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the georgetown herald a tvj i- nth year of publication wednesday january 26 1 20 par annum 5c p c wrd mayy esquesing reeve warden halton county one other nomination and dr healp of mflton wlth- hls name committees are inted tor the year council t again next tuesday may reeve of esquesing was elected wardon of hal- oouhty for the jear 1944 his atlon was moved anct seconded messrs hlllmer and murray robertson and hear nominat or o h hesoop reeve of mil- tor the office but dr heslop asfc- hls name be withdrawn thus reeve may warden by acola- tlon rx new warden made his declara- before bis honor judge munm complimented him upon the high conferred upon him the wardenelect then took the and briefly addressed the coun- thankjng them for his election also reminded them that much necessity -been- postponed the war bridge work re-sur- of roads and additional retor tion all of which should be in- zed in their plans for the future the war members of the council were ioeofes aotonbeeve j m mcdonald ab- tu on eeeve john blair dep- ive norma craig bctttonreeve dr o h heslop nassagaweya reeve alex near jjjejbonjtge w j robertson grreeve colimsmiur absents bsquesing reeve howard may jyreeve w g murray trafalgarreeve w n gilbert utyreeve w h biggar gtergetown reeve kenneth r lid oakville reeve j m campbell tyreeve c v hlllmer the reeves of the municipalities formed a committee to appoint standing committees for the year the result was as follows pittance ffl campbelr j m mc- hulmer gilbert education campbell k r mac- blair murray near gl k r macdonald oamp craig 3m oouoty buildings c h heslop blggar hlllmer craig ffitospltal accounts j m mcdonald in heslop blggar hallways legislation and agrlcul near gilbert murray robert- special communications gilbert m mcdonald smith blggar county road robertson qttbert ir may heslop the first named on each committee e chairman qtber appointments were as follows norman gilbert and j m mcdon aid to the board of the children s aid sergeant r- el dtck beaumont glen wlluama and sqdn ldr e o miller of vancouver shared top hon ours in a large graduating class of aircrew at no 4 initial training school rcjvj edmonton recently dick had formerly been an armorer in the ground crew and remustered to air crew only a few months ago he was teller in the bant of commerce here before enlisting and a graduate of georgetown high school at time of enlistment he was teller in ihe new hamburg branch of the bank of com merce a special honour was conferred on this particular graduating class when col eugene steven commanding of ficer of the american army presented each one with props the props ore- propeller badges worn on the arm by under training aircrew and signify that they have successfully completed their initial training sgt beaumont and sqdn ldr miller were also pre sented with identification bracelets as a special matt of merit before he remustered arnicas post ed to edmonton dick trained at mountain view no 3 repair depot jericho beach vancouver and after an instructors course back at moun tain view was posted as an instructor at no 2 wireleaaschool calgary hockey news bxwarden j m mcdonald and warden howard may commissioners to the house of refuge for 1944 w j robertson to the county roads committee for the years 19444s inclusive mrs d hartley and norman craig the old age pensions and moth- rs allowance board for 1644 h- moyer to the georgetown school board from 194446 in elusive j frank duff to all the unexpired of mr mason on the burlington school board for 1944 jos wulmott to the milton high school board from 1944 46 inclusive moved by craig seconded bj c imp bell that the committee of printing for tenders for printing 100 copies of minutes by laws and reports for 144 100 roplea of auditors report to 1043 and other required forms time hnairtor heiivery of sam to be pi ictd at january nth 1945 by laws were passed to appoint 1 auditors for accounts for 1043 2 members to the county board or audit for 1844 provisions for expenditure on county roads for the year 1644 re level crossing in nelson town ahlp at fishers creek moved by ro seconded by blggar that the notify the board of transport nilssioners for canada that this ouncil is not in favor of the pro- joaed installation of two flashing sghu and onebell as the council feels 4ht this installation would not ma increase the protection already given at this crossing carried i moved by blair seconded by craig that this council have the treasurer write the minister of municipal af ifgtn tor information re reserve fund for fakirs projects carried moved lay craig and campbell that fills council do now adourn to meet t amh 1944 at 150 pm oarried the hockey team of no 24 cab b tjc brampton is a strong con tender in the canadian armoured corps hockey league of the interme diate ojla at the present time three teams are leading the league brampton new market no 2 tmg regiment at camp borden tonights game with brampton play ing newmarket in newmarket should be one of the outstanding features of the season