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the georgetown herald wed january 19th 1944 borrowed plumage by mabjonifjlmes ofccliir syndicate wnu ssjtvle nce more jean read through the letter which had arrived to find- her in a mood of despondency most unusual like a gleam of sun shine it had brightened the gloomy prospect of a christmas away from home to be sure living with one s stepaunt didnt make much of a home but even that was better than the dittunl deserted campus arid the empty dormitory whose walls still echoed tvith the jolly laughter of de parting girls and then had arrived this charm mt note from one of the university s most attractive graduates my dear miss gray it will afford us the greatest pos sifcfle pleasure to have you spend the holidays with us we are entertain ing most informally and will expect you christmas eve- cordially yours marjone holden most informally jean s brow clouded instinct told her that those two words had been inserted to inti mate that her hostess did not expect her to come equipped with evening gowns and opera capes only jean had so much less than that i i cant go jean winked back unaccustomed tears and stared hard at a picture on the wall in front of her ag her vision cleared she be came aware that she was gazing at the group photograph taken after jhe last dramatic society jly what fun she had had for one brief evening she had been a star and worn truly becoming clothes h only jean sat suddenly up right vfitti eyes that sparkled ill go uf jtfjffl holdens and wear those clothes ha cried ecstatically jeans inspiration was born of the lact that the dramatic society had issued a recent edict clothes worn jn the annual plays were to be purchased and become the property of the orgenwation and so be always available for future performances jean was property mistress and held the ky to the wardrobe that con- tamed them i if mrs holden had not been abroad when we gave nancys eng lish cousin this little stunt might have been impossible mused jean as the following day she folded and packed the smart little serge dress she had worn m the third act three changes there had been noted re spectively m the stage directions as a onepiece serge a-simpletr- ty frock and a striking outdoor costume jean took all three late christmas eve found jean- sinjcing blissfully to rest prepared to dream of the coming good times with the jolly crowd which had met her so hospitably at the station but the following morning at the gay hollydecked breakfast table mrs holden unsuspectingly turned jean happiness to ashes my brother jean who came after you had gone upstairs last night why youkknow each other tf course we know each other smiled a singularly attractive young man i coached the play in which miss jjray played a demure little english girl and well h i remem ber her in the parti yes it seemed that cary end cott who had made nancys eng lish cousin the success it had been was mrs hbtdens brother jean had known him simply as the popu lar young assistant professor from a neighboring boys college and he remembered her well m the part so of course he would remember the onepiece serge and the sim pie party frock to saying nothing of the striking outdoor costume ft seemed to her that she could read his very thought coidd imagine him saying ah yes the young lady took ad vantage of the fact that the girls were away to tog herself out in stage prope how did she expect to get away witlt tv but whatever the young man s in ner thoughts his outward attitude was one that any girl might havt approved on one ol the very list days ol vacation the crowd set out on snow shoes acrosk the hills cir h h n mahaged matters so that h and jean lagged far behind the others suddenly in a snowy but sheltered hollow as the rest topped a distant summit and disappeared cary turned right about face and held out his arms jean darling will ou be my wife the abruptness of his words did not rob them otef fectiveness jean flushed furiously i oh why how can you after after otigecoies pte bruce harley relates trip to mount etna we are pleased to publish the follow ing letter received by mr and mrs dean harley from their n bruce now in italy describing his trip to mount etna one day last week talte a few of tht boys of mj unit were given the chance through the educattonat services dcrs were much bigger now and vury- loose so we kept slipping back from here on we rested many times one by one the boys hod been dropping out until there were now only six of us left and i was the only one of our unit t3ie other one who anally made the top was now awuy back at last cloud formation and could now the summit just aheicl alter rest ing three more tinus vl finally madt il it certainly iin i it i great fcel- nt just to llunk i ind conquered mt firm nnd lljc ilrt one or my urrit to do it the other fellow came alonj ibout twenty minutes ilr we all felt quite happy ibout the w hole thing here we to mil a sihv erected by a certain highland division ajong put our names on tt too also date and where wc came from it was wonder ful yet strange away up there far below us we could see occnnsor clouds and above the sky was so clear and blue we could see the bottom of the crater there were large fissures in the old lava and from them came steam and sulphur fumes the guide warned us not to go too near these as the fumes are very dangerous af ter resting awhile and the medical officer had taken our- pictures we started on our downward journey assistant professor endicott s face expressed nothing beyond utter myj tification then he shook his head i m afraid maybe i m dense mt and jean had to explain her slim hands clenching themselves within the odd little english muff which was part of her striking outdoor costume when she had finished cary jusi stood for a moment regarding her evar so tfently ever so tenderly then didnt you know you funny gjai tfeat man can live with clothes year j and year out and never notkw thaml its the people that scaar flsm1snt count climb mt etna along with boys or l j verai other units we left by lorry early hi the morn- g ind joined up with three others the footot th mount along our xay we- passed through many interesting- places its a won der we dldnt hit a few donkeys as we eruinlj came close to some of them one of our cooks came with us to look alte- our supper wc were aliro klvcii lwo sandwiches per person for tilnt tr wc wore oor great coats and wtth namcs of ottlsl il packs and lucky for us wo did lotts had as it turned our to be a cold trip i took my binoculars with me as i knew the would come in handy also wmc chocolate i had saved up well at last our orries started to md up die mountain road mt etna looked very majestic fiom this point they say it is close to 11 000 in height the road was rather narrow in places and sometimes dan gerous bui we made it without any trouble except at one place where we met an english convoy our lorry ran into one of theirs and we all piled up he front of the truck luckily for j us ooyfa we