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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday february 16th 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy l nnual meeting red cross records fine achievement the weather bful hutt winter came at last and we have had a week of the old fashioned varie ty six or seven inches of snow and much of it in drifts several feet deep the mercury hanging around zero every night in the week and a couple of times below it the minimum tem peratures for the week averaged 41 degrees and the dally average for the whole week was 11 7 mng it the coldest week of the winter so far the golf sticks and tennis rackets chat some have toasted of using in mid winter can now be laid aside and skis toboggans and snow shovels have their innings fallowing are the local records for the week h and l snow temp fall date tues feb 8 wed feb 9 thurs feb h fri feb 11 sat feb 12 sun feb 13 mon feb 14 over 50000 single articles have been sent to red cross headquarters dur ing the last four and one hall years from the geoigewwndlstrict branch it was revealed last thursday night at red cross annual meeti held in the municpal building in the same period five thousand individual sub scriptions have been received from the people of georgetown and vicinity with donations totalling more than 22000 in 1943 5388 was donajed to the society the very full report of mr g w mclintock treasurer of the society in georgetown since its ln- tlon was received with great satis- by the members mr leroy dale president presided at the meet ing the reports of the various commit tees were heard mrs w v grant chairman of the purchasing committee said that the figures on purchases were contained in the treasurers re- port which revealed that local pur chases bad been made to the extent of 901 00 and supplies from head quarters were valued at 1434 hhe secretary miss yvonne adams jead the report of the sewing convenor mrs w g bell who was unable to at tend this report showed that a good effort had been made bv the ladles bat those present felt that a more de termined effort shoultfbe put forth byj the town women to attend work ses- the room of late there has been a decided slackening up in this bka respect with the bulk of the work fall tag back on the faithful few mrs john campbell convenor o the hospital committee reported that 7w0 dressings had been sent up to july of last vcar they are about to start on a new quota and workers will be needed for this department also ei sh w made during the year reported miss a ryan head of the shipping committee miss ryan spoke with regret of the passing of mr william long who had always given this department valuable assis tance she also moved a vote of thinks to mr charles parker who do hated the use of his services and truck for transporting die goods mrs john campbell chairman or the blood donor service reported that seven cunlcs had been held in 1943 with a total of 423 donations from the people of georgetown and vicinity there are 326 donors booked on their list the last clinic held was the largest to date expense involved in the clinics here amounted to 110 00 as a point of interest mrs campbell ex plained that the blood need no longer be typed and that when the plasma is ready to go to the frontlt is suit able for any type of blood before going on to the election of officers mr dale who has been presi dent of the society since 1939 com mended the treasurer and chairmen of the various committees on their fine record of accomplishment for the year 1943 in speaking of the extremely critical times we will be called upon to face in the near future he said at all at once this souetj is going to be called upon to do a tremendous amount of work we should be ready to meet every need whenever it arises so that we can measure up with the men who are facing lead on the battle fields of italy most of the 1943 executive were re elected with the exception of ihose of hers who had tendered their resign atlons the resignat ons of mrs anne wson as 1st vice president mrs grant as convenor of the pur- aslng committee and secretary of e blood donor service and mrs w 11 as sewing correnor wo ir with regret and the chairman the sincere if inks of the ciety for their work the offlcts of the v n prcsklmt d chairmip of the sewine commi i were left to be filled at the first eetlng 6f he executh c- following the officers for 1944 hon presid nt l e fleck hon vice president mrs a w tjcon miss a rjin ven w g o tompson mr j b mirk 7 president leroy dale kc vicepresidents ralph ross mrs j epburn sr treasurer- g w mclintock jcretary miss y adams chairman pircnasing committee watson an blood donor service mrs 1 flurries 5 flurrles 6 2 inches 5 5 inches 10 5 inches report of georgetown soldiers comforts comm the fourth annual meeting of the georgetown soldiers comforts com mittee was held in the municipal building on wednesday evening feb 9th at 8 00 o clockj with the preslr dent mrs a reeve in the chair the f ouowlng statement was sub mitted by the treasurer mrs sid mackenzie and audited and approved by messrs mcuntook and dobie receipts bank balance jan donations georgetown wt nerval wx verdun rebekah lodge georgetown lions club herald fund sundry personal imperial tobacco refund tig day 19u 11491 500 10 00 5000 200 00 20 00 295 00 348 148 00 regular sch almost finishedjin army hockey camp borden teams tied for first place many georgetown citizens have en- joyed the army hockey at the arena here this season and as the regular schedule draws to a close speculat ing on play off berths winners and runners up are now the order of the day as the standing is now brampton nd no 2 camp borden teams are tied for first place in the