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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wedaeadav evening december 3 lit 1941 ca copy 2 00 a year i j esquesips t elections monday one of the qujetest nomination meetings in the history of esquesing tuwntihtp was ttae one held lost mon day afternoon in the township han at stcnnrttown prior to the open meeting nominations were ecelved tor the offices of reeve deputyreeve and oounclli and the following receiv ed nominations for rehvehoward may by john w sungsby andloroe l muuin w a wilson by thomas bird add k o titirtaay for deputyreeve bdwin har lop by thomas bird and angus law son o wealey murray by david joe and a q ohurldge for councuti w o brownridge by r h hunter and ward ruddell george k cleave by graydoi ches- ter and angus lawson george c carrie by a o ctarrldge and david joe- edwin harrop by k c lindsay and thomas bird w a wilson by wuham gowdy and t l leslie mr isaac m bennett acting cbaliman introduced reeve w wusotv who dealt mostly with the county oouncll as it affects the muni npauty he explained how the equal cation problem had been settled for the year with esquesing paying a slightly higher rate to the coun y ai interest saving had been made again this year by paying the county rate when due and not borrowing money for the payment as his been done in other years deputy reeve howard may explain ed the reforestation work which the county la doing he said that there would most assuredly be snow plow lng on the township roads his year and believed that it is most important that this be done in order ha the farmers can make their best contribu tion to the war effort the present equalization is all wrong he felt but a change should not be nade till ai ter the war as it is a costly uroposl tion councillor murray outlined the re lief situation in the township which has only eight recipients none of these being ablebodied persons capable ox working he mentioned ilie system of contracting for gravel introduced at his instigation in 1038 which had el fected a material reduction in gravel costs in the following vears councillor harrop explained how now snow plow equipment though costly was proving a jood uwestaient in better service councuor cleave added that the snowolow was alio proving a benefit in the summer for ditching and road work and was pip ing pay its way with saving in road after the reports of the council other attendants at the meet ng made brief speeches w o brownridge thanked his nominators for h a nom ination for council james l stan dish and t l leslie exrerei and william qowdy excouncluo we e asked bo make a few remarks reeve wilson signified hs intention of retiring from the reeveship 1 fa vour of deputy reeve howard mav who thus received an ycclamatton as reeve for 1942 mr wilson vtu run as councillor a position in whln he served for thirteen years befot- nis election as reeve two years ao a proposal by thomas biro and william gowdy that the expens- of an election be avoided by ruurmng the present council to oflluc was nil ed out of order as nomn nt oris had been made and it was up o the no minees to qualify or not as they saw fit to the electors esquesing township alter six years experience as one of your elected repreawrtaurea on the esuucotng council i am asking your support for deputy reeve edwin harrop for depute reeve election monday january 5th ims vote murray for deputy reeve 8 tears expo enoe as councillor an active worker for the beat interests of esquesing township g wesley murray election monday january fa 1942 your vote and influence respectfully solicited for w 0 brownridge as councillor for the township of esquesing for the year 1942 george c cleave once more solicits your vote for councillor if elected i snad do my best to give you the nine aerrlee i have endeavoured to render in my past two years on esquesing township council your tote and influence abb respectfully solicited fob george c currie for councillor if alaeted i wffl pcrf ann um arllw of office to tbe best of my aboltr s limn ililtr f iitlrlc ul irith jotfee to il rau toes uuvr fob w a wilson as councillor of the township of esquesing for 1942 final figures on war services campaign now released georgetown district exceeds objective by over 5700 treasurers report shows a c weik treasurer ol the cana diar war services campaign in th georgetown district has released final figures on the campaign which shows the district to be over 700 past the k tal objective of 2500 the cam paign