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the georgetown herald wed february 9th 1944 your opportunity to see figure skating exhibition and to assist your local navy league ditty bag committee and countess of sttathmore chapter i o d e featuring university of toronto skating clubs talented skaters added attraction georgetown girls pipe band and skate to band music refreshment booth georgetown arena fri feb 11th admission tax included reserve section 50c general admission 35c children 25c a tourists taken in 3 act comedy presented b woodbridge dramatic society under toesausfeges of g united church womens association and c g i t toronto and weston rtistfe between acts thursday february 24th 830pm gregory theatre georgetown admission 35c golden harvest feeds re4ults prove the quality dairy ration 16 per cent ask your dealer today k j brown georgetown telephone 48 r 2 dancing in the oddfellows hall m brampton friday evening february 18th 1944 modern aires orchestra admission 50c dancing 9 to 1 am umm social and personal mbs gladys mar low of toronto spent the week end with mrs horace blyth mlst rosamond jackson of toronto was a week end guest of miss isofeel thompson miss helen young of toronto visit ed her parents mr and mrs ben young erin last week end mrs oliver pitts and miss con stance deans were week end visitors with mr and mrs william deans cpl and mrs g studd of toronto were week enij visitors with mr and mrs o riddall mrs a wright mr and mrs mau rice hillock and children dlannc and glennwrlgh spent sunday and mon day with friends in toronto mrs larry wyles and son bobble of toronto spent the week end with her parents mr and mrs thomas sykes georgetown s medical health officer dr c v williams is confined to his nome with an eye infection we wish him a speedy recovery mayor harold cleave and mr w h kentner of the georgetown hydro commission are attending trie ontario hydro convention in toronto tills week- mr and mrs james kellv pte frank kelly and vera kelly ol rock wood spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs h isfcy 8th line erin put kelly has just returned home from kiska mrjierbert hantock who has been confined to st josephs hospital to ronto fox the past week ls improving nicely and expects to be back home soon mrs j r bridges spent the week end visiung friends in guelph and her brother ag3 alastalr kean who has been confined to military hospital in hamilton for several weeks he has now almost completely recovered the war services group of verdun rebekah lodge was entertained at the home of mrs walter mendham on january 25th and mrs jack mcgjb- bor was hostess to lhe ladies on february 7th era and mm joe wilcox of vancouver b c visited friends in town last week mrs wilcox and their small son ha e been living in van oouver but will return to htr mothers home in callander when lit a wil cox leave js up week end visitor ut the home f mr and mrs george brandford in eluded mrs ernest dobble and mrs howard brow n and royce or new market miss rata appcrby toronto pte malcolm brandford toronto ana 1c2 george brandford of guelph we extend congratulations to mr and mri w g marshall who cele brated their 40th wedding anniversary list week about 15 friends iaw them a surprise pirty on th hippy occasion and tht couple riethcd many lovely glftf and flowers w h robinson is reelected director w h robinson c m rtel wti re elected as a member of the boird of directors at the annual meeting of the holstein ftleslwi assoc a ion of canada held february 2 at toronto l a h rvterr chairmnn of tin cattl oommitue of the netherlands economic finanii il and shipping mission at washington who address ed the crowd of oer boo bntdrs wn attended the afternoon srssl m said h ht illk population it tlu tlmi of liber i i nbi dili j c il dot lined pres nt n i1s1 1 iilwr- dicksherwood wedding at halifax a wedding of wide interest in naval circles was solemnized saturday after noon january 29th at h2b kings chapel halifax when nurs ing sister dorls elizabeth sherwood rcn daughter of mrs j w sher wood and the late mr sherwood of toronto was united in marriage with lieut e sidney alexander dick r c n v r son of mr w i dick k and mrs dick of milton the ceermony was conducted by dr stanley walker president of kings college the groom is a grandson of mrs sidney young georgetown and has frequently visited haw the bride who was given in mar riage by surgeon lt cdr d mitchell ronvr of toronto was dressed in her navy blue uniform and attended by nursing sister frances smith r c n of toronto also in uniform the best man was po writer james m dick rcnvr of hmcb stadacona broiie of the groom the reception was held it the nur sing sisters residence on gottingen street the bride who was u graduate of toronto general hospital was en gaged in industrial nursing with an en gincering company in toronto before jolrlng the navy previously she had spent three years in peru doing simi lar work a sister alice is a leading airwoman with the rcaf in ottawa and jack a brother is serving as electrical a with t navy jn newfoundland the groom a graduate of engineer ing queens university was with an en ar in montr nrior to the war a sister of the groom is ma jor edith dick principal matron of the 10th general hospital unit overseas capt k y dick a brother is over seas with the canadian army tank corps for her going away outfit the bride chose a pale blue twopiece suit aid black vel et hat her coat was of black persian paw princess lines visitors in halifax for he wedding were the parents of the bride and rroom and an aunt of the bride miss elizabeth paul of chicago amoig the quests were col j l sutherland formerly of milton co medical district no 6 halifax ns and naval ratings kenneth randall ind james armstrong the editor s article last week which was entitled ancient sponges and hydro is rtspontjble for the follow lng facts in regard to tht niagara river which may be of interest to some of our readera tbe river is thirtylive miles long and the total fall between lake erie and lake ontario is 326 feet as you of course know the river flows north and in the first twenty miles the fall is only ten feet the next mile of the liver is known as the upper rapids and in this mile the river has a fall of fifty feet with an average depth of twelve feet the canadian falls pas a crest of 2600 feet and the fall is 162 feet the american falls has a crest of 1000 feet and the fall is 167 feet it is two miles from the falls vitbe whirlpool and the fall in this two miles is only