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the georgctovyn herald wednesday evening teceniber 24 1941 born pioobml and mrs b factor an tunv to wmoudca the birth of quebt cuaia qll at queiph doner ttitpiul deoober 1m1 aaortzurat her home bkulnaftul ontario on thursday dec 18th 1m1 agnes o barr widow at the lata ban flbortlll in her 75th tear 71m ftneral was held on saturday from the bane at a pjn ibtennant at bhuiiafad cemetery greetings everyone thanks for all the times youve given ua a chance to help you were happiest when wovii know we can be of somrf j 1 1 service to you enjoy yourselves and have a merry christmas x community christmas tree enjoyed by kiddies large crowd on hand to greet santa fowl draw takes place at tree on main street a large crowd of children was on hand last saturday afternoon at 3 pjm when santa c9aiu made bis yearly appearance in georgetown unfortunately there was a lack of snow the same ac last year and i was a truck rather than a sleigh which brought the genial old fellow from his northern home but whats aanall detail like that when the truck was laden with bags of candy nuts and oranges plenty for each and every kiddie that was there after the bags were distributed the xinual fowl draw took place the irgetown lions club which sponsor the draw reported a brisk sale of tic kets this year for the draw which always proves popular in georgetown lth lions c bumside and w b long topping the ticket sellers lion burnslde and t elson were the com mittee in charge of ticket sales draw winners were turkeys no 6 douglas bracken social and personal miw jean mcallister la spending two weeks homdays at her home in town mi jamovp bffns has resigned her posftnjt astjftwust of knox presbyterian church mrs david crichlon of toronto visited last week endln town with mr and mrs d p ohehton miss muriel kean arrived home from smiths palls last week for a christmas visit with her parents mr and mrs a kean a number ht friends from qeorge town attended the funeral of the late mrs harry shortill at balllnafd last saturday mr william maclaren and mis myrtle motyer whose marriage takes places next week are guests of hi parents mr and mrs a maclaren glen brae mrs alex lewis and mrs robert puckering were in oolnngwood on thursday attending the funeral of mr john mcnab husband of- the for mer pua stewart of terra gotta dr and mrs r t paul and misses mary and betty paul were guests at the wedding of phyllis capps and morlcy wakelln hallett in grace unit active service notes lao fred annstronk who has been stationed at trenton wh the rcap left last week tor service in the west better than the herald to our read s with relatives overseas is pte wheldon emmerson who recently re turned from ekkgland young owner- m who celebrated his 10th birthday overseas enlisted with the lomg scots when the regiment was mobilise ed for active service last spring and not till he was overseas was it dis covered that he was under age which subsequently led to his return home he reports that ill luck has befallen the bmmersons over there with both pte seve and pte joe booked for a j siege in the hospital congratulations to pte rooco loru- sso and his bride the former mary wright of glasgow scotland who were married on october 21st in that city pte lorusso is the first lome scot to find himself a wife overseas an account of the wedding with pic tures of the principals will appear next week in the herald c ac2 bruce kennedy who recently joined the rcaj in toronto is now posted on security guard duty al the technical training school st thom- barfoer and tobacconist e r magloughlen georgetown e85ooaec ed church brampton last saturday turkeys no 6 douglas bracken i t evening service at st georges no 860 elsie bullock no 906 blackle i church ol england last sunday took mrs w spence no 176 a c wlql spec christmas music by the an9 r kennwtv st welk no 759 abble miller h r l i choir mfttul solo parts sbs ac1 sfuar sss 1 in the carols ana during the offertory rqnuj 1 leslie clark guelph preston sang a nhifo i and no 1519 bob cox chickens no 1816 bve olarke adams mrs christmas congraiula lions lac horace lawson no 1430 bill wylle no 2189 arid no 1502 r marchment 2 1414 mrs w e nodrwell no 1696 ronald ritchie no 2185 clarence robbins no 2415 mrs c ruddy no 2050 keith spence and nevl34fi mrs r wiuiam geese no 1985 kjsoiiins no 1887 j harlow no 1061 george