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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday august 2nd 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy i jrev dr a grasett smith 1 onetime rector at stewarttown dies at dunnville home me cloaca long and useful 14ie of service in church of england in 0 years amaug the weather following a lingering illness death came sunday morning july 16th 1944 to rev dr arthur grasett smith mtv cm lth- aged 86 years thus removing from the church ot england in canada a true and faithful servant of more than she decades in the pass- ins of dr qvrr dunnville in fact ontario as a whole has lost a son it twin foe difficult to replace arthur grassett smith was born in st catharines a son of the late dr gmi mrs j francis smith while still a child be moved with his parent to toronto and suncoe and thence to windsor where he received his earlii education from here dr smith to huron college western tjnlvei ttnp graduating from there theology in 1862 part of his education was also gained at w university and the remainder queens university kingston where he moelted bis m d degree in 1808 ordained by bishop ucumaui in june 1883 dr smith was or dalned a priest by rt rev isaac hell muth bishop of huron the only for ign bishop in the history of the church of england in canada bishop- helrmuth was bom of welltodo po lish jews and was disowned by his fa miry when he accepted the christian faith covered parish on horseback dr smiths first parish was at es sex centre and covered churches at essex centre north ridge learning ton comber merlin and tilbury the journey from end to end of this exten srve parish was made by horse and buggy when the weather was fine and toy horseback when mud and water for bade the more comfortable means of travel travelling as a boy in the lake superior district with his father who was a geologist mining engineer and prospector in the summer and dentist in the winter young grasett smith early became keenly interested in the indians and their ways and it was this contact that led him to forsake bis first charge to work among the indiana as a medical missionary early influences played a large part in his life and it was the earnest desire of bis mother while he was yet a child that led him to enter holy orders his work among the indians leaving essex centre dr smith went to muncey where he labored for nearly 12 years among the muncey oneida and ojlbway chlppawa in dians due to his enthusiasm the young ministerdoctor was sent to england in connecuon with the wurk- ot the church among the indians and gras in england for the diamond ju bilee of queen victoria he went on to france on the same mission staying there as a chaplain for six months prom muncey be went to christ church tyendlnagea the six nations reserve near deseronto he spent aeven years in that parish and while there practiced medicine in deseronto under the doctor who had in his care the mohawk tribe from there he took a post graduate course at western university and victoria hospital wrote and passed his three medical council exams in one and received his license to practice medicine in ontario in 1903 leaving the indians for a time dr smith went to teeswater where the churfti had been without a minister for 11 years and was in a bad shape financially in two years he had put tt back on its feet and left it again with a resident minister came to imoeeae of niagara from huron dr smith came to the diocese of niagara accepting a charge at palmerston for five years leaving palmerston for grand valley where for three years he had three churches with four services every sunday six years were spent in the parish ot norvai stewarttown and hornby and then in february 1919 dr smith re turned to his work among the red skins spending two years at car cross y t as principal of the indian residential school in march 1921 he left the yukon and accepted a brief chance at st matthews church al dershot coming in october 1931 to byng port maitland and south cay uga where he remained until his re urement in 1938 in spite of his ad vancmg age ths rugged veteran of the church mutant covered more then 20 miles every sunday winter and sum mer preaching the gospel to the merest bandful of faithful adherents designed and dsftt gtnareax his last charge ranked among his mo s and among other things the pretty atone church at port afaluand wbl stand as a listing mo- oontlnaed on page eight georgetown fair only six weeks away exhibitors should stabt now to put entries into shape it is always interesting at the end of each month to compare the total figures of temperature and rainfall and snowfall of all the years for which re cords have been kept in this way we can get a line up on what to expect in the maturing of crops of all kinds and also whether such crops will be poor or bountiful here are the normal figures for the month of july the mean or average maximum or day temperature is 79 making it by several degrees the warm est month of the year the minimum or night temperature is 662 those are the few nights in the year we can kick the blankets off and need no area to keep the living rooms comfortable july is one of the three months of the year when we have no snowfall but the rainfall is the highest the normal be ing 3 00 inches now let us see how the july just past compares with normal the mean day temperature was 