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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening december 3rd 1941 5c a copy 2 00 a year off to the atlantic battle t 42139 forwarded to tely 300 mark passed approaches a cheque for 421 38 and a list of donations making up this amount was forwarded to the telegram b w v fund from the herald w v fund this week and the list will appear sometime towards the end of the week in the evening telegram the local vpund this week has passed the 2300 knark and now stands at s2320 92 among last week s donations was one of 31 40 from mrs d brill who dorated an electric broiler 6n which tickets were sold the draw was made at the legion bingo last saturday night and bert hunter of norval was the winner another donation of 2a0 from h l hutt was the proceeds of the sale of baskets of fancy gourds which he raised in his garden the gourds when varnished make attrac- tice table decorations a few baskets are stilt available lt anyone is inter ested also included in the donations is a total of 6 00 earmarked as christ mas cheer for british children which will be sent to the special fund for this purpose operated by the tele gram this fund will remain open till christmas v fund from herald auxiliary v- thegeorgetown herald british war victims fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram 227754 mrs c burnsdde 300 f w a 8th line 40 h l hutt sale of baskets of gourds 250 mrs d brill draw on electric broiler nov 29 3140 interest on bank deposit 08 christmas cheer for bri tish children acknow ledged in another column 600 total dec 3rd 232092 christmas cheer for british children an auxiliary of the herald b w v fund mr and mrs w g bell 5 w a friend 10 rural mait couriers meet in acton a very successful meeting of the halton rural mail couriers was held on monday night at the home of mr ana mfs william bracken acton there was an excellent attendance of couriers from all over the county who wete pleased to welcome as visitors mr and mrs chester matthews and miss matthews the genial postmaster oi acton also mr fred hunt post master of burlington satisfaction was expressed by all present at the result of the domln ion executives visit to ottawa dur ing their four days stay they discuss ed many important matters with the postninster general as well as the heads of the civil service the post master general assured them that he would strongly recommend that the application for the cost of living bonus be granted by the wages board an order in council was issued on october 30th granting the couriers 5 increase in wages to help meet the federal tax of 3 cents per gallon 1m posed last april on gasoline which it waa felt was a direct violation of all contracts entered into before that date alter the regular routine business was completed mr matthews and mr hunt gave the group the postmasters slant on rural mail delivery and the- efforts of the association in getterav- mr matthews expressed his appretuy tion if the splendid cooperation had received from the acton couriers at all times he particularly stressed the assistance wnich the couriers were able to render during the christmas rush in helping to sort all the mail therebv facilitating the prompt dell very of both the town and country mail the n xt meeting will take the form of a social evening and euchre party in tin legion room georgetown on daiiuarj 19th he proceeds of which will b devoted to one or other of the w ai efforts coffee and a bountiful supply o tood things to cat supplied by tn acton laaies brought another enjoy ible mettlng to a close total dec 3rd the georgetown herald ii soldiers comforts iii fund forwarded to georgetown f soliders comforts committee 15153 cash on hand ack nowledged 52 01 mrs c burnside 2 00 imiinafad couple celebrated golden wedding december 2 the weather by h l hutt what could be more variable than our canadian weather at this time last year ve were digging ourselves out trom o two foot fall of snow novem uer went out this year with a whole day of bright sunny sues like a day in june the average daily tempera ture for the whole month was 45 de hrtes above normal it is not often that farmers got such an opportunity to get all the fall lplntj done only once so far has uhil been u crust frozen hard enough to make plowing difficult following are the local records for tlil week date h and i rain temp fall tues nov 25 38 24 wed nov 26 42 32 thurb nov 27 48 32 fri nov 28 44 m sat nov 29 56 2ft sun nov 30 40 zfi mon dec 1 33 20 another corvette slides down the tions and supply has announced that ways of a canadian shipyard to join additional contracts are being negoti the large fleet that has already been turned out by canadian workmen to date canada lias launched 77 cor vettes j9 minesweepers 11 patrol boats 19 motor torpedo and crash boats and some 700 smaller craft hon c d howe minister of muni ated for 55 more corvettes and mintaweepers of a type substantially large rthan those constructed so far slxteen trawlers are also on the schedule phoio public information 0 total dec 3rd 20554 disastrous fire on papermill row the home occupied by the john mackle family on papermlu row was completely destroyed by fire which broke out on monday afternoon about 130 p m by the time the fire truck arrived at the scene the blaze was out of control and the eftorts of the fire brigade were devoted to saving the neighbouring houses only a few pieces of furniture were salvaged from the fire the house was owned by mr j p reid mrs moyer entertains st georges w a on wednesday evening november 26th mrs m h moyer entertained thirty five members of the women s association of st georges church of england at her home hillgirt mrs s walker president of the organlz a tion was in the chair the meeting opened with a hymn and prayer mrs moyer gave a splendid inform atlve talk on the angora wool indus try she has become interested the craft during the past year and has raised a number of thoroughbred an goras whose wool she spins into