weren t going fast or some body would have been hurt along this road there were a couple of places that reminded me ol canada in the fall we also passed several graves made with piled up bits of lava mark ed by an ordinary plain cross and the soldiers steel helmet we dld get close enough to tell wheuier they were english or canadian maybe they were both the higher up we went the colder it got i was glad i had worn clothing some of the boys dldn t so dldn t feel so comfortable we saw many wonderful sights ajong the way i doubt if you can imagine some of it unless iou have looked at many of the colourful pic tures of this old volcano lucky for us that english engineers had built some small bridges along this road or e would have had take a much longer and very rough deuur we saw where the large streams of lava had come rolling down this is a sight to see and sometimes the roadway cut right through them after some length of time we reach ed a little hotel and the end of the road for the lorries beyond that was nothing but desolation here we had warm drink to warm us up before we journeyed on soon we lined up in a long single e and the officer in charge gave us little talk and instructions then the guide took over we all wore sweaters under our tunics as the climbing would help to keep us warm sure was rough looking country now and the lava formation was very odd looking some pieces were so big that you could easily hide behind them here the trail began to zlg- making the going not too bad it was just lice climbing up a very rough cinder pathway now we could not see very far ahead of us because the clouds that were rolling in around us this added a very strange atmosphere at times it seemed as if you were on another planet the mist of the clouds kept rolling in waves and there was no sign of antrnwl or plant life except for a fat type of cactus at last we broke through the clouds and w could see the summit of a hill just up ahead with a lookout shack here we rested and i ate m chocolate while we were resting along came some english soldiers on their way down they were very cold- but had not reached the top ahead of us we could see a long slop ing hill of snow and beyond that an other hill and an observatory which w thought must be the top but we soon learned we still had another rt to go by now many of the boys began to tire some went no fur ther a medical officer and mi sell wrt now leading here the slope was very icy and lhe going hard llnm way up this slope we rested and i car ved your name and mine in the icy snow i had made up my mind to be first to reach lhe observatory and i did and well ahead of the rest when i pot there i found two eng lish air force boys having lunch they said they hadn t been there long the wind was whistling throughout the old building and one side was covered ftith white rrjstals so was m uni form also ntstetbrotw inside on uie walls w ere carved kjepbe3ent3 canada it took us over four hours to reach the top and only about half the time to come down we took a different way down and ran part of the way did we tcavel on the way down the guide pointed out to us a couple of smaller craters also showed us where lhe streams of lava flow to we certainly were a dusty looking lot when wc got back to our starting place i brought some lava from the top in my tunic it was rather warm when i plckld it up wil try to send you some us souvenirs before climbing into our loirics vc hod oiu supper arid did it ever taste fcooil rit was canned stow u e icmacndcr of our trip down wis a irdlny ride its a wonder wc did i t ut sonh thing during the irip one ot the boys in bitting down lu um hit on a laetus il e medical corp h id sunic job pulling out the needles ha lui lllen again we had a bit laith when some pf the boys went into what they thought wis i urauge orchard when they got out they found they had a bunch of if dions 1 1 like to tell you about some of the interesting places we passed through on our way back to camp but of course that lsmut of the ques tioq we were a tired lot ot boys and glad to go to bed that night i briialn a th as i now look back at mt etna i can hardly believe i have been to the top it was a wonderful- experience and one i u not forget next day i had a swim in the blue mediterranean what a change zm thovafahhpga njn cli f tilt ccmmiwoi ol nimcri a mem chairman and cnl hvdro kkctiii power ontario vho h ts b i ber of tin pubh set up bv the cnnllncd production 1 and resources board of the united united state are also represented on this committee which will survey utility needs of allied nations ind liberated countries motor licenses to be ready on japjuafcy highway mwiirt george announced yesterday that owing to avoidable delays in securing 1044 motor vehicle permits and c licenses will not be available to public until january 34 in the time the term of 1043 permits and censes has been extended hey ar valid until those for 1 ready every motorist is urged to p- lils 1943 plate as it will be conthv in usp for 1944 said- mr douse a windshield stamp will be issued wl trte 1044 permit and this stamp authoiie the ronnnucd use of 3943 plltc civtn alton is elected prestd o w caven wis elected prcsid of the cilcdon arricultural sod it the annual meeting held in caledo iceently reports of the society showed lno mos sucefssful yeara in uthlies committee niiu slnce 1u receipts for the year amounted 1532 99 prizes given at the f- amounted to 719 80 and the total feather bob cuts and feather bob perms ore the most popular hair do in the canadian women s army corps penditure for the year amounted 15 26 the society has assets 54 65696 with liabilities of 87752- canadian troops on kiska isian are building roads instellattans an livinig qurters many names along with the name of their old home town some were ger man others english and scotch also an odd canadian here again i carv ed our names now you can say your name is on mt etna soon the others came along they were tired and so was i a lot of the boys dropped- out here the rest of ua started off again tne guide took us to s big ntt where steam was com ing out and me leva was sud warm soon the pathway became very roosjh and steep and the gotac even harder but stm we could not yet see the top umio snow on th puij s tht srpmdd wm isaysl and slum rlr b indni fe ctn- may we serve you we print everything no matter what your printing requirements may be a four page folder or a 100page book a small invitation card or a large auction sale bill the georgetown herald is equipped with type and presses to render a complete and satisfactory job appropriate to the occasion if you have printing to be done consult your hometown printers where the service u more satisfactory and intimate and the prices as low as any competitive prices envelopes we carry a large stock of envelopes many sixrs various shapes window envelope pay envelopes official envelopes invitation en- elopss memorial envelopes in fact we will be 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