803 being 8 degrees above normal which am to 24b for the 31 days in the month which makes for the earlier ripening of to matoes melons prapes and crops re quiring heat to mature the mean night temperature was 565 degrees it too being 03 degrees above normal the rainfall was what we got most in excess this year the total being 410 inches or an inch and onetenth above normal that has made for luxuriant vegetation there has been abundant pasture and no let up in lawn mowing und fruits and grain will be big ani plump following are the lo zal rec ords for the past week date h and l rain temp fall tues july 25 78 fi2 wed july 28 72 56 46 thurs jury 27 78 s3 frl jury 28 81 61 32 sat july 29 75 66 06 sun july 30 75 06 mon july 31 82 67 georgetown boys band edward wodson music editor ol the evening telegram was guest at last weeks rehearsal of georgetown boys band in the course of his chat with the boys at the close of the even ing mr wodson said in part it has been a privilege to be here to night i am grateful to you boys and to your kindly selfforgetting conductor mr joe carter you are doing well there is a heap of fine musical ma terlal amongst you mr oarter flatters me when he says nice things about my musician sntp tarawnt blow a note- any brass or reed instrument for a for tune i might hit the drum at the right time but there d be no music in the note but ive learnt this on my cwen ty five year old ob of music criticism the best bands and orchestras are those that listen best if you dont listen to yourselves you u never get an audience worth anything master the triclc of listening the hardest of all musical tricks believe me listen to your own tone first then to the tone your pal is making at the next stand then take in the whole body of tone being made even at a rehearsal georgetown fall fair which is spon sored by the esqueslng agricultural society is now only six weeks aiway the date is september 15th and icth and already fair advertising is mak ing its appearance the directors have been meeting regularly this summer laying concrete plans for a fair that this year promises to be a record breaker if the weatherman is favour able to the show an exceptionally fine prize list is now in the hands of the printer and will be off the press in the course of the next couple of weeks a long list of special prizes will be enticing to exhibitors and the quality of the do nations in goods is excellent if you have never shown at the fair you have certainly missed something not only do you gan a certain amount of enjoy ment from showing your articles along with your neighbour but the financial returns should receive same attention prizes are valuable and have been in d in a number of classes tills year every indication is that the hall will be filled to capacity this year an outstanding exhibit is proposed by the arts crafts co operative the wo mens institutes of the district the wartime prices and trade board the girls garden brigade and many others with the increase in the ladles work and domestic science prize mo ney these sections anticipate an out- sj standing display outside entertainment will be the best races horse show baseball games potato race musical chairs and baby show but all this will be found in la ter editions of this paper and on the posters what we want at this time is to impress on exhibitors that the georgetown fair board is counting on them to do their part in making the show one of the best in the history of the society so that the board may look forward to celebrating its 100th anniversary n two year s tme with the satisfaction of knowing the cit are backing the fair one hundred pea- cent spr frank lorusso visits parents birthplace the family of spr frank lorusso who is serving in italy were especially interested to receive the following letter from bun which tells ot meeting and talking with his relatives there nvhom his parents have not seen since leaving their homeland italy july h 1944 hello josle i just received your letter of june 15th i have had work already going ahead on proposed lions park tpr thomas dickenson awarded military medal had brother hnt in d1kppk saw the pope i just got back from my leave of 7 days 1m which i was able to spend 3 days in the old folks home town you can tell mom that her sis ter and mother are in good health in fact her mother and sister look in bet ter health that she does i can t spell the names of the people i met but there was one old woman that kpew mom when she was a young girl and i also met the old fellow who took mom and uncle out to canada in case you don t know it you have 9 cousins 6 boys and 3 girls and one other girl who died the very same as our own family so maybe they had a race as i sometime think annie and lucy have emmanuel and joe are prisoners of war but tony the oldest boyi one year younger than i is at home he show tpr thomas edwin dickenson who will be 21 next month has been day in rome and awarded the military medal well hold street carnival to raise funds to continue work the corner lot at the rear of the post office building on water street was acquired some time ago by the lions club with one purpose in mind to furnish georgetown with a centrally located park which in future years might be 61 inestimable service to the community with this in mind much thought has been given to the idea the past year and work in this direction has