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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication georgetown onl wednesday march 29th 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy harold stalford elected president canadian lesion veimg by ballot created n steam f memb of the local branc d appointed uby comrade boley something unusual in the history of any legion branch occurred at the election of officers of branch 120 georgetown last thursday evening srhen comrade harold stalford a re aldent in this locality for less than two years was chosen as president of the local branch for the year 194445 the highest honour rf the legion is that of president and to reach that krvoal it has been customary that the different candidates running for office most serve in other offices and gra dually work their way up to the top in this particular case four candidates ran for president the above officer was the entire list of officers for the lo oal branch for 194445 are as follows honorary presidents dr sutherland and l e fleck chaplain ven w clthompson past president red mccartney president harold stalford 1st vice president herb harlow 2nd vice president fred gilmer treasurer win roney secretary watty thompson canteen chairman j roberts entertainment chairman r murr transportation and publicity j fry property commltteev johnny oliver imperial section chairman chas parton sergeant at arms harry hale standard bearers h watklna and c davis auditors el dickie j d kelly the legion meeting president fred mccartney conducted the regular meeting of branch 120 last thursday evening and the usual rou ttne of business of passing the minutes of the hut regular and executve mee- passing of accounts- etc due no doubt to the election of offi cers at this meeting close to 70 mem tiers were present and a very lively de bate was held in the interest of the branch the meeting was honoured with the presence of comrade president chap man and comrade chalmers from the acton branch and comrade zone se cretary wright who on the invitation oi zone commander cousens accepted to act as scrutineers during election of officers a hearty round of applause greeted these comrades the report of the treasun was handed out in printed form to all present and adopted mr h dickie on behalf of the auditors explained the different items and congratulated the treasurer for the wonderful work he bad done during the past year and also the excellent manner in which all his books were kept five officers of the branch were appointed delegates to attend the zone teeartytn april and the fallowing will represent the local branch comrades stalford harlow gilmer roney and thompson the delegates to the provincial con venuon to be held in toronto starting april 33rd are comrades stalford bar low and oilmer this convention will open in the metropolitan church to ronto on april 23rd preceeded by a church parade of all branches attend ing- headquarters are at the royal york hotel among the prominent guests will include comrade alex wal ker dominion president ministers of the federal government col mac jhtyre of canadian legion war ser vices and others at the banquet the guest speaker win be comrade col george drew prime minister of on tarlo so in all the convention promises gto be one of the largest ever held in comrade president mccartney then cabed for reports of chairmen of all committees and complimented them on the work accomplished during the past year an honorarium was voted to pre sident mccartney for services rendered and a hearty vote of tnanks was moved to comrade boley for the fine work done as publicity chairman the meet ling then held a short recess while the scrutineers proceeded with the count ing of the ballots after recess comrade president mc cartney invited comrade col cousens continued on page six ashgrove i very enjoyable croklnofe social was held under the auspices of the tpjb on monday evening the high at scores were won by mr and mrs t j brownrldge and 2nd prize for la dies went to mrs bruce brlgdexx and jack raddeu for the men mr and mrs ben howden of ooelph bare been visitors at the home of mr and mrs av roddell the tpfl are fpmy night service when ser j b moore of milton whl be the speaker and mrs howud wriggletworth of oeorgetown guest soloist cpl fred grace back from overseas v had close call with incen diaby bomb oplcook pred grace arrived home from overseas on monday after having been in england over four years with the lome scots hes very glad to be back in canada and after a leave at home expects to be stationed here permanently the first intimation hii mother had of his homecorning was a longdistance telephone call from toronto sunday morning he was sent back to canada for health reasons and isnt feeling quite up to the mark yet onl qxace has experienced a good many blltaes and did quite a bit of rescue work he had one very close call when an incendiary bomb came through the roof of his bedroom and landed on the pillow on which he was sleeping some of his hair was singed oft but otherwise he was un injured fred hesnt seen a great many town boys over there once while on leave in london he ran into walt brandford jim sargent bui collier and mn chaplin cpl grace would like to convey to the lome scots