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t the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening december 24th 1941 sea copy 200 a year y at this happiest season of the year the editor and staff take this opportunity of wishing you and your families all the joyous happiness possible a wartime prayer of the children of britain z cheque for 24778 was forwarded this week to the tele- gram bwv fund from readers of the aeangatawii herald included in the total was 183js specially earmarked for christ mas cheer for british children it has been cheering to see the way this district has responded by n donations to bring the christmas spirit into britains homes it u impossible to comment on all the donation among tnetn was 3649 from the stewarttown school concert and a raffle on a quilt donated by mia w hodge s s no ebqueslng and s s no otfsfsl- gareach sent donations through their teachers miss stall and alias luank oacnptoau m0 tram the chen united sunday schwa tsm from the baptist children and mbjw from the white gut service at the united church showed that the children them selves were doing their bit for british children the fund total which includes the christmas cheer auxi liary now stands at 252533 all raised in ten months by the efforts of residents of this district the fund has shown no signs of abating in fact it gathers strength as the months go by and why not the need for help 1s everpresent and we are only doing a small thing when we give our ndokela and- dimes to helo our lessfortunate brethren in the g4d land we trust that the fund wiu continue to grow in the new tear and that the people of georgetown district will keep up the splendid work they are doing