as both brampton and newmarket have won three straight games lost years keen rivalry has been renewed and tonights game should be a stirring battle the re turn game will be played in george town on 3rd february rhis yearb brampton team presents a wellbalanced and experienced group it is rumoured that several of the players are being observed by pro st albant vestry held last week members of the congregation of st albons church glen williams met in the parjsh hail on tuesday even ing jan 18th for the annual vestry meeting the rector ven woo thompson presiding fthe meeting was opened with the creed and prayers after which the minutes were reatl mx merryday presented the churchwardens financial report which showed the nnanoes in excellent con- dition with apportionment overpaid and with a comfortable balance mrs arthur beaumont presented the report of st albans ladies guild which showed an exceptionally good year the rector gave the figures from the registers showing three baptisms seven confirmed and seven burials while the vestry stood the names oi the departed were read and a brief prayer ottered we bless thy holy name for all tjiy servants departed jthis life in thy faith andtiearttspect- ally these our brethren departed h commented on the church life and ac tivities during the yeas past and asked for a like or greater effort for this year and thanked officials and organizations for their co operation the elections followed the rector announced the reappointment of mr arthur beaumont as rectors warden and mr montague merryday was re elected people s warden the board ofmanagement was re elected and consists of e bludd w h beaumont r haines m h beau mont mrs wagstaffe r boson j crawford r- beaumont j eson ed- lard ewlng the sidesmen are j eason m -beau- mont h tracey gordon graham r bludd j crawford w beaumont r beaumont t hill chas crawford herbert preston llndley beaumont was elected lay delegate v synod to fill in the unexpired twoyear term of his bro ther joseph deceased the insurance on the church was in creased by 1500 and on the parish hau by 500 the vestry directed that a minute should be placed in the vestry book expressing congratulations to the rector and satisfaction in the honour conferred on him and the parish in the gracious action of the bishop when he commissioned mr thompson arch deacon of halton and wellington the rector offered his very cordial thanks the vestry then adjourned with the benediction after which refreshments were served by the ladies and a pleas ant half hour spent fltsgt james louth edwin reported missing overseas official word was received on monday by mrs james louth the foriner emi ly hadley that her husband flight sergeant william james jimmie louth is missing after operations over- as according to letters recently receiv ed jimmie as he is popularly known about townr has been taking part in air raids over germany and enemy- held territory for some time and has thirty trips to his credit he was a bombodler on a halifax bomber in tbe famous iroquois squadron and par ticipated in thejarge raid over berlin alongwltti nine other canadian squa drons news dispatches commended the crew of his plane for bringing it safely back to england atlhough was riddled with bulletholes some time ago fit sgt eddie buckerneld a foriner clerk in maccormaoks drug store here wa a m o crew of the same plane to which jimmie belonged fit sgt louth was winged at no 4 a os london early last may pro ceeding overseas shortly afterwards his father is a veteran of the first great war having served in france and england as well as in the army of occupation in germany for a few months after peace was declared a brother walter is a member of the lome scots pd 2t h regt reserve harrop new president haltorr jersey breeders club tinr albebx colman home from overseas pte john pascoe died of wounds in italy previously reported wounded in italy pte john l a pascoe 48th high landers of canada is now reported to have died of wounds according word received by his wife who resides in terra gotta besides his wife he survived by two children his por- mr and mrs emillo pascoe of 78 elm street and a brother thomas anthony pascoe 67 sydenham st toronto the weather by h l hutt our january thaw has arrived on schedule with a week of spring like weather and it appears to be general the whole continent but no snow yet and very little rain the mean temperature for the week wad 28 9 degrees or 10 3 degrees high er than the previous week following ire the local records date h and l precipi- temp tatlon mrs w d johnston 83 does much for war effort mrs w d johnston charles st celebrated her eightythird birthday on tuesday january 18th when we called on her to offer our congratula tions we happened to remark that she should be proud indeed of all the fin war work she has accomplished these post four years mrs johnston replied no i m not exactly proud of it but i m grateful that ive been able to do something to help mrs johnston and her sister miss scouts with a view to post war hockey annie thompson live together anq a few