wifich took place last spring was a joint national appeal by the salation army ymca ywca canadian legion war services k en c canadian army huu and the i o dje for western provinces only and had a total objelve of 5600 000 heading the campaign in this dis l ct was alex maclaren as cha r man with fred mccartney vice uiairman harold mcclure secretary and a c welk treasurer on the final returns made to head quarters 3263 28 was sent in cash ou of a total subscription of 331128 the balance of 48 was in unpaid pledges milton editors wife dies suddenly former resident of glen williams mnnrned by many friends in this district mrs f leonard white wife of the editor of the canadian champion mutcr and a former glen williams resident died suddenly in gait hos pltal on friday december 19th she had undergone major operation three weeks before and her recovery was so marked that she had planned jo return home or the week end when death came suddenly on friday mom lng mrs white wa the former mary rebecca mae breiman and was born in stlttsville forty one years ago when she was very young she movea wltn her family to glen williams where in 1920 she married j 8 fry who predeceased her in 1928 she wa an active member of glen williams united church serving as president of the ladles aid singing in the choir and teaching in the sunday school when she became the wife of f leonard white in march 1034 she transferred her interest in church and community affairs to milton she waa a member of st paul s united church he milton red cross and the ladle lawn bowling club besides her sorrowing husband she is survived by two daughters mrs fred johnson and miss marjoiie fry of georgetown and a young son donald age seven years the funeral service on sunday december 21st which was largely attended was con active service notes aw2 fanny weaver of toronto spent christmas at her home in the olen opl bill hewitt was home from camp borden with his family for christmas opl c f davles has returned to his unit at sussex nj after spend ing a furlough in town with his family congratulations to pilot officer ed ward lunan now stationed at achulet ward lunan now stationed at uchulet mission a cablegram received yesterday by his parents mr and mrs arthur wu son informs them chat sgt john w1i son has landed safely overseas for duty with the rcjlf bill murphy son of gdsm and mrs james murphy has enlisted with thtj r caj another recent air force re cruit is lew humberstone son of mrs t a humberstone both young men are at present at manning depot to ronto men in uniform home for christmas leave included lac horace hurley and lac leslie clark guelph lac w j kelly winnipeg opl j hurst and ac1 wllbert bradley brantford pilot officer kenneth mackenzie st hubert quebec acq alfred syltes jarvis ac1 frank carter st thorn as ac2 v r klrtoy aylmer pu elmer stockford- braniford pilot officer ian mackenzie hagersville pte norman delke chlppawa ac2 norman marchment and ac2 arnold atowood toronto opl harold mar shall ottawa aol stuart young jarvis osm henry shepherd new market lac gordon mcdonald ay lmer ac1 armand swackhamer mountain view roy preston ron vr toronto will georgetown have a hockey team decision will be made at meetiiifti dii night schedule drjwii up a meil ng of the george jn hockej club vas t tld lust nifcht i he ait la uncn it vas decidtd to ml what playtrs acre aval lab t and make a de cislon bj friday whetl cr g a will inter ai intern c lime t urn his jear oeorgeumi haa reen gr uxd with eimira fergus a id gue pli o a c in lie s rie ct ls v ar a id a game st tdultd lor lait monuj w th tmu was iwstpjti a i he locals are oookid u app ar in rer is uil con rriay night but c cond t n ro not appca avo rabli nd jiat too will probably be poatikincj at lime ol writing n 10 ks as n georgetown will have i team but a ol can happei bttween nw ind fri uaj and the club hopes here will be a good turnout at the ni ng on f- day evening dec 2nd n h arena d pan when officers iil be elected for this season all uie clubs are laced ith the same problem of en i tmen s cutt ng into their line tips this yeut nt d wh le georoetown has uffeieu 1 must be rtmemocrcd that other clubs wilt not e o strong either see you friday at the mee ing christmas visitors here ah0 there mr bill scrmlts spent christmas at his home in colllngjwoodl mr and mrs amoldxatwood spent christmas in shelburne miss elizabeth langan of toronto was home for the christmas holidays mr and mrs walter biehn spm christmas day in windsor with his