group with newmarket third and t s camp borden fourth this standing may vet be altered as there are one or two games yet to be played what is assured to be one of the best games of the year will be played heretiext monday night when t s camp borden visits the brampton team positively the best game of the sea son brampton took a 11 to 6 reverse when no 3 camp borden team over powered the favourites at the arena 1 ere however on monday night they redeemed themselves by defeating ori- 111a 14 4 in a rather listless affair brampton is almost assured of a playoff position so watch for further particulars regarding playoffs disbursements imperial tobacco co smiles and chuckles gifts to service men postage advert and tags bank balance dec 31 1943 s 46856 30 72 310 500 30 56 71 webbswindlthurst weddingjat ballinafad rev a o w foreman pastor of ballinafad united hurch solemnised themaniage of ethel may swindle- hurst daughter of mrs swindlehurst and the late bph swindlenurst bal iinafad and keith falrburn wet hermitage farm pickering son of mr slid mrs ernest webb cavendish pj2j thursday evening feb 3rd at the home of the brides mother ray swlndlenurst the bride wore two piece heavenblue crepe frock with brown accessories small brown hat with veiling and carried a corsage of coral roses for the occasion the brides mother chose an ensemble of dark green printed crepe foubwirif t buffet luncheon the ccupk left fur ottiwa the bride top ping her wedding costume with an ilrforce bl if coit with brown squirrel ilir thj will make their home on nr rtl hlriiiluike farm pirprinf 562 39 the donations for 1943 showed an increase of 69 03 over 1942 and tag tu receipts an increase of 3205 as their family grows so does their income which is a very happy state cf affairs a motion re electing last years offl cers was passed the officers and com mittee are as follows president mrs a reeve treasurer mrs sid mac kenzie secretary mn w v grant members of the executive being miss m lawson mrs d livingstone mrs a beaumont glen williams mrs w robinson norvaj and mrs wm mit chell limehouse the committee at this time would like to thank many people and many groups of people and organizations and they do but thej want especially to thank the georgetown herald for sponsoring their fund and keeping their name before the public they would also like to thank messrs mclintock and dobie for auditing their books the boys in their ack nowledgments ask the committee to ihank those responsible for maintain ing this fund and in their general phrase the committee says for them thanks a million and hope in the rot too distant future that the boys will be able in person to thank all some of the boys returning have stopped members of the committee on annie s thompson buried at norval annie s thompson died at the home of her sister mrs w d johnston charles st on tuesday february 8th in her 78th year miss thompson had been in failing health for the past year or so t she had been a faithful member 6f st georges church of england ever since coming to live in georgetown for many years she taught a sunday school class and she vtas also an ac tive member of the woman s auxiliary miss thompson did a tremendous r mount of work for war charities where her contributions of sewing and knitting will be greatly missed the youngest daughter of the late mr and mrs william thompson of ashgrove miss thompson received her education at ashgrove streetsville and toronto she taught school in norval for many years twenty years ago she came to georgetown and was dr f r watson s secretary until three years ago when she retired due to 111 health a private funeral service was held at the home of her sister mrs john ston on friday february 11th at 130 pm followed by a service in st georges church archdeacon w g o thompson conducted the service at the r and at the church he was assisted try rev s r colebrook of norval the pallbearers ware three nephews frank thompson wilfred thompson harold pettlgrew and fred morrison fred wtlggleswortrtr and arthur ruddell of ashgrove in terment was in hlllcrest cemetery norval surviving are one sister mrs w d johnston georgetown and one bro ther rev griffin thompson hamll ton friends from hamilton toronto stratford milton and brampton came to pay their last respects endeavouring to organize board of trade hert igure skating exhibition friday night the figure skating exhibition featur ing university of toronto skating clubs taltnted skaters held last fri day night in the arena by the ditty bag committee of the local branch of the navy league and the countess of strithmore chapter i o d e was greatly enjoyed by the patrons there was a good attendance considering the heavy snow storm that evening the ice was in perfect condition and the skaters in their colourful costumes showed grace and skill in their num bers the waludng numbers by the tire troupe were excellent the solo exhibitions well done and perhaps the hit of the evening was the jive num the street- to tell them what it has ber performed by two coupli meant to be remembered by the old i between mimtwr t n knox presbyterian church reports successful year the congregation of knox presby terian church gathered at the annual meeting on wednesday evening hear very favourable reports of the work of the church in all departments every organization was able to show an appreciable yearend balance and the total amount raised by the con gregatlon was 464825 of which 72916 was earmarked for mission ary work the minister rev chas c cochrane presided and told the con gregation that 1943 had been a year of steady progress in which the one outstanding loan of 40000 had been retired and a sum of 35000 had been set aside for the eventual