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the georgetown herald wednesday june 28th 1944 quality guaranteed sa1ada carrolls 8 tciabk ii ajtmer dehydrated beans z 19c sr ginger ale soda water 2 25 z wi z3c e- for sandwlchn quid quaker oats 9 quito puffed wheat sparkies hter muffet9 x nabob coffee o 0na packagel steero cubes cairo i own tea v red fralhef pudding powders ram 3e 7 38c 9 9c woodbury fac al soap 0 d dulc cleanser neii tox pott bran flakes wrttlrntio usm bulbs nsair canada seal herring ron a in puppy midgets 3 cakm x3c ib pan 15c at ssc caxmi sup fruit jars s105 certo i 2s jar tops fa 20c jar rings d 25c rubbers do be frail kept pw 25c c s coffee corn flakes quaker marmalade c b chicken soup stnox oe3ex r soap i 43c z 15c 3lc in ho 2 fr we rf v 1 iai to un llmons sx s8s c aupornia oranges sbj tss valencia orffcnges bite em valencia oranges 8ba 17t valencia oranges head lettuce c do 30c dot 38o dox 43c dox sic dos 6c each new beeta and carrots at market prices fruit and vegetable prices subject to market fluctnationa sugar fl to 6 14 to 35 tea or ooffee 14 ttfs el 6 phone 357 georgetown m t h e a t re friday june 30 the navy wav jean parker robert lowerr tarzan s desert mystery fox news saturday july 1st matinee at 3 pan thank your lucky stafts m with dennis morxaui dtnnb 8lam fault oauaiaar cartoon boogie woogie man chapter 4 daredevils of the west tuesday and wednesday july 4 and s the uninvited bar blltraaaal atalfc baamtrrr comedy radio rampage cartoon hullabahra active service notes hut dick beaumont has been tnms- ferred from high river alberta to mountain view out officers cook jack kemshead ho v r is home en leave from hall fax n a mrs roy wiggins has received word that her brother rflmn gordon bar rand has been wounded in franc donald early has enlisted in the ca nadlan navy and is at present station ed atrhjdojs yorts toronto- word has been received toy his mo ther that cpl k w jimmy king has arrived overseas mts e schoueld was pleased to re oelve one dozen red roses from her son sgt james schofleld from italy for mothers day lac george mitchell ottawa liac william ronald london visited with the latters sister mrs horace blyth and sharon for the week end alan law with the rcnvr has been promoted to leading stoker be will leave lor seattle wash shortly to take his petty officer s course gdi jack whitney of lindsay and son lac albert whitney of rivers man ure spending a furlough at their home here mrs a collins received a cable from her husband c c alfred collins of the merchant navy telling her he was out of hospital and wo ild be home soon c c collins has been in hospital at port said egypt for se or weeks among the boat 1 ad ot wo mded and category men to arrive back in canada on the lleres birthday anniversary miss margaret roseel tent the week end with miss dorts mitchell mr and mts robt dredge mrs jno crawshaw and misses mitchell of milton were recent visitors with mtb r lane mrs gordon walker and miss do rothy of belmont are visiting mr and mrs s m wright and shirley miss adams of he children work was present at the mission band meet ingest mrs h nortons on monday evening and delighted the children with the interesting accounts of her experiences in foreign countries read the notice of limehouse w l garden party in this issue john oockburn of r m z navy spent last week end with the mitchell s terra cotta mr and mrs vandervliet and ra mlly of toronto spent the weekfend at their new home here the auction sale held here on satur day being the estate of the late james mcleod whs a decided success there was a large turnout the house and land were sold to mr leslie icamjor three hundred dollars the village lots btloi king to the lau dr mcandrew were not sold one offtr was made but as it was not up to the reserve bid it was not sold mr frank petch george town 5 popular auctioneer wielded the stick in his usual good natured style the household effects wen iso so cl mr k langdon of georgetown was hospital ship lady there also o look after the buslmss ol 360 is raised for war work although garde party was nearly rained out it was certainly disappointing to tne employees of beaumont a mill and their helpers when alter working hard to prepare for a mammoth garden party last friday night a deluge of rain fell about 630 o clock to almost wash it out however by s o clock the rain had ceased and the show went on there was a good attendance con ludertag the wet weather and when the proceeds of uie party and draw had been checked it was found that uonwr 360 00 would be available to carry on their war effort of sending parcels to the boys overseas the program was run off as ad vertlscd