w a ladles of the united church and soldiers comforts his heartfelt appreciation for every thing they sent him and wish them every success in the future he noticed a great change in georgetown in the four years hes been away with many new buildings having haa erected prior to enlisting fred was an em ployee of the martin stone quarries credit rose 5 feet in two hours at glen dam the water is very high in the credit river running through crien williams and all indications point to an even higher level being reached be fore the week is out the flooding came very rapidly and on saturday night the river rose as much as five feet in two hours children of st al bans church were unable to attend their ciasseffsunday afternoon due to the inaccessibility of the parish hall the dam is being closely watched for further developments as the big ice crack up is nearly due an official of the glen textile in dustrles ltd told us on monday that an ice jam had already occurred on the stretch of rrrer between their plant and that of beaumont s woollen mill their men took the brackets off th dam on saturday night but even at that the water going over was so high it reached almost to the top of the bridge itself xtisiiot possible todeftnttely ascer tain the cause of the sudden rise but it is surmised that a sudden icegive away occurred farther up the river thus releasing the volume of water with such a disturbance underneath the ice on the river just above vhe dam it is expected that toe oog break up will come soon inflation must be fought on the home front one of the battles that must con stantly be fought here at home is against inflation its a fine thing to get big prices when one is selling but its a tragic thing to have to pay lnflat ed prices for the necessities of life such as is being experienced in italy where tvo pounds of bread is selling on a black market for aproximately 30c in our money and where wages to labour are from 30c to 40c per day wages and salaries never catch up to prices when once they start to soar in china in india and m plenty of other places these days inflation is causing thou sands of persons to actually rtarve we experienced inflation in tne war or 1914 18 and it is only because the ca nadlan government determined to con trol the cost of living by price ceilings and established wages that rentals qto that living here costs less than anywhere else in the world the brewing industry is doing much by a series of advertlsemhts in all ca nadlan papers to bring the dangers of inflation home to canadians the ar guments arc sound and should be stu died by every reader about half soviet wobjkebs are women the soviet press marking- interna tional women day reported that by october 1941 45 percent of all rus sian industrial workers were women special tributes wen paid to a gni pi lot who shot down ix planes ta a hi ambulance driver who wacoated wounded from stalmgrad and to a 16- yearold girl who with friends made enough tommy guns to arm a whole division armys biggest general store red cross campaign 1600 over objective the weather if there is one m6nth more than an other that many of us canadians would not weep to see cut out of the calen i dar it is march with her bleak winds and unpredictable weather an occa slonal fine warm day to lure our fea thered friends from their pleasant so journ in the sunny south then play lng a dirty trick on tnem by burying them and the early worm they hoped to find under a fall of snow and many of them fell tor it again this year for last week whole flocks of robins blue birds kllldeers song sparrows and red winged blackbirds arrived when the ground was nearly bare to and it soon covered with four inches of snow and sloppy slush well april and easter will soon be here and we may then look for some thing better in the meantime here are the local records for last week center of a vast war effort longue polnte que ordnance depot shown above is one of the key supply depots of the united nations one of the largest clearing houses of its kind it pours an unceasing stream of war pro ducts from canadian and u s plants to battlefronts throughout the world including china and russia the depot has 22 m of railway covers 200 acres of ground and absorbs 4000 1 workers it handles everything from small optical instruments to the latest canadian made tanks the above pic tures show top a long line of canar dlan made tanks in one of the storage yards lower a bird s eye view of part of the railway yards the crates con tain vehicles ready for shipment to the united nations date a and l precipi temp tatlon tues march 21 35 is wed march 22 35 12 thurs march z 36 28 1 snow prl march 24 50 33 sat march 25 56 36 12 rain sun march 26 42 24 4 snow mon march 27 38 28 33 rain rebekahs celebrate 26th b rthday with euchre i i hughey died in brampton last thursday verdun rebekah lodge no 164 cele i for over twenty years in partner brated its 26th birthday on thursday ship with mr frank lavoonald in the evening march 23rd in the arena tobacco and billiards business on when a very gratifying crowd assem mill street georgetown mr i l bled and the evening was spent playing hughey died at his residence 99 ell euchre 37 tables being in play sabeth st south brampton early la the birthday table