gar ments tor commercial distribution mrs moyer feels that there are pos sibiltles for the establishment of the angora industry in canada since the european war has destroyed this bus ness on the continent sixteen to twenty ounces of wool a year may be plucked from each rabbit and this commands a good price on the market she demonstrated the production of the finished garment snowing the various stages from the time the wool leaves the bunny the enjoyable and instiuctive even ing was brought to a close with a cup of tea served by the hostess service pte w l armstrong tio led at monlciih with the veten guard of canada spent a leave re cently at his home in orton on the evening of november 11th he took part in the remembrance day service at no fl frin giving an interesting talk on the great war men in uniform heme last week in eluded ac2 horace hurley and lac leslie clark guclph ac2 bruce kennedj toronto lac gordon mac donald aylmer sgt russell fire stine camp dobert ns pte bill king toronto ac1 stewart youne jarvt- ac2 yerne kirby aylmer lac jim kelly has been transferr cd from trenton to no 3 wireless training school in winnipeg man ac2 alf sykes is now stationed with the rcaf at jarvls on congratulations to john scrym geour who wrote us an interesting let ter from overseas this week he has been promoted to lance corporal it card of thanks mrs james wood and family wish to thank their many friends for their thoughtful interest and sympathy also the lund neighbours for their assist ance at the time of the recent loss of her dear husband and their father payroll war savings plan still going strong percentage figures released for local industries with some plants still to complete their pledging initial returns in the payroll deduction plan for the sale of war savings certificates in george town and glen williams are very promising an increase in every case over previous figures is noted and this is in dollar sales as well as pledges chairman w v grant or the em ployer employee committee reports good support from his several workers in some plants out of town speakers have addressed the employees the following figures show the per centage of employees who have sub scribed to the pledge plan brill hosiery mills alliance paper mills provincial paper paper meadowglen growers smith stone ltd olen textile industries j b mackenzie son frarlnctal paper coating richmond hosiery joseph beaumont dominion seed house r j mckechnie dies suddenly in u s georgetown native was business college president robert j mckechnie a native of georgetown died suddenly on satur day nov 15th at his home in james town ny he aufftred a cerebral on tuesday december 2nd mr and mrs s h lindsay 6th line esques- ing were at home to their friends on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary mrs lindsay the former battle cook was born in esqueeing town- hlp and mr lindsay in erin town ship they were married at the bride a home on december 2nd 1891 by the rev dr bail the bridesmaid was mrs isaac bennett who was present t the reception yesterday and the xrooihsman was mr hugh macolm oi regina sask who was not able to at tend the anniversary celebration the couple bought and settled on the farm on which they now live fifty years ago although the farm is now worked by their son in law mr mor tan madlll they are both active wor kers and in excellent health both are members or baulnafad united church and mrs lindsay is a mem- oer of bannockbum women-fl- insti tute in earlier days mr lindsay was interested in show horses and his en tries were always outstanding at dls- trict fairs on tuesday afternoon a reception was held for 35 relatives and in the evening about a hundred friends and neighbours called to felicitate the couple the bridesmaid of fifty years ago mrs bennett poured tea guesls were present from kitchener guelph georgetown limehouse and erin the family presented mrs lindsay with a gold wrist watch nd mr lind- sav with a gold parker pen and pencil the grandchildren gave a gold hlmorrnage mr mckechnie who 1 brooch with emerald setting and whs born in georgetown in 1887 en 1 told tie holder jj gated in advertising work in toronto they have one son d ii lindsay before going to the united states of actui and two daurntermrs earl riri engaging in the commercial price ebenezer and mrs morgan ma- sch iol b islneas in detroit he went to i i at liom a son william passed hxhister ny in 191 e labi ish ing a on ome years ago there are two ool which still bears his name- the mckechnie lunger school of com lllltlc he went to jamesiown in 1932 and is nud the presidency of the james oil biiiinci- college which position 1 i liau since held mr mckechnie early identified himself with various community in i there and has had an active pirt in various civic movements he was a member of the first methodist ci jrch little the lire of jamestown th local council or boy scouts of america the rotary club mt monah lodge h rec and accepted masons jamestou n consistory ancient ac cepted scottish rite and damascus temple ancient arabic order nobles of the shrire of rochester the luneral was held on wednes randcluldren price betty mae and bluy a letter lajt week from the hip co ordination committee in ouiw irew our attention to an item tppc innt in the herald of nov ember 5th in which we staled that a mi il witor m town was on leave from certain ship docjced at an eastern canadian port we believe it advisable to call to v o r amnion the possible danger of day november 19th with service in the h turn which if carried indls f methodist church and also cnmlnately might give the enemy a j mnic service interment was made clue to important naval operations in sunset hill cemetery a s t lu e t te r he is survived by his wife the of course- we had no such thought iormer myrtle soper of actan two in mind and we are genuinely sorry elmon s and donald v mc tint we had to be chcked on a point k of j imestown and a daugh- which e should have known all the tr f hcjmc also surviving are time