and music was supplied by the georgetown boys band and the lome scots band in the lucky number draw miss gertrude cain won the first prize a smoking stand and jack wagstaffe second prlze an end table the beaumont employees wish to thnnk those who helped in any way to moke the event a success nelson from overseas wis sfct clarke of georgetown sgt clarke was met by his wife at the union station toronto on saturday sgt clarke seen action in italy mothers day flowers are stll ar riving from overseas and those who re cently received bouquets were mrs h tost trom her son cpl fred tost in italy and mrs albert tost from her son pte harold pete tost flying officer les clark has a good many trips to egypt to his credit as well as over germany and italy on one of his stopovers at cairo egypt les bought some beautiful souvenirs and sent them to his mother mrs clark has just received the parcel which contained a beautiful soft lea ther hassock and a large cream lea ther hai dbag hand sewn there were also lovely bits of hand carved ivory and ebony such as a letteropener and elephants a gold bracelet and silver earrings were very lovely too vshgrove the service at church last sunday morning was observed as a children s service with the children forming the choir two selections were rendered very sweetly and the message dellvereo try the minister was especially appro priate for the children beautiful bus kcts of flowers decorated the front of the churoh next sunday uie sacra ment of the lord s supper will be ob served mr fred wrtgnlesworth left last week for bmcobrtdge m iskoka where he will be spending the summer congratulations to miss margaret alexander who successfully completed her jears triining at toronto normal school we wish her every success in her new profession over 500 attended the barn dance inmivrobt c s one new barn on the sth line which replace the one destroyed by fire in april mo dern and old time dancing was enjoved to the music of rusk crcighton s va riety band lunch and cold drinks were served by the women s institute the estate terra cotta seems to be gettli g more like new york all the time one night last week an observer counted 2a cars parked at mrs k icams emporium and the grocery trade is increasing by leaps and bounds the ict cream par lour is still doing a rushing business new goods are arriving dally mr dannyhrook had to go to tne hospital at toronto last week to have his tonsils remved we ore also pleased to learn that he had a very successful operation and we hope soon to hear of his complete recovery a number of our citizens took in mrs w c anthonys sale at george town on saturday afternoon and re port a splendid sale and mrs dannybrook and fa of toronto have moved into mr ytons house on main street we also kindly welcome them as kind anc obliging citizens to our midst mrs agerman and family have moved to the 7th line a number from here attended tht garden party at glen williams on friday evening and all report an ex cedent wet time mr w h stringer of toronto spent the week end with his brother mr j g stringer of this place we are bozzt to istrn that mr q 8 kirfcwood of the town line had to tic removed to ttie hospital for treatment his many friends here hope sooi o hea of his complete recovery mr george ions has returned o his home in alberta after having spent a very pleasant visit with friends in this vicinity i imehouse the girls lookout club concert held tuesday evening in the church was well attended rev c c cochrane was chairman for the program which included n mbers bv miss helen me redlth miss joyce dcsemuh mrs jesse mcehery mesdames stan and norman sinclair mrs burt with ac cordian miss qrace beerman misses mildred and lillian norton miss viola brigden miss islay moclure mr sam glstoy messrs llovd swlndlehurst and e mcenerv miss doris harding mrs harvey norton and mr john bird were accompanists for ti t evening during intermission the patrons or the refreshment booth on the lawn were entertained by misses inez scott bertha shetboume and grace beer man of the georgetown girls pipe band in kilts and bag pipes on behalf of the club members rev c c cooh rane thanked all those contributing to the success of uie evening the regular monthly meeting of the 0l0 club was held at the home of francis given on saturday about tihirty friends were guests of mr and mrs w mullere at their home on monday evening on tne occasion of mr mlllleres seventyfourth birth day the early pert of the evening was given over to p euchre ura a w norton and mr w mlddleton holding highest seore and consolations going to mrs b sanfbnj and mrs k- mqler mrs mwdjeton at the piano singsong was enjoyed until as we