sketches bobby mclaughlan forward for merly played with toronto marlboro oshawa tip top tailors ed young defence formerly played with coulngwodd guelph and port colborne bartlifl defence a junior from stratford mi comb rorwird iomierl ftlth red indi lis and bowles in toronto mercantile hockey kttp in mind the coming tames at georgetown when brampton will plij orilllft ami team on thursdajjnth january newmarket army team on thurstln 3rd februarj t s camp borden on thursday 10th february no 1 training reg t camp borden on monday 21st february precious i could not face the stormy winds- ut winter nor could 1 stand the chilly days af spring i could not eat if i should ever lose you i would not live to hear the robins sing stay close to me and never never leave me be with me as i sally forth to look for bargains in fine food toothsome dainties my much beloved sty precious ratwff book from the dunnvffle chronicle janu ary 7th 1944j oath have a splendid record of war work miss thompson is quite 111 at present but up to the time when her health 4egan to fall she spent most of her spare time knitting and sew ine for the red cros both mrs johnston and miss thompson are very modest about their efforts and nei ther htwe kep count of how ma doi ns of piirs of socks and mtt s heye knit nor lioft mnnv flj ts they have sewn tofrtl er inri oultted a droit dial of hflr work litis been ghen to the r tl cross ind to tht srcnfc i mission the- p made some nond r ful donations of home made children s el thing o the tamhljn s drug store 1 ipments u british war victims both ladios are also much interested in the work of the navj leajrue and 1 nf added to their war effort by forming the habit of giving war sa ings stamps as presents mfkjohnston was bom at ashgrove the daughter of ths late mr and mrs william thompson pioneers of the district sixty years ago she married w d johnston and later moved to stewarttown mr johnston died seven jears ago they had been able to celebrate their golden wedding annl- versary together they moved t georgetown about twentyfive years ago mrs johnston has a sister 1 annie thompson at home and brother the rer griffin thompson tues jon wed jan thurs jan jan 21 sat jan 22 sun jan mon jan 18 19 23 21 mailing lists are corrected our mailing lists have been cor rectod up to monday january 24 kindly oheok the label en yrrur paper to see if your subscription has been properly recorded if the date on yoor label does not read 1944 please ooopermte by hrlnginc it up to date at the earliest op po rt unity gnr albert oolman arrived home from overseas last week after having been in england since october 1841 gnr colman was a member of the artillery reinforcement unit and while over there wrote many interest ing letters to the herald he tells of a leave in glasgow scotland when he was a guest for tea of sir harry lau der who introduced himself to the boys who were dining at a nearby re- staurant and took them h to see lauder hall and its famous collection of trophies curling club ejects 1944 officers the georgetown curling club or ganized its executive for the year 1944 at a meeting in the club rooms an tuesday evening jan 18th in the election or officers mr jack william son was president mr p w cleave secretary and mr g w mclintock treasurer a good sheet of ice has been on the rink these past few weeks and curl ing is already in progress arrange ments were made to participate in outoftown tournaments as much as possible and an active year is looked forward to with several new members enrolled in the club sixty jersey enthusiasts attended the annual meeting of the halton jersey breeders cattle ciub held at hornby on thursday bf last week following the business session held in the morn ing under the able chainrfanshlp of president lome ella of rockood the group enjoyed a dinner served by the ladies of the hornby w x jis oresner secretary of the oa- adlan jersey catfje club in his characteristic interesting manner re viewed jerey activities in the do minion and outlined new plans for 1944 he pointed out that jersey regis trations for 1943 were 25 per ccp higher than normal the guest speaker dr gebeaman of the ontario agricultural college delivered a thought providing address entitled yesterday today and to morrow the speaker emjphaslzed ed ucation as the sure medium of shaping canada s destiny he illustrated his subject by referring to what hitler had accomplished- in germany by means of education true this was bad education he stated but further pointed out if we want to make co operation a success let us teach it it the schools and in one generation wv can make cooperation a success the election of officers resulted as follows president edwin harrop milton 1st vice prei arthur padbury rock- wood 2nd vice pres denny charles oeorgetown sec treas j e wmtelock directors esq ueslng ward ruddell and d charles georgetown nassa- gaweya duncan moffat rockwood nelson wm davles palermo amj herb alton tansley trafalgar mau rice beaty milton jack featherstone and rex mcrae oakville erin chas mckeown acton eramosa lorn ella