wi wrong in th fiture we shall w j mckechnie of to l even mo e caref 1 than in the post lac douglas sargent has been transjcred from trenton to no 4 air observers school at london ont gnr angus mcdonald has moved irom cinip niagara to camp sussex nb with the 25th field battery r recording history 100 972 95 7 96 941 941 917 885 32 4 29 4 t employ e o the- h knitting machinery co bonus in war bonds instead of cash aad consequently are not partlctpat- idg in the plan ot the present time to reside in georgetown a pretty wedding took place at al ton presbyterian manse on saturday november 22nd when anna doris eld er daughter of mr and mrs james nevills erin became the bride of j harold mclaren elder son of mr and mrs john mclaren erin rev j a grant officiated the bride attired in rose crepe was attended by her sister margaret el eanor while fred mclaren was his brothers groomsman following the ceremony the happy couple left for an eastern honeymoon for travelling the bride was attired in blue with wine accessories on their return they will reside in georgetown attention veterans 1 initiation of new members of branch 120 canadian legion on sunday dec 7th at 3 oclock sharp by stratford degree team no 8 j f mccartney president card of thanks mrs walter parson wishes to ex press her deepest thanks to frlende and neighbours for their many kind nesses during the idneas and death of her tovinfiueband oontantly on active service on the home front and abroad is the re cordlntr equipment of the canadian broadcasting corrxvation overseas a specially built armoured unit bearing the cbc emblem has become a faml liar sight in country lanes and london streets from training camp to piccadilly wherever a canadian uniform captures an admiring gajte there may be found members of the cbc overseas unit with their canadiande signed equipment in ctanada two mobile units cover the actuality and special event as slgmnents which provide incidents in the cbc war service broadcasts sports evenja anniversary celebrations and official functions too have the benefit of teev mobile equipment and operating staff the picture shows clifford speer obc engineer in charge of recording unit no 1 in the act of mat ing- a recording somewhere in canada which will be used later in a obc the overseas recording unit is now engaged in the production of on the spot gumpses or the canadian war services in britain which will be deed in the forthcoming series and the oreateet of these beginning fri day december 13 at 930 pjn edt toledo ohio and thomas of james and a sister mrs james penn gallj sophie of creemore toxoid diphtheria campaign completed dr c v williams medical officer of health for georgetown announced this week that the toxoid diphtheria campaign had been completed dur ing the campaign three clinics were held at the public school for public and pre school children twenty four children of preschool age and twenty eight school children were given the complete dose of three njections and eighteen children en tering school this year who had been inoculated in infancy were given one reinforcing dose dr williams expressed himseh as well satisfied with the results obtain ed all public school children have had the opportunity this year and in previ ous years of being inoculated and about 951 of them have taken advan tage of this privilege council makes grants pays county rate at december meeting there was not much on the agenda at the december meeting of george town council which was held in the municipal office on tuesday evening after the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting and a fow items of correspondence the council occupl ed themselves with passing grants which are made every year 400 0o liven to the fire brigade ana 128599 tone mill requisition to the cemetery board 41200 was voted to the waterworks dep t for hydrant charges and a motion was passed transferring 250 from the foundry sii ktnc fund to current account the county rate of 7186 76 which falls due in the middle of the month was ordered paid at that time the hi committee was authorized to 1 j hi v mints turned in from now till the end of the year w g marshal was instructed to on beha f of the town at the tax sale on december 8th and to bid in nnv pi opcrties for the town if bids wfi e not recciv ed equaling the tax arrears and costs accruing q- the pro perties the following accounts were passed for payment w spence sts t 14 00 w spcnec sis 15 40 w sence w w sts 14 00 w spence w w sts 15 40 wm ward court services 4 00 f c thompson court services 4 00 k c mcmillan coal 31 00 j p reid ste 623 drpt of health welfare 126 a e wilson oo bal ance insurance 3 46 parke fc parke welfare 7 00 hydro electric 115 70 thos haines sts 63 75 public library rent 51 00 snyder s cartage sts 625 nichols chemical co sts 4086 j n oneill sts ww 460 mrs a ballantlne t rebate 130 k m langdon legglfees 250 canadian brass co w w 121 63 bell relqphone co 1697 p b hfcrruon excise 847 esquestng township taxes ww 21 j welfare accounts wr bmff boo richardson s hardware 46 maple leaf dairy 130 georgetown herald printing rub6 p c whltmee sts 3148 barbara whitley well known in montreal as an amateur actress since her fresh man days at mcgill barbara whitley first claimed attention as a disciple of stephen leacocks today claims his friendship and admiration for her own amusing monologues since graduation a year and a half ago she has gone on with her dramatic activities which have included many hours devoted to the entertainment of troops in the montreal area she will be heard in another episode of monologues of the mome on thursday dec 11 at 800 pjn edst when her subject will be christmas shopping strang murders evil intrxgue1 weird revenub riddle ik red by jonathan stagge starts in the american week ly with this coming sundays issue of the detroit sunday times an un- fonrettablp nww nonal- in full color by the author of the ttme talks and other popu lar novels be sure to gat ibe detract sunday times this week and arery