already been started early this spring a number of trees ornamental flowering plums donated by the board of trade were planted on the lot and since then a bull dozer has taken down most of the old born in acton tpr dickenson came to stewarttown on the outskirts of georgetown at an early age he is the sob of mrs ethel dickenson and the late mr dickenson of stewarttown formerly a member of the lome soots regiment tpr dickenson en listed for active service in 1940 with the governor generals horse guards after training at toronto camp bor i u mum w un w den and hamilton he went overseas railway bank and levelled off the in september 1941 and since that grounds considerably further atten tion has been given the project just this week when the county road grader has spent some time grading and le velling and ditching on the road along side the lot future plans and we hope they are not too distant are to plant more trees sow grass seed install some benches time has become a driver mechanic he spent christmas 1943 in italy his only brother pte harry dickenson of the royal regiment of canada was killed at dieppe tpr dickenson o mother says de tails concerning his action in italy are scanty but says that on one occasion ed me around the town and i sa the h a 1ana whlle on m robert davis is trampled by horses mr robert davis well known tarmer or the rorval district sua talned critical injuries when he was trampled and dragged for some dls tance by his team of horses all the ribs were torn from one side and his lung was punctured dr mcallister was called but mr davis condition was so critical it was to m him rie acctdent- houe dad was born in as far as the girl friends are concerned its just the same rre met a few girts over here but just as friends but if i don t hear more often from home 111 have to look harder as im beginning to think the war will soon be over and 111 have to settle down after i dldn t mind my aunt and grandmother kissing me on the cheek but when uncle and moms uncle the one who took her to canada kissed me it was kind of embarrassing especially when you have to return it and ui t isn t all the young fellows walk arm li arm and dance together because the girls are out in the country working on farms i dldn t walk arm in arm with mil fellows but i did dance with a lew of tony trlends one af ternoon ive just met bert tuck when i was going on leave and he tells me his brother might be going home soon lucky guv i thought you knew that i received moms xmas and easter parcels together and i received the cl gareltes from father morgan and kelly the old people felt sorry lor me because i dldn t have any pictures of home so collect some up for me and send them with a pipe lighter and a couple ol spools of thread as it is very hard to get them over her grand mother and auntie could use new shoes but that would be too much trouble for me to carry around lor months yours sincerely brother frank reconnaissance at the time his own erect a bandstand and a scout club house and no doubt other activities will gun had been rendered useless climb- 1 present themselves as time progresses ing into a nearby tank he returned i but all this takes money and a lot of tm occurred two weeks ago and we are pleased to say that he is now recover ing satisfactorily when the accident happened mr davis was driving his team and hay rack upon which he had a calf in a crate he halted the team at the en kiltng price bet for peaches pears and plums the retail price of peaches will be lower this year than last as the result of an order issued today by the war and unfasten the gate as he was un latching it the calf made a peculiar noise which startled the horses they bolted and as he tried to stop them they dragged mr davis along with them and trampled on him the machinegun fire of the germans his mother thinks that it may have been for this action that his medal was awarded pkliti wedding in holy cross church the wedding of muriel hamilton daughter of mr and mrs george hamilton of hornby to joseph shea ol oakvllle was solemnized by rev fr v j morgan in holv cross church on thursday july 20th the bride was lovely in a heavenly blue street length gown with white accessories she carried talisman roses the bridesmaid wore a rose ensemble and carried briarcllffe roses mr jack sanford of hornby was groomsman miss mary theresa la nigan of toronto was bridesmaid following the wedding trip the cou ple will reside in georgetown money the georgetown lkms club have to date been responsible for ths- purchase of the lot and the work al ready done to date however their funds are about exhausted pd in order that the work may continue axw about to stage a mammoth street cai nival at the last meeting of the club ft committee was set up to arrange for a street carnival and this has been done the date or friday august 18th has been decided upon and there will bo entertainment galore some highclass outside entertainers are being secured for the evening and there will do bingo games of all kinds jitney dan cing lucky number draws it will bo another great night with the lions os hosts every cent of the proceeds is aat marked to put the proposed park rafeo use and every citizen in georgetosjss will no doubt welcome the idea aaff give the lions their wholeheaxtoft support mjldurs comforts committee receive interesting letter the soldiers comforts committee were very