was very attrac thursday afternoon after an illness tlve with theiree story birthday cake of over two months he establlahed the decorated with pink and green candles business here in 1922 moved to kd pink sweet peas brampton two years later when he after twelve games had been played and mr mcdonald went into partner a delicious lunch was served under the ship he was well known to many convenorshlp of mrs s c mackenzie georgetown residents assisted by an able committee mr hughey was born in mitchell mrs e l arnold noble grand pre ont 50 years ago and had been a re sented the following prizes sklent of brampton for many years mrs wm mlulere first mrs r he is survived by his wife and two erwln second miss wlhna stud children bui and pat his mother fourth mrs harry soott fifth mr mrs d hughey mltchel ind two art scott consolation mr o c sisters mrs ferg levy ana mrs brown birthday prise mrs l e gallanger clegg won the draw for quilt miss m campbell won the door prize a pleasant evening was brought to a close by singing the national anthem although the mosquito s speed has never been officially made known it is reckoned the fastest bomber in the world a swiss report puts its speed at 435 miles an hour or jum over seven miles a minute both of mitchell mr hughey was a highly respected citizen of brampton jind conducted a prosper ous wholesale tobacco business on main street he was an ardent lacrosse fan funeral was held from mcclure fune ral home on saturday march 25th in terment in brampton cemetery after the last war sugar went up to 22c a pound to day there is r celling price of 8c fighting in italy beyond our comprehension st ites rhm j stamp ju t returned rt was a joyous homecoming fori rflmn joe stamp on tuesday when be arrived back in georgetown after having been in the front lines of the italian campaign with the princess pat light infantry since last s ber his wife and lovely twin daughters whom he has seen but once before reside with his mother in law mrs clara king on queen st although they were expecting him home some time in the near future his actual arrival came as a great sur prise to his family twice injured in the fighting in italy his nerves gave way and he was invalided home to england he will spend a 21day leave at home before reporting again to toronto for another medical check up joe was thrilled with the wonderful civic reception in toronto by mayor conboy and band needless to say he thinks its grand to be home after the terrible experiences hes had on the battle field he said the fighting amid dirt and blood and filth was beyond our comprehension most of his pals were killed at ortona and it was dur lng this battle he suffered the break down the germans are hard foes to beat stated rflm stamp there s some- thtar fanatical in the way they stand up to the most terrific artillery bar rage he believes they must be drugged because when once they captured 41 nasla their eyes were glased and they dldnt seem to know what they were doing our boys are ngibny despera tely but joe is of the opinion that the war wm take years to end tt we de pend on vanquishing germany through italy he has the highest praise for the candlan engineers who go ahead and prepare the way for the troops holy week community services the clergy of the town are uniting for services in holy week and invite all the towns people to make use of these ser vices monday april 3rd service in the baptist church preacher vcn w g o thompson tuesday april 4th in st georges preacher rev r c todd wednesday april 5th in uni ted church preacher rev j e ostrom thursday april 6th in knox church preacher rev a nell miller brampton m give three cheers for the red cross anytime said joe they are simply wonderful both oh the battle field and off it i don t know wttat we d do without them the salvation army la a wonderful organization too rflmn stamp has been hi the army two years he trained in british oo- rumhta and out west before being sent overseas he stayed two months in england from there went to africa and thence to sicily and italy prior to en ustznent he was employed at the glen textiles glen wunama princess alice inspects jt- john amb brigade the st johns ambulance brigade no 97 georgetown went by car last sunday afternoon to the fort york armouries in toronto where they to gether with corps from toronto ha mllton barrle oshawa and peter borough were inspected by princess alice well over a thousand men and women were present princess alice wearing a black and white ensemble with fox furs was evenr more gracious and charming than usual as she passed through the ranks stopping every once in a while to chat and shake hands with the brigade members lady divisional supt mrs thomas grieve and mrs ann brill were among those so honored by princess alice following the inspec uon and the march past the earl of athlone and princess alice afternoon tea was served to all present the divisional superintendents re tired to the officers mess of the to ronto scottish regiment where mrs grieve was again presented to the earl and princess she had the oppor tunlty of a nice lnionnalchal and felt greatly honoured to so represent the brigade refreshments were served in the officers mess those who went to toronto included mrs t grieve lady divisional