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the georgetown herald wed september 6th 1944 local hews georgetown fall pair a wek from saturday helen blackburn will resume her classes in piano on sept 11th penny bag night in st georges basement sept 13th at 8 pjn fine programme ttiere are still a number of fajl fair irlse lists ready tor distribution public school opened on tuesday high school students enrolled with regular sessions beginning sept 18th the moh reports no communi cable diseases in georgetown lor the month of august grand opening dance by modern ires orchestra at the georgetown arena saturday sept 16th brampton business college will reopen day school september ll night school september 18 telephone 651 bi ampton tickets on the navy league draw for one ton of hard coal are on sale at all main street merchants get your ticket today draw will be made at georgetown fair 2t arrangements were completed to day to have the midway attractions that appeared at brmpton fair come to georgetown fall fair next week ttoey include a merrygo round aerial wings and other games while pruning some trees at toe park last saturday one of the town employees mr wrn spence fell out flf a tree and sustained a fractured hip and wrist and was otherwise badly bhaken up he is in guelph hospital we wish him a speedy recovery i the georgetown board of trade are planning to have a tent at george town fair where farmers and others nay spend a quiet time to chat with old friends and business associates j an oddity in the vegetable world is a potato which is on display in the herald window this week the potato whicl came from the garden patch of mr fred monally ms grown comple tely through a hole the size of a 15c piece which was made by a twisted nail local apple growers are getting tbeir heads together in order to put on a competition at the fair and thus help out the fair exhibits generally the board of parks management are making extenshe improvements to the danoe hall in the arena and it should be an excellent spot for dancing and other entertainment when com pleted it will be ready for the fair dance the first of the season in response to mr h l hutt s enquiry last week concerning seedling peach trees mr r s macartiiur brought a peach from a seedling tree into the office and we have passed it on to mr hutt this tree planted from a peach stone four or five years ago at what is known as the mul holland bungalow bore 17 tastj well developed fruit this year norval credit lacrosse club has put in a bantam under 15 jan 1st and a midget entry in the old ontario lacrosse association and are hop ing to do well in the playoff which is being held shortly further parti culars will appear later a fine sea on s playing ha been enjoyed to date any boys of team age who have not yet come to practices and games may till play for the teams if they so de aire phone 382 r 2 for further infor matlon mr and mrs lavern thompson honoured a very delightful surprise party for mr and mrs lavem thompson of elnuawn farm on the occasion of their twentieth wedding anniversary august 20th was held at the home of mr and mrs fred c thompson scuth street georgetown last saturday evening with members of tfte family and friends taking part in the cele oration following a daintily served banquet which included a very prettily de corated wedding cake an interesting program was enjoyed by all on behalf of the gathering congratulations and good wishes were extended to the guests of honour by mr j q orwln of to ronto mr and mrs thompson were the recipients of a gift of a pair of hudson bay blankets the presenta tion being made with a few well chosen words by master vern pulling grand son of mr and mrs fred thompson mrs lewis pulling of indiana wife of major pulling united states army overseas performed the duties of hostess in a most charming manner the remainder of the evening was spent in card games whch brought to a close a most enjoyable time umehouse rev argyle campbell conducted services at limehouse on sunday last rev c c cochrane is expected to return from his vacation to preach next sunday sunday school classes will commence for the fall term on september 10 also ladles of the limehouse ii stltute served dinner and lunch to those at tending the canadian rural mail couriers association contention held in the ymca in acton on monday recent visitors included mr and mrs geo mllliert and george of toledo with his parents and misses swackrtamer mr and mrs e morrow and elane lr and mrs robt lane and carol lth mrs r lane mr and mrs steele and children of toronto with the halls miss helen swackhamer of detroit with her sister margaret here mr and mrs m patterson joan and may of toronto spent last week with mrs j j smethurst miss laura monroe of niagara falls n y spent the holiday week mr and mrs harvey norton and children spent the week end in hamil ton mrs wright is