pleased w receive the rut lowing letter from lieut s irene mulholland last week dear friends once again i would like to thank you for the cigarettes that arrived some tune ago i m afraid i am late in acknowledging the cigarettes but we trance crfbjs own property to get down had a ralher tlme backward weather heavy crops and shortage of labor has resulted in a general pileup of work on thm ma jority of haiton farm stated agrio rep j e whltelock in a recent in tervlew showery weather the first three weeks of june coupled with time prices and trade board celling prices for pears and plums covered in the same order will be the same as last year i this order is effective in this area on august 7 lor peaches and plums ano on august 14 for pears our unit is now somewhere in france and are finding it very interesting our life over here is quite an ordinary one much better than any of us had anticipated and as vet we haven t had to work too hard the general spirit of ill the troops is simply marvellous hope all is well at home and my 11 anks for the cigarettes they are r illy appreciated sincerely irene mulholland n factorymade houses to meet post- war shortages in britain i showing entrance war shortage period m britain the i ota site picture show external view j ept of publicity ottawa out mlnlsttypf works designed by the parts of the hooae will be pre-fabricat- om post- i ed in factories and only assembled on 1 harvesting handicapped by wet weather and lack of help heavy crop of hay and little help re- sultlng in haying wheat harvest and ttlng of early sown spring grain ill being on at the same time on a goodly percentage of haiton farms on many farms thin 2ias meant the oper ator and his wife have been on the go from 5 00 ajn until 9 and 10 oclock at night as a result of their efforts hal- ton barns in general are pretty well filled with well cured hay true the protein content of the hav is not as hith as it would have been if condl tions would have permitted early cut ting when asked about local comman do help mr whltelock replied local volunteers have been consplcuour by their absence toronto commandos showing us up badly up until monday of this week we have received the equivalent of 642 days work from toronto commandos some 81 haiton farmers have taken advantage of this ounce of help which comes from offices factories civic employees and n bell hops from some of toronto s largest hotels with few exceptions farmers receiving this class of labour have been well satisfied and have asked for help repeatedly some 25 or 30 men come out daily by one of the robert simpson trucks and are dropped en route at such points as sheridan oakvllle tralafgar drum quln ornagh boyne hornby etc arriving in milton around 930 am the truck leaves milton in the evening 7 00 pm which enables ten com mandos to render 7 to 8 hours service for which they receive 40c per hour and two meals we also understand that quite a large number of toronto people have been spending 1 or 2 weeks holiday helping out various haiton farmers many of these have been placed farther afield in nelson nassa gawcya and esqueslng townships when we inquired why commandos from our local urban centres have not responded proportionately with those from toronto because we understand york and peel counties are receiving as many or more than haiton mr whltelock replied perhaps tbat is your fault and mine in not fnajdng our peo pie realise the need certainly the re sidents of your town and mine are just as patriotic as those in toronto so ap parently we have fallen down in get ting the story across hi the district around each of the five towns of this county he added there are jots or f whoneed hel would be delighted to have a gang come after supper and stook up the odd field so lets go fellow townsmen and follow up the example which soma ox our residents have set for us quietly and without ostentation now is good time to phone the local com mando headquarters phone george town 195xevenlngs 45w give yor name and advise what day half day or nights you will be available and our former friends should also make known their needs to the same num ber to rater oeorgetowner injured by lightning a week ago mrs alex near nassagaweya and mrs wm near kitchener formerly mary vannatter and her daughters margaret and audrey had a narrow es cape from fatal injury during the as vere storm on monday afternoon ut last week the small hut in which ttiey had taken refuge from the storm was struck and all four of the group were stunned by the lightning mrs win near and audrew were the most ser iously affected but friends will b glad to learn their progeas is satisfactory the four in the group were plokng berries on monday afternoon qn th mcaltster farm in nassagaweya whan the storm came up they took refug in a small hut on the farm when she building was struck by a bolt of light ning the roof and floor and frame of the building were shattered by the lightning and it was indeed fortunate that the occupants escaped every one of the four suffered from bums and cuts mrs nears daughter audrey had one of her shoes torn from her foot by the lighnlng the bolt struck just a few minutes after they entered the building it is stated that a view of the s 4one to um building makes it seem miraculous that any of the group escaped fatal lajaxlss dont miss an edition by becomms a regular subscriber to the herald