su perintendent miss j aaodougmll mrs edna hill mrs audrey sharpe miss ann hlckey miss dolene mceaery mrs ann brill mrs margaret smltjttirs edna cola miss mary watson miss kathleen buck miss margaret cain miss marjorie evans miss frances deans mrs edith peck mrs edith herrlngton mrs myrtle scott the brigade has been formed in georgetown since 1041 on monday night members tried their annual effl dency test given by dr c v wll a returns are not yet in f or the local red cross drive but the amount in the treasurers hands and in the handsor the canvassers now o to 6p0600 it is fully expected that when all returns are in that the total will exeeed 6200 this is 100 over th objective and exceeds last years cam paign total by approximately 1200 membership this year is 1200 an int erbase of 140 over last year when the returns are complete a statement show ing amounts contributed by each dis trict will be published last week when the names of the canvassers were published the follow ing were inadvertently missed mrs boaf barber ward 3 henry r brown stewarttown mrs walter peck following is a list of additional large subscriptions received in the ciunrxnl county of halton jrmju harley kay ltd arthur beaumont glen textile ltd mrs charlotte ross mrs louise petit maine ujsa john h bingham sutherland rchert simpson ltd bowers warehouse glen apple products m e y barraclough c v williams r magloughten clarence buck the diggers club sidney silver george alcott and family walter lawson k c mcmillan sodeues ashgrove women s institute canadian legion women s institute georgetown oddfellows verdun rebekah lodge local council of women norval young bachelors club norval junior institute norval junior farmers ladies auxiliary canadian legion umehouse women s institute credit lodge a p a m public school junior red cross boy scouts loyal true blues georgetown lions club 20000 10000 loolbo 50 00 60 00 50 00 6000 3000 25 j 2600 25 00 2500 2500 25 00 25 00 2000 20 00 2000 2000 so 00 2000 25 00 1000 500 15 09 1000 4000 500 4165 25 00 4300 1000 7j0 1000 600 26 00 active service notes lacemift hyde of windsor f spending a few days leave at home pte grover norton has been home on a 14day furkntgh aol peter besaey has returned south mainland nova scotia after having spent his leave with his parents mr and mrs herb bes peel county farmer purchases halton rarm a recent sale of 125 acres belonging to mr william ostrander of the town ship of esquesmg county of halton to thomas larson of the township of chlnguaoousy county of peel was re cently completed through the office of j a wllloughby this fine old homestead was con sldcrcd to be one of the finest dairy and stock farms around oeorgetown the fasqln is located on 1 con east of glen williams and is part of eot 21 con io township of esqueslng con talning 125 acres more or less on the farm there are two frame houses gardens there is a very large bank barn 100 x 54 to tie up 20 head of cat tle 2 box stalls and 6 horses the soil is of light clay loam level tractor land mr ostrander has been in the dairy business for 15 years and mr thos larson will get possesion immediately and will carry on the dairy business mr ostrander is re tiring to the town of georgetown another sale in georgetown was the stucco house belonging to mr peter bryden on chanel st to mr steln- burg of toronto another house sale a crewson s corners was that of a frame house belonging to mr harry gordon which was purchased by mr drysdale r r no 1 acton sgt bud james has been trans ferred from newfoundland to sidney n s he had been in newfoundland for bwo years f o guidon maodonald has been transferred to mdia according to word recently received by his parens wol h hurley of lachine quebeev visited his parent here last week end w o hurley has been posted to ferry command duty mr and mrs j f londner of norval have received a letter from then- am b1u the first they have heard rrom htm since he was wounded while frying a fighter spitfire in the mediterranean theatre of war in it bill told them of his promotion to flight lieutenant re troactive to the first of december bs is in hospital at cairo and recuperat ing nicely he sustained injuries to hla head and ear drums it will be several months before he is again fit for ao- uon mrs bert tuck has just received letter from her husband lcsgt bart serving in italy in which he tehy or how glad he wasto receive some coptea of the herald apparently the electric light and good jjrnsj t tpr fred tut harlson serving with the tank corps in italy sent an interesting parcel home to his wtfo last week the gift arrived in excel lent condition and contained a lovely black lace rn anting mrl two lengths of wool suiting enough to mate a couple of skirts and a complete mstt m the letter which be wrote smytnff the parcel was on its way tpr har rison said he had become friends vsttt an italian tailor who had 4 htm a sports jacket which wm coma tn handy after the war tut has been to italy since jttjy ufegrrmg plasma journeys to the fronts in fibre shipping fontatnera made from waste paper save your paper and give to the salvage couectora did yon know ikjuor permits cost ing one dollar will be issued for the next fiscal year for purchase of spirits and imported wtne first flowers of fung