap- nened to find a letter written by my brother i am not- going to let hi beat me a writing letters so i am making a vain attempt to let you know that x enjoy the hometown paper too we have seen all the local lads that were in england before us and they all look great biit there still are some of us trying to nil in those woollies that are about size 40 but on the whole we are not doing too badly no 5 platoon our platoon has been brrken up and now there are only one or two of us left it is certainly quiet since the boys left the lads are on their jobs now and are on the field so i haven t seem them for about two weeks now but i hope to see them again soon the blackouts have just been put up over the windows and i am find ing it hard to continue so with a hello to all my friends i will close for now yours truly pte wheldon emmerson b51775 no 2 coy lome scots det no 1 odn gen holding unit canadian army overseas glen williams mr george beaumont of toronto was a week end visitor at the home of mr lindley beaumont ac2 john hooper stationed at mountain view spent the week end it his home mr george bllck attended the re union banquet of the 58th battalion in toronto on saturday evening mn a j williams glen williams wishes to thank her friends for the very many kindnesses shown to her wl uc in hospital especlallv the ladies bible class and the choir of the unit ed church for their beautiful flowers laurence beaumont is now progress ing favourably after his unfortunate accident while playing rugby with the g hs team at oakvillc last friday af u moon the old tyme dance held in the town hall on fndiv evening attract ed a larte crowci manv of them in hallow e en costume the dance or ganized by the glen community club was held to provide christmas boxes for our local soldier boys and around 60 00 was raised we now have thirty- tine boys on active service including elgiteen overseas the lucky num ber draw for a basket of groceries was won by george young of georgetown music for the dancing was supplied by the norton brothers with mrs cain at the piano and harry scott of limehouse was floor manager a re freshment booth was operated in con nection with the dance up to you sale friday night in town hall the red cross white satin flour lb v3c domino baking powder lb 19c domino tea lb 79c maple leaf lard lb 17c country kist peas 2 for 19c meats country kist corn 2 for 19c cottage roll lb 32c pork beans 3 tins 25c bacon lb 37c banquet tomatoes 2 tins 25c loin pork chops lb 36c glaced red or green breakfast cherries lb 49c bacon lb 41c cut mixed peel lb 29c dutch loaf devon skinless lb 29c raisins 2 lbs 23c weiners lb 24c recleanetj currants lb 15c devon sausage lb 24c oranges 200b 49c dobcn lemons dz 39c spinach lb 5c frtah tots 31b 13c grapefruit 4 for 2sc bananas 2 lb 19c freah parsnips bmjs8 sprouts lb 5c 2qu29c dominion stores ltd 66