hoaxe no 1092 mary paul no 577 ralph ross no 1476 mrs s tennant nil eib slxth birthday fijrated last thursday another bou- eub and miss llc ion lr4 pk1l wlnnlrs p i2t ma tree draw t let on christ ont ton coa no kenned 2nd turkej no oiort w t tktr loronto 3rd i- betty i lullab i ssq st owlllftfens no t flowers ln united i hurkj who has passed his exams at 722 maftorle kenser noow li u on sunday ere placed by her no 4 wlrllw school guelph 3tli iamuyln hono r of mrs d campbells l which she cele cpl william emmerson is spend int a fourteen da furlough in town quet was in memory of mr william ttll i famil d johnston placed there by mrs johnston and mrs norman snyder oi v e inrlhe herald window is a prior to closing lor the christmas rug which pte joe emmerson hook vacation a christmas party was held ed lo his wife donl gel us wrong last friday afternoon by the pupils uio h pte emmtrson is torn alesc of eurtetov n public school under ing m hospital overseas and made the direction of principal h c wrig tht rig lor lus wife while in the hos 1685 t wold no 1287 bob ronnie j bu worth and miss g young two a it is madt of ahiu wool with baskets of fruit were sent by santa ps were staged by the stn or classes i us mi in b u u id m tl t vic claus to the following who were sick several solos and reclta or v and could not et out to the tree ll0lli foled bj the tiiging douglas latimer margaret sargent arni lki mri dorothy lane and marion ritchie rrlo after the retu ar etnlng service iri the man friends of miss ruth knox picsbu il ch rth last s n davis daughter of mrs george davis da carol strwci w u held by the 1124 will regret to learn that she is very yount ptoplcs soc em- ol knox and 111 ln guelph general hospital and lumhoit ch irclus mw edna pres irtc no l2ol s b groat 4th on t dtnt ol the geortttowi or got no lo a c b giutby taiu2a on wa n liurie mr ph lip brampton oth goost no 1724 mrs schisslcr secoi d jtar theologica stu- mjlliere lunehouse dent at knox collect toronto w ho pre icl ed al tin ivening sericc was present and gave a talk to the groups who wre joined b members of the congregation light ref reshim nts were mrs philip g early mother of served after the service major j rnott euilv ol gtorgetown the annual christmas recital by i mint overseas with the canadian pupils or margar- dickie atcm arm passed away on friday decern was given in the public school satur btr 12th it hir home n brampton day afternoon dec 20th n the pres after a illness of three weeks ence of the parents of the children early the former maria jane a new reature or the recital was arnott was bom in norval a daugh demonstration of rhythm and piano ter of the late james and elizabeth work by the kindergarten pupils arnott besides her husband she is patsy schrag sylvia lambert sandra uried by three sorib major j arnott scott and sandy mackenzie the class early ewart of toronto and frank and private pupils taking port were al home and a daughter edna of anne crabtree betty olarke margaret toronto also surviving is a sister bradley uuda ginsberg james held- mrs c h donard of ki lake mann jane milne john heldmann t mrs early was a member of grace mary woods mgeborg hauptmann i united church the ftmeral service audrey dillon katheleen thompson i on monoa was conducted by her pas buddy twt violet bbmw june j e a chester interment to our many customers and friends we wish a merry christmas and a prosperous and hppy new year mcbean co phone 64 georgetown j2 send then sltlcerest wishes speedy return to health ikjunv srfu f men sj o ilent is the night the town jvigilantly waits for santa many tousled heads asleep on the pil low but there remains one who is active busy every minute and we stiall constantly be at your service night and day to make your christmas and new year happy maccormacks phone 327 drug store georgetown geggy the a tre quistmu night and friday december 25 and 26 here comes mr jordon robert montgomery bv keyea stooge comedy from nurse to worse fox news saturday december 27 ufe begins for andy hardy mickey booney jndy garland lewis stone cartoon fair today chapter 9 drums of fu manchu ma at t am tuesday and wednesday december 30 and 31 caught in the draft aart comedy bob hope dorothy laaaew march of time peace by adolph hitler trayeltalk glimpses of washington cartoon mouse trappers midnight show new years eve at 12 oclock fun and noise makers for all