family mr and mrs alastair kean of jto ronto were home for ttie christmas tiollday mr jim mcnlven has returned to fort erie after spending christmas at his home here mr and mrs ed hoare of oshawa visited over the holiday with thelr famllies in town miss clara ouance 9za of hager vllle spent last week with her cousin mrs d campbell mw and mrs a b parr of sud bury spent christmas with mr and mrs w j campbell dr f e blehn of windsor spent reways in town last week with mr and mrs walter biehn mr and mrs william bonathan spent christmas in toronto with mr and mrs j weatberstoft mr and mxs j w kennedy were christmas visitors in toronto with mr and mrs j h stevens mr douglas bracken spent the holl day in gananoque with his parents copt and mrs e j bracken miss marlon nonie of umehouse ls spending her christmas holidays with her aunt mrs harvey allen mrs wilfred c bessey and miss mrs r b matson in brampton mr and mrs p b ooffln and frances spent christmas in hamil ton with mr and mrs v smith wv fund totals 253412at year end as 1941 draws to a dose the her aid war victims fund which was started barely ten months agi totals 2534 12 last week a donation of 630 was received from mrs j saun ders the proceeds of a raffle on a house coat the bouse coat was won by mrs j goodie who turned t in for a second raffle to raise money for the war victims a draw on a cradle and doll conducted by mrs k prestor netted 20 for the fund ine era ale and doll were donated by mr preston s sister mrs tom mc donald of barrie eric warnes won the cradle and mrs a grace was win ner of the doll tvueted by her pastor rev j b moore the floral tributes were many and beautiful interment was in eyjuuunenl his christmas i sreen cemetery milton parerts at nonal weds in scotland quietly in oburch oiaagmr day e pte r loruao wright attended by of glasgow and best man ptea tuck r the bride was and carried a k tertmana rc scotland on turn um at 7 pm married miss mary nora spalolng also pte c bojfe acted as d ubphall and a p tbe grooms olatoon dressed in pal blue of roses and heather after ceremony the couple were r by the brides aunt mrs smifh where the table was beautifully arranged wlta i rue 1 and ftrnbih hrvmh tov miss helen wllilams first year stu- oent at tbronto university spent the christmas holidays with her parents dr and mrs c v williams mr andwmrs barle evans and daughter nary elizabeth of new brighton pennsylvania spent christ mas with mr and mrs m h mover mr and mrs walter mcoilvray of burlingtcn were with his parents mr and mrs f l mconvray and mr and mrs garfield mjcouvray for christ mas day mr and mrs bruce mackerude of belleville spent christmas with her parents n brantford visiting at hi home in town the following day on their wny home mr and mrs george lake of lang- staff mertort lake of timmlns and lieut jack lake of hamilton visited last saturday with mr and mrs a h feller mr and mrs j m mckinlay don aid john and mary of toronto spent the christmas holiday with mrs r e harrison mi p b harrison and mlsshazel harrison mr and mrs thomas allen and daughter joan of oshawa and mr joe allen of long branch spent christmas with their parents mr and mrs thomas allen mr harvey wlllson of toronto capt r w moleay halifax mrs r w mcleay and family of mimlco spent christmas at the home of then- parents mr and mrs w h wilbon mr f leonard white editor of he canadian champion milton and son donald mr and mrs fred johnson and misu marjorie fry spent christ- i glen williams rev and mrs john ostrom joined doris bessey spent christmas with mas with mr jim hill and family at mr and mrs herbert cleave mrs r waldle spent christmas with her daughter and son in law mr and i a family party in toronto for christ mas which included her mother mr t c bolton mr and mrs r a perigoe and mr and mrs a b clark mr and mrs steve norrie and fa- rrtj l it m visited with her parents mr and a christmas visitor in town with her t nhhcml parents mr and mrs w h long mr larry mackenzie of belleville was home for christmas with his par ents mr and mrs sid mackenzie misf dolores broomhead visited three days last week in brampton with mr and mrs walter rasmussen mrs harry jefferles of brampton tslter with mrs harvey allen and daughter barbara noon thomas allen on christmas mrs allen has been confined to her bed for lhe past five weeks we hope bhe may hae a speedy recovery pie jack harrison of the rca m c who has been confined to christie stree hospital for the past three welks spent christmas day at the home ol his parents