invited to a lovely lunch in the dining room mr mullere cutting his birthday cake his son mr w mullere was mas ter of ceremonies calkng on a number for short addrertm attw all had wish ed mr mullere many fatore happy an nrmsarlea tfte rttaainder of the even- tag was spent in umfrg hr oeo uboen tod mo oeorge ol telado were prwtx f or mr w mu- i 1rst pri7e lettett in count council contest for halton we present the letter jrle service kelso written by my visit oddfellows and rebekahs purchase new hall on wesleyan st the building at the end of wesleyaro st owned by r l gregory oakvlhe and formerly used as a theatre in ther silent movie days has been purohasea by the oddfellows and verdun rebe- kah lodges the brick structure is in the process of being renovated to form a new oddfellows hall the upetalxs ot the arena was formerly used for this purpose the new hall was originally built for a dlciples church it has a ground floor spam of 38ieet by 31 feet thl room together with two anterodm5 win be the lodgeproper the ceiling- is being dropped new windows haver- been put in the balcony has been dls- inantled and the building re wired and redecorated a new heating system will be installed the members of the oddfellows lodge are doing the reno vating themselves as the oddfellows own uie parcel of land north of the building this space will be used fpr parklng cars the lodges expect to move into their new premises earlv next month to hal on county counclt on the invitation of the halton county council i was elected to te present our school at one of their regular meetings as an educauonal project along with llfty other pupils irxin various xrhools we assembled at the court house tuesday morning april loth where miss maxted took charge of uie girls and mr smith of the boys we proceeded to the second floor of the building where we were shown the judge s chamber and other places of interest after which we gathered in the court room where the council holds its meetings it was very in te resting and amusing to hear the men vote for and against certain mo tlons a delegation ot ratepayers from the bast line in nelson wlrfies to have their road token over by the county rather than the township this matter was not settled at 1 mh we wert the guests of the council at knox church sunday school room where we enjoyed a hcartymeal followed b a sing song during this period mr skuoe ad dressed us his subject was our pa triouc duty reminding us that we had an obligation to our fellow students by taking bock a report he also com pumentcd us on our behaviour which he assured us was a credit to our tcachers mr w i dick the grown attorney outlined the start of crime and where it leads he painted out that petty thieving leads to greater crime and i trust that none of we children pres ent that day will ever be in a court room except as interested jectatora judge munro told us about different types of court bearings we wert delighted to have in our midst a british evacuee who told a btue about his life in icn before asaembling for the after noon session we inspected the differ ent offices of the court officials and visited the registry office where all lev documents are kept there we met less field the registrar the goalee and turnkey took oar finger prints we were owri inside the gmol where threes prisoners were amlttnc for trial i hhtng b rnfd bread in man s hand lightning pranks seldom equalled were recorded in tjxbrldge township in recent heavy storm according to the stouffville tribune the paper tells that something like a miniature tor nido struck across the markham whitchurch townline between the 6tn and 7th concessions and along by george poote s farm telephone poles were snipptd off hue trees were toppled over and smashed while the hydro line in this area was also put out and a strong new pole badly bent miss grace bulley sitting at uie window in the foote home was slight ly stunned by a shock of lightning in town lightning put on some ca pers the like of which has seldom been recorded ernie woodward and bill harding fom brougham were sitting in mr woodward s trailer in front of the silverthom garage they were ng a meal when uie lightning flashed in on the wires scorched a large calendar off the wall and sing ed a piece of bread in the hands of mr woodward toasting it so badly noth lng was left the anall radio on the table in tne trauor started to smoke and the men got out a pail of water close by was douced on the fire whldi saved the trailer from further destruc tion it was a miraculous escape for he two men who were not injured at all while evidence of burns from the hghnuik was nil around where uiey sat up at uie home of mrs