million dollar ba frtaefda lane jetfrj lybb selected shorts and community smg was ln norval cemetery moving pictures feature knox christmas pabt clarke bernice hughes and norah cleave lhe program closed with goq save the king and the serving of light refreshments those assisting were misses jean mackenzie norah cleave and bernice hughes twq or thnc r movjng plfi engagement tures shown by mrs john r barber mr and mrs a maclaren olen w the featuie of a sunday school brae georgetown announce the christmas concert at knox presbyter- forthcoming marriage of their son i church last friday evening pre- wlulam james walker to myrtle clare vlous to this supper was served by motyer daughter of mr and mrs r motyer of llsmor pembroke bermuda the ceremony will take place in the united church george town on friday january 2nd 1943 at 330 pan the weather the sunday school teachers arrang ed by mrs w t sinclair carol ton tnc and recitations by members of the sunday school were followed with gifts of candy and fruit to the kid dies rev c c cochrane was chair man for the evening fcmyoure a jolly good fellow and weve enjoyed serving you in 1941 v we re proud that our relations with our customers involve 0lliiti tliitmad friendship as well as business and we want to wish them a really merry christmas robbs drug store phone 76 4t rexall store georgetown ever remembering our boys who are serv ing with the armed forces overseas and in canada we wish them and you he compliments of the ghrlstmas reason longs confectionery christmas concert at st georges the sunday school children were guests at the annual christmas can by h l hutt in our report last week which by the way was swamped under a fiooa of christtnas advertising we mention ed that winter really seemed to have st georges church of eng arrived and we had good sleighing with land last fri nbht the wo- four inches of snow now with a re mena association served a hot sup turn of almost indian summer con p to children after which mr dltions the snow has all disappeared i qnsberg showed moving pictures and with only two more days to appropriate to the season which were phone 89 f georgetown aeoae- at icaav3aiaaibccwc christmas it looks as if we may have a green christmas after all following are the local records for the past two weeks date h and l snow temp fall tues dec 9 33 29 wed dec 10 33 22 thurs dec 11 26 15 fri dec 12 19 6 sat dec 13 28 16 4 sun dec 14 32 26 mon dec 15 27 20 tues dec 16 35 21 wed dec 17 34 31 thurs dec 18 44 32 fri dec 19 40 27 sat dec 20 17 16 sun dec 21 22 5 mon dec 22 34 19 last sunday was the shortest day of the year from now on till the 2w of june the days begin to lengthen and according to the old adage as the days begin to lengthen the cold begins to strengthen baptist sunday school program the sunday school obrmmas pro gram was held on friday night in the basement of georgetown baptist ohurcbr supper was served by th ladlesof the church after which each class contributed something to a varie ty program glfu were distributed to sunday school members rev rand mrs john e ostrom sang a duet and they were accompanied at the plane by margaret cook hi hairy wood superintendent of the sunday school was chairman for the evening enjoyed by all prizes were presented for attendance and progress to child ren in each class and small gifts were given to the members of the primary class mr fred mcnally gave a talk on christmas new years eve party ryan auditorium guelph danciag from it to t to the outstanding music of eddie mccrudden ace klectvic gutt4ju8t and hlv orchestra 3 horns baiaoonb novelths join in tno fan ladies lh gentlemen lm 3 to all the families in town ji our christmas wouldnt be complete unless wed availed ourselves of this opportunity to extend to you wishes for a truly merry christmas our sincere maple leaf dairy phone 200 georgetown milk dellrey on cniwmaa r now tcn i pw t wbl 1 i mull on u 11 io f to united church btjndat school uoncert the nunuml christmas ooooert of ttw baited church sunasj school was held on friday aveoing with a good atten dance j n 0 tl r- lanh panr the enjoyable program which un ci ones redtauona onus and a saissn iaceent by the senior fjrlr dsases of the school a nlar entitled todf put the kettle on- was star ed by the tonowtnf memhen yoong peonlels unton auaa 1 kathleen ions marlon o mm b a toda bettj snrder korek olswe alia the ynejiain f