mr and mrs s harrison and returned to the hos- christmas after pltal on friday mr and mrs harrj thornton mis miss usa bessey of kilbride is enid thornton mr and mrs tom spending the christmas vacation with hope miss sadie leslie of toronto her parents mr and mrs herbert mrs woo thompson is spend ing this week in st catharines where she is the guest of miss f w rich ardson mrs d boyd and miss vera boyd spent christmas day with mr and mrs floyd downs and family at hornby mr uack thompson of toronto spent a few hours on christmas day with his parents rev and mrs w g o thompson mr r o stapleton and miss d cordner of acton spent christmas with mr and mrs h stapleton at nonal mr norman bird baa of mon treal ls spending the holidays with his parents mr and mrs thomas bird christmas visitors with mr and mrs 8 p cjhapman were miss s e brown of toronto and mr wm brown of cobouxg mtsj frank pettlfer and daughter frances of guelph spent a few hours on boxing day with her mother mrs f bradbeer mr h b mclellan of stratford and mrs m munro of toronto were holiday guests with mr and mrs frank petch mr and mrs harold richardson and son bruce of toronto were holi day guests with his parents mr and mrs j richardson pte c e stapleton of no 10 b t c knolrwood park kitchener leave with his mr and mrs frank kentner ad toronto spent christmas day in town with his parents mr and mrs vance kentner master douglas and master roy bird ere spending their holidays with their aunt and uncle mr and mrs campbell sinclair mr and mrs walter rasmussen and heather anne of brampton spent christmas at the home of her mother mrs lily broomhead miss margaret campbell nurse in training at toronto western hospital spent christmas with her parents ml and mrs john r campbell mrs joe shehdn and son jackie have i eturned to chatham after spending christmas with her parents mr and mrs thomas allen miss jessie young nursing sister with lhe rcaf now stationed at toronto spent the holidays with the misses young main street mr and mrs j h wilson of chippaws and mr and mrs stanley godfrey of toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs j d godfrey mr and mrs roy king and daugh tern marlon and elaine of toronto spent the oaiistmag holiday with his jnothmrshbanv-qu- tonrlnfe the reception the couple left for loch isomond where they spent tbelr honeymoon their residence wix be ln the viclnityrf pte lorusso s camp somewhere in england mr and mrs claude kentner mr and mrs w h cole and daughter jean and betty of milton spent obrlaomat day with mr and mrs w h kentner mr lliyd leslie ford ord califor nla with other members of the family spent christmas at the home of mr and mrs t l leslie durham st mr and mrs thomas watts mr and mrs jack rush and marilyn of toronto flying instructor and mrs charles stockford of vlrden mani toba and pte elmer stockford of brantford spent the christmas holi days with their parente mr and mn harry stbctford christmas guests at the home of mrs t a humberstone included mr and mrs f robertson and son harry of hornby mr and mrs oopeland and eon howard of huttonville mrs l perry toronto ac2 lewis humber stone toronto mr b firjay and mr e hyde holiday visitors with mr and mrs c sargent included mr and mrs w dltchfield and children of windsor stoker george williamson ran who ls stationed at st johns new foundland and mrs williamson of windsor and mr and mrs bernard cowtan of brampton vilstors at the home of mr and mrs thomas lyons over the holiday were mr and mrs ross campbell toron to miss charlotte lyons mr jack wcdley mr and mrs bob oosgrave also of toronto mr and mrs harry barrett and children mr and mrs emerson mcklnney and children all of brampton mr hugo lyons ol cheltenham and ac1 stuart young of jarvia- unlversity students home for the christmas vacation include miss betty grant university of toronto with her parents mr and mrs w v grant weir reld university of to ronto with his parents mr and mrs w h reid roy foulis uuversity of toronto and john foulis mbmaster unveisiu with their parents mr and mrs r b foulis mr arthur dayioot emmanuel college toronto with his parents mr and mrs 0 b dayfoot the georgetown herald british war victims 1 fund j forwarded to toronto evening tejngram 2a2s3 mrs j saunders raffle on house coat won by mrs j ooochet uno turned it in for second raffle w dranv on cradle and oml donated by mrs tom mcdonald barrie 1jso total deo sist t 3shj1 r stoky omttto there ls no instanent of our 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