redecorating of the church building the chair man suggested that a property com mittee be formed for the purpose of investigating the needs of the church in this respect but no action was tak en at the tune the retiring members of the board were reelected w g marshall hod- gens barnes and cedl dobie m was agreed to give mr oordoo mar tin leave of absence from the board for the duration of his term mr mar tin be on active service with the roaf other elections resulte4 as fol lows church treasurer mf cecil dobie budget treasurer miss janet mcdougall church stewards mrs herb harlow and miss jean martin record secretary mr fred thompson auditors mr r b fbuhs and mr s j mackenzie votes of thanks and appreciation were extended to the church treasurer mr dobie- to the auditors messrs foulls and mackenzie to the budge treasurer miss mcdougall and tx the church stewards mrs harjow and miss jean mcionald for their services during the past year the meeting also instructed the secretary to convey the gratitude of the con gregatlon to two of its members who had made the insulation of the church possible at no cost the meeting was adjourned with the benediction by the minister after which the ladles served delicious re freshments to the gathering some publicspirited business men are endeavouring to interest other sufficiently enough to attend a meeting next wednesday evening hi the mu nicipal building with the object of terming a board of trade for george- ton it has been felt for some time that such ar organization could fill a great need in the community especially ji when one hearsso much about post war planning and the decentralization of industry after the war l fairly representative meeting held on monday evening it was decided to further explore the possibilities of a board of trade here at an organisa tion meeting on wednesday feb agrd at 8 pjn every business man and publicspirited citizen in georgetown is being contacted personally and by letter and a full representation of merchants and industrialists is anti cipated mr george muokart very kindly con sented to act as chairman of two pre vious meetings until an organisation could be formed garfield mcgilvray also secretary protern mr leroy dale k o is very keonl for any step that might be taken in this diretlon mr dale says i would like this to include the business sec tion and anyone else interested in the welfare of our town should include in dustrialists it is immaterial what you call it as long as a good piece ofwork is done and many people are interest ed in postwar planning the thing is a fine idea a town is as big as the people in it georgetown is now just at the crossroads canada is going to grow we should see we share in the growth town as soon as the list can be compiled and addrces verified the committee expects to send cigarettes and choco lates to the nonsmokers to probably 300 men and women from georgetown and vicinity who are now overseas mrs- wm duckwortjf native of georgetown dies mrs annie taylor duckworth wife of william duckworth mjpj for toronto dovercourt and sister of airs nellie green olgeorgetowrt given in marriage by her brother aied suddenly yesterday at her resl- v qli how good a parent are you t if you are a mother or a father and v iu don t wini jour offspring to be t problem child it is wise to- guard agninst being a problem parent a judith chase qiifr in the am erican weekly with this sunday s ffob 20 issue of the detroit sundnv times reveals hoiljauch of a risk you re running get sundays de troit times 1 t airmen knitting mrs w baxter chairman hospital mrs j camp- chairman shipping miss a ryan chairman advertising ralph ross special projects miss m gault executive members representatives women s institute w c t tj council of women iojm5 legion arts and crafts cc- tlve representatives from glen limehouse stewarttown nbrval representative of clergy as appointed by themselves mrs r ross mrs woo thompson dr c v williams e cole d brill j gibbons mayor h cleave reeve howard may w a wilson col o b 8 cousens v was decided to hold a meeting of the executive the first tuesday of every second month audltonrfor ims were appointed bl c mcclure and wm deans dele- gates to the provincial council win be the chairmen of eacb of the eight committees and the treasurer and secretary dence 2d brook ave as a result of a heart seizure a natlvi of georgetown she went to toronto in 1908 after her marriage and was a member of olivet baptist church and the iode viso iiirvf ing arc a brother john p tyjo of toronto and a sister mrs nellie greensward georgetown mrs duckworth his acted as judge of the baby sh w al georgetown pair m manv occasions miss heier blackburn hold recital miv htkn blackb in h id her mid wlnur piano redta on llursd v cnlng in tin iiidluri m j t public school tin follow in p u were on the program barban stowirt diinne hillock marlenc bludd s h la barrow lor raine emmerson ruth brandford joan chaplin gladys ruddell piulene tvers bobby lucas george farmer bobby lavole mar jane arnold gwen davis ruby mitchell bonnie carlisle sylvia lorriman bihy at john farmer oerrard wilcox margaret sargent richard slenko ross preston margaret bradley joan bradley violet shepherd olive mo- yer joyce mcmillan fred wames mrs h waodns audrey mitchell dorothy aloott shirley harrison joan lavole mrs slenko kathleen thomp son on behalf of the students little lfarlene btudd presented miss black burn with a beautiful bouquet of flow ers in between numbers the girls ptne band played selections and this tal en ted group of pipers again proved their popularity with the crowd the refreshment booth where hot dogs coffee and chocolate bars were avail able was wellpatronised the program was over