win hop kins lightning came down the chimney and jumped into a clothes close burning up a dozen dresses causing smoke damage and damage to the electric devices in the place switches were knocked off the wall and fuses were burned out damage was estlmat ed at 300 mrs hopkins and her mother mrs theo madlu were both in the house at he time and they quickly summoned aid while throwin buc kets or water into the close whicn undoubtedly saved the house from destruction the line of dresses on uie hangers were burned off from the bottom to the arms and shoulders on some the are brigade quickly res ponded to the alarm and promptly ex amlned the atuc port or the house extinguishing any smotherin pert left from the lightning three pigs out on the form of har ve schell buteber were killed by lightning but stock generally speaking escaped injury which is surprising wind damage on the whole caused more harm than llghning from this particul i storm centred along the townline and in town lightning struck the home of reg ronnie on the 10th of markham but did not cause a fire the flash tore off some shingles blew out the electric lights and followed oie line to the barn where the water pump and elec trie motor were damaged milking had to be done in uie good old fashioned way mrs l a worden dies following a lengthy period of ill hi aith mrs l a worden passed away it the hospital at hamilton on saturday born at ballhiafad mrs worden had spent all her life in this district and for the past thirty years has been a resident of acton mrs worden was an accomplished pianist ami teacher of music and many of the yount people of this commu nity owe their grounding in music to htr efforts on their behalf she l survived by her husband l a worden the funeral was held on tuesday afternoon with a service at the john stone and rumley funeral home with her minister rev forbes thom son of knox church in charge inter ment was made in the family plot at bailinafad cemetery the pallbearers were messrs alex mann walter bauer l w agar w a lasby john locker and ed ward cnpps prizes for health books and the following public school children received prizes last week for temper ance posters and health books these prizes were donated by members of local wctu grade 7 1st betty king 2nd pau line henington 3rd keith thompson grade 6 1st hugo tapp 2nd ron denham 3rd earl walters grade 8 billy henderson health books grade 6 1st alfred spence 2nd margaret golden 3rd jean coleman grade 5 julia devries stewarttown grade 7 essay marion ritchie georgetown 1st prize knox prfsbyterian w m s the annual hbme helpens meeting of knox w m s was held at the home of mrs dean leslie on wednesday june 14th with a good attendance the meeting was convened by the home helper secretary mic red mound with mrs mcfadden of omagh as guest speaker mrs mcfadden is sectional vice president and pays the society a visit each year and as usual gave a splendid address they were also favoured with two lovely solos by mrs frances thompson with mrs h graham as accompanist a social hour wlth refreshments served by the honvf helpers was held at the close of the meeting and a hearty vote of thanks hi wen chosen words by miss redmound was given to mrs leslie and aq who had taken part durthg the rest of the afternoon we agaki ltattoed tenttrely to the bostncm of tbm oouncfl befor wa were dlwalpd a vote of thanks wma gtvea by marjovle ser vice seconded fcff john a readbead after which we left for bone filled with new resolutions to do be school work that some day we might be oapabte of fiunr tboat chain tn whlofa to on saves lives four men owe their lives to cpl william welfare rlgltn of saltooat sask he was a passenger in a plane that made forced landing after an engine failure although injured he- extricated the other more seriously hurt men from the wreckage and gave medical aid he is now in service on the north west staging route discharge advisers the canadian army the royal canadian navy and the royal cana dian air fnroe have ercently appointed thre- advisors to prepare and plan the way for the return of uie members of the armed forces to civilian life they will be resopnslble for the sendee planning which will ensure to smooth transition from service to civilian life physical and mental tes rigorous physical and mental tests for both indiarjjand british officers off the indian annre being used by the seleotkm boards candidates have to prepare plane and make decisions tn an lnfemotof noise representing btue- fleld distractions gramophone records pi lank and air battles are used but the most effecuve irritant is provided by a record of a london underground train sent specially from england