and prod moore rockwood rjajlton native shorthorn bbbeder dies in toronto john fothergill mitchell prominent toronto broker and former vicepresi dent of the shorthorn breeders asso ciation passed away on january 12th after a long illness born in milton sixtysix years ago s was the son of the late richard and elisabeth fothergill mitchell he was for some years a resident of bur lington where he maintained a large farm and imported much of his short horn stock from scotland mr mitchell was the originator of the orange blossom breed of shorthorn cattle and a frequent exhibitor at the c n2 and the royal winter fair surviving are his widow gladys shirley mitchell and two sons ivan f mitchell of toronto and morley f mitchell of hamilton the funeral service was held on saturday with in tement in burlington cemetery election of officers of the auxiliary to the canadian legion took place january 20th and was conduot- ed by president fred mccartney of the local branch officers are as fol lows past president mrs c staoey presidentsmrs f bralsby 1st vicepresident mrs a kay 2nd vicepresident mrs j blalr secretary mrs a collins treasurer mrs w roney standard bearer mrs l- given entertainment mrs w hewitt property convener mrs mccartney sick visitors mrs f gilmer mr lawr holstein breeders elect w h robinson president 1944 halton holstein breeders to the nun bcr of 140 attendtd their annuil meeting held it palermo on wednes d ij or list week tl ci ib enjoyed the b s j ir in thf history ol lho organl i i sales lhro ifh locil salcsm n u t lied approximately 40 000 in the ho v nns h il o l cattle brought mnm hoi r tj thr co inti it the cham 1 i nshlp show held at oakville hal ton uilnialb won four or uie six mnl- liases in hit all canadian awards h tlton llohtelns received one all canadi in award l reserve allcrui i tllan award and 3 honourable men tions at the allcanadian sale at oak vllle in nov bcr a halton cow brought jigoo in record of performnnce work four halton animals are in the 1943 honour roll for canada 19 halton breeders have one or more cows in the 500 to 800 lb bj class e j mea gher of oakville had the top buttor- fat cow for the year having produced 771 lbs b f from 20214 lbs milk with v j lawrence owning the high milk cow with a record of 20560 ls milk and 768 lbs b f the club approved of a new breeding programme to utilize the artificial ser- ices of w 8 halls two outstanding of hamilton one daughter mrs nor- herd jdres twontylve breeders have man snyder coral live m george- f 4 i themselves f this programme w p watson assistant director of the ontario livestock branch was the main speakei and in a clearcut com prchentvc address dlitlincd canada s afrrtculturu objective for 1944 a v langton newly appointed chief or the holstein extension service for canada and am barr holstein kteld- man for the district also brought greetings from the parent organization the election of officers for 1944 re tul ted as follows president w h robinson george town a vice pres ross segswortli freeman 2id vice pres frank stary mil ton sec treas v j lawrence oak ville directors eaqueslng craig reld f hunter and claude picket all of georgetown nassagawpya chas adie and frank tunehart camptoellville nelson morley watson tansley fred hamilton freeman and a t woodley milton trsfalgatj xknemm ford bbrnby w a hau and w h blbbartof oak ville methune dearlng faurino the mestlnv was ooo under the able chairmanship of a t wood- ley pst preewent of the ch legion wa elect officers public school board mest at the inaugural meeting of the pillc school board the following officers were appointed for 1944 chairman d p oriohton supply committee j d kelly mrs kathleen cleave property committee h barnes k v maccormack miss a ryan secretarytreasurer p b harrtaon representative on public library board ralph ross representative on public health committee h barnes meeting night second tuesday of each month fred sinclair elected to provincial council ontario garage operators assoc at the annual meeting of the on tario garage operators association at tht royal york hotel on monday hnuary 24th mr fred sinclair was elected to the board of directors of he provincial council of the assocj- itlon tills is the first time a garage- man from georgetown has held office on the board another honour came to halton county at the meeting when mr j i mckindley of burlington was elected provincial council president mr a r speight and mr a wl benton llmehouse also attended tb convention ww headquarters for navy league a new headquarters for the local branch of the navy league has been established in tha rooms over the herald office formerly occupied wy the olarridges millinery shop through the kindness of mrs j m moore who owns the premises theladias who wish tojmflp wlul v navy league work wdl meet hen every thursday evening instead of at tbe home of mrs walter mendham aa orjiierly the league has had fine co operation from the lad of tcnrift thir eewtng quflttag knittta at fining of ditty tarftir the ssflora all ototfces msgsrfn eto 4mted t jos igu wul be left tn tfe