one foot the aver age depth though is 190 feet jn the mile that is known as the whirlpool rapids the fall is o2 feet and the whirlpool itself has a depth of 125 feet it is 11 miles from the whirlpool j lake ontario and the riyer in tins stretch has an average depth of 100 feet and a total fall of 47 feet the hydro have two power houses abeve the falu and they takt their water from the river in the gpper rapids and return it to the river be fore it flows over the falls another power house is situated right below the fans and it gets its power from water taken above the falls and returned to lhe river below the falls the power house that is located at queenston andwhich is known as the omppawa power development takes its water from the river at chlppawa which is aboye the falls and is located at the month oflhe wellanri hiver ttip of 16 fet and they are 388 feet la length the normal head of water at queenston is 315 feel and under full loa 1 it is 294 feet we have been shown all througl this power plant and you too might be interested in visiting it when peace times make a visit of that nature possible tlie shir canal while it ls not con- lectcd with the niagara river perhaps la few iums about it muv be of ln- jteret the better way to describe it ils to compare lt with the former canal hat ran from port colbome to port dalhousle the old cana had 26 locks which were 270 feet long 49 feet wide aha 14 feet deep the new canal has 7 locks each being 827 feet ljng 80 feet wide and 27 feet deep tha new canal is three miles shorter than was tlie old one and the differ ence in elevation from lock number 7 which is located at thorold and lock number one which is at the lake on tario levtjl at port weller is 326 feet hornby the women s association of the umtcc church held its february meet ing last thursday afternoon feb 3rd at the home of mrs archie king there was a good attendance mrs g a may has gone to spend some weeks with her sister mrs dou glas of regina sask we hope the change will do her much good mrs robert fasken of toronto is spending a few days this week with her parents mr and mrs harry robertson although we hue come to the se- cond week in february we are still waiting for a real winter snow storm but we fear if it does come it will be accompanied with high winds we are not anxious to see our good roads blocked with snow drifts- water is taken in a canal around to the west of the city of niagara falls and is delivered to the power plant at queenston this canal is twelve ano three quarter miles long and at its deepest cut has a depth of 143 feet the water in this canal has a depth of lrom 30 to 38 feet and this water ls delivered into a forebay a tlie queen ston end of the canals which is six acres in extent and has a depth of 28 ieet we have mentioned this chlppawa power house at queenston in this col nmn on several occasions however we mav not have mentioned the pen stocks that deliver the water from tlie forobuy to the turbines there are ten main penstocks and one service one the main ones hae a dlameer terracotta mr w h stringer ot toronto spent the week end with his brother mr j g stringer mr stringer ls em ployed with the john inglls company limited toronto we are sorry to learn that mrs albert dolson of union is in hospital at guelph at present and is quite se riously ill her many friends hope soon to near of her complete recovery wood cittlnj seems to still be tfae general order of the day mr and mrs john edge of toronto- are spending a few das at their old home here m c hlggins made a business trip to toronto this week we are sorr to learn that mr jos marchment of the 10th line is quite seriously iil at present we sincerely hope soon to hear of his complete re covery pte george stringer called on terra cotta friends last week hie i xpeiilijtl jn t h e a t re friday february 1 1 larceny with mlalc alan jones kilty carlisle minesweeper hiehard arlen jean parker fox news 1 xs11 saturday february 12 matinee at 3 p m lassie come home in tychnfn i 2uul k i imn ill frimund wrnn str b frir knight world in action fighting dutch cartoon no mutton for nuttin chaptrm ovfrland maii wl i n lnr s ile imp r 1 i ii ns of nttlc are necessary to re re ih d urj industry rtjwrts of tl olnc rs mri c tnmi uis show l it 1141 wis tin bist i ir in tlu awx i ition s history a tot il of si 100 mim ils were roistered d ir ing tlu ji ir thi fliiirr repr in1i a l nn f is x r uit i r 14 1 1 m f is f wiifish p t ill d 44 w a gain of lt por ri nt over the best lriios i ir t nilxrshlp ilso sh w ed a gain of 9 per cent 1 lie jm cut total f r 4 b int a ru w hlh the recoid f i rf rmanci and srlcrtne retrisli it i n i ptr ti i i r t i d i t tuesday and wednesday february 15 and 16 his blitlers sister dcanna dor bin pal o brien franchot tone canada carries on tomorrows world pete smith water wisdom respectuclj r r frmu q l i in hop and 1 fio animal- ln nc ben olismiim in sole t lie ristn tlon receipts for the enr were n 781 18 nn incr isc of 22 per rent n r 1942 tlie association is in an crep tionalh strong position the financial statement showing an excess of asseti over liabilities of 131 800 j j e mccngue alllston ontario was chosen as president for 1b44 suc ceeding george c jackson downs view kiv riuch is a dollar worth f dollar is worth as mucli as it can butj yg for instance during the lasf world war people paid x fora pound of butter while qou paq around w rodai it is the same with shoes and the other necessities of life in 1917 they paid and you now paq 4 for the some quality this means uour dollar is world more than the dollar of 191418 youqetmore h for your moneu because price ceilings and other anti inflotionaiu measures havd kept the value oftp jollor h igh and qou will keep ifour dollar high in value bi using moneu wiselij you protect iiour dollars worth even time 40u buu a bond pl jp some needless luxurq -4g- poq off a debt refusetohoarrj goods y and refuse to frequent black markets thats how to make moneu with qour present dollars remember dollars are worth less if theg bug less atoaetth- e 7trtli 1 prtmnst co gne m support 10 ketping the cost 3 of ininj down i v buj onlj what i need i j will observe tht telling whether buying or sell- jt mj jods or services i will pay off old debts sim for the future invest 10 victory bonds and a ir sainis certifie itcs and i hieh help lower the cost of living will support e foot pemb vouetfya vubhtbt j by the brewing 1mdustry fontarlqj fcs hctp rrnl lie didirn 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