around ten o clock after which the arena was opened for general skating curling club hold games with toronto and iiill8burg last monday night the georgetown curling club entertained about twen tyflve members of the toronto bow lers at the rink three friendly games were ourled after which the commit tee served lunch and provided enter talnment in the club rooms on tuesday evening the georgetown curlers journeyed to hillaburg with three rinks for a friendly tram tin re is a good membership in the 1 c tl club this year and quit an actue program is being enjoyed i tiim wuttii better on tea i oinmtndos m irrii better on tea than on w iti r this fact has been demonstrated bj an official test re nth cirrled t in gieat britain a cm cinn bi 1 n as until rkoiiipji i divs cftr ttf b 1 1 if tritium the last mx dijs w rt ivoltd rmiiih to mirtlrtng and during the period the f xtbofp rs coereclmorj uim 2s0 miles as i experiment thm out of four platoons were allowed to get the water they wanted the members i of the fourth platoon were kept en tirely off wat and were served only with tei the water platoons made good use or their water bottles but the tea platoon was the onlj one to finish the course intact which onlj goes to show hat there must be some thing in the soldiers traditional lik ing for a cup of rosie lee extract from the tea and rubber mall d forest tree distribution receives cooperation of county council in 1943 the halton county council cooperated with the ontario f branch and the pufbue school teachers of halton in a programme to encour age increased tree planting this ef- ort stated public school inspector l l skuce when addressing halton coun ty council recently resulted in the dls- rlbution or 246 000 trees for planting j purposes in halton county in 143 m contrast tot13 000 trees in 1942 and i6 000 trees in 1m1 arrangemants have been made again this year bjinspector skuce and hal ton public school teachers to take orders for trees the programme is open to all residents of halton coun tv orders close on march 1st the trees will be delivered without charge to the respective schools around may 1st the halton county council has tgiln agreed to be responsible for all charges entailed in connection with i ui wt- iv the distribution varieties available are food division and she with active service motes lac john evans will return this week to calgary alberta after spending a leave at home tb fusilier mervyn kirby of the pic- tou highlanders was home a week ago from new brunswick pte j m cummins overseas has received his first stripe and is now it lanceco rporal lac larry mackenzie of toronto was home for the week end pte lome cross who has been overseas since last june with no 4 cjrtj lome scots sent home bis christmas dinner menu to his par ents mr and mrs c cross the menu was mimeographed and on th heading there was a comic drawing of a soldier chasing a duck with a bay onet the two were separated by the maple leaf crest here is what lome and the boys m his regiment had fsf christmas dinner turkey a la bel fast dressing giblet gravy mashed potatoes creamed cauliflower sprouts a la belgium plum pudding with rum tance rolls and butter and beer pop coffee or tea in addition to this lome wrote that they were treated to apples candy and cigarettes the mess hall was prettily decorated wttfa a christmas tree and lights on this special occasion the boys were served their dinner on white porcelain dishes the letter was written on chrlstmaa div which pte cross said was like ft midsummer s day over here mrs max strang daughterinlaw of our as we see it columnist has arrived safely in england according to cable received by mr and mrs j a strang on february 9th mrs strang member of the red crosa nine follows red pine scotch pine jot hers lef toronto on the 24th of noiay spruce white sprucp walnu ijnninn proceeding to the coast and solf maple they ipent 6 hours in montreal where residents of hilton county who wish the tied cross entertained them and to avail themselves of this service ravirw to spend some time in st should contact their local public school johns kb tho were equally well aeher at once j rcelicd by the red cross there mra inspector skuce cehcr f f i p1 sch0 s husband lieut max slnnl lirfor h n y h u wrtlms maintenance offlccr ix cormntulatod on this torthwhlle other profftamme in norval the snowplow has made a fairly good job of pushing the snow on main st to the sidelines if much more falls it win have to be taken away i thlttoorva boys club will meet on thurwiav of this week at union church while in brampton last friday mr magutre who is uslttng with his daughter miss p magulre had the misfortune to slip striking his head on a cement step and receiving a very severe cut he is progressing favour ably mr w townsend underwent an ap pendix operation last week and is do ing nicely the sympathy of the commuiutr to extended to the relatives of the lte miss annie tho mlsa thomp son tanght in the norval public school at one time and for many yteps t- tendedthe anglican church hre soon after her arrival as j rxiurlble thev art likely to be sta- tinned ner each other for wme time at least t spr eric warnes has transferred to no 2 d d toronto from petawawa- rev and mrs ostom leatb for california sympathy of the conmrcntty is ear- tended to rev j e oetrom who re- elved worjdof the death of his father john jff ostrom which occurred en saturday feb ltth in bevertsy hltta california the late mr oetrom wu m ids toth year and had been fltor scent hfe he leaves to mount fats lorn fete bv and two daughter in cwttsrola oat daughter m obfaaflo a aon jn wsj- fleld nt on sou m paul ida and rev 3 ostromt o rer and lira oetrtm left on tessa- day morning- for