spending a few days in toronto bill blake of toronto is holidaying with the millers mr and mrs j n newton spent a few days in orillia and barrie congratulations to mr and mrs garnet king on the birth of a little daughter mr and mrs w i newton visited in the niagara peninsula on sunday huntley those in the armed services visiting over the week end were leading wren sally buck lao vemon klrby lao jack gilbert mr and mrs p duckworth and sons of windsor mrs 8 goddard alton and miss margaret hoover beeton ont visited recently at the home of mr and mrs l robinson miss audrey norton has returned home from niagara falls n y after holidaying with mr and mrs a mc- momaster mr and mrs w bennett mr and mrs r mcmaster mr and mrs h compton spent the week end in peter borough with mrs w firth mr and mrs w day visited mr and mrs g allan recently mr and mrs wm bennett mr and mrs robert mcmaster and mr add mrs harry compton spent the holiday week end wiui relatives in peterboro audrey norton has returned home after spending a holiday at niagara falls ny- mr george beaumont of toronto was a recent visitor at the home of mr and mrs w beaumont mr and mrs jack fry spent the week end at brighton mr smith of guelph was a week end visitor at the home of mrs bar rett mr arthur norton is spending two weeks holiday with relatives in king stan- mrs o donovan and patsy of to ronto were visitors last week atthe home of mrs j haines lac harry williams of st johns p q and margot williams of toron to were week end visitors at the home or mr and mrs j r williams ray bell returned to ofihawa on tuesday after spending the past two weeks with his parents mr and mrs james bell our school reopened this rrornlng with mrs w beaumont and mrs a presswood in charge terra cotta a number from here attended the brampton fair on labour ome attended tin j imborec it geor j kttown and all n port hawiig ayery enjoyable lme we are sorry to karn that mrs k i im had to go to thi general hasp uil at toronto list week to hae a at iract removtd from her ee we are also pleased to lean lhut sht camo through th operation fine and it is expected that she will be able to come omt si urtl her manj friends here hope won to hear of her complete recover national prayer day observed in churches the churches throughout george town and district observed the na tional prayer day m sunday septem ber 3rd in view of th fact that it was the fifth anniversary of the declare tlon of war on germany by great britain at st georges church mem bers of the town council and other town officials attended in a body the following poem wkltten early in the war expresses well the import ance of prayer and these national prayer days somebody frayeu he crouched in ambush in the night the earth was trembling neatsi his feet his rifle hand was stiff and numb better to die than know defeat and then he heard gentle voice no man hath greater love than this had someone on his heated brow laid soothing hands and tender klssr htrbbtber prayed a messerschmidt was close behind its gunfire whistled on he plane o god he once began to pray and turned to meet the foe again he wondered why he did not fear when suddenly up there alone he felt another presence near a steady hand upon his own bus wile prayed the convoy darkly slid along he saw a sudden streak of white driving towards the vessel s prow was death approaching through the night he wondered why he thought of home the utile church its chimney axe eternal falher strong to save his lillle brothers in the choir his church had played and in our well loved mother isle a rojal family was bereaved a mother queen had bowed her bead a she with other mothers grieved of anxious nights and i itiret years day also i dajs of fighting against fearful odds could not destroy the courage of a king who placed his hand in oners an empire prayed dorothy dumbrxlle alexandria ont mr jas mackle who has been in the christie stret hospital for some time arrived home last week somewhat im proved in health his many friends an attractive selection of good clothes for school boys and girls awaits your inspection at l silvers dept store where good clothes cost less phone 375 georgetown here bops soon to hear at his earn plete recovery also we arc pleased to i welcome him back to our midst once i more mr j vanderfllel is erecting an ad dltion to his house which when com pleted will add considerably to us appearance mr r j stringer spent the week end with mr n vlggers of glen williams mr charlie shepherd spent hie week end with mtjton friends miss laughton of toronto moved into her new home which she purchas ed from mrs thomas webster we kindly welcome her to our midst mr and mrs h hayward of to ronto spend sunday with terra ootta friends mrs harvey puckering and family who spent the summer here have returned to their home in toronto this eek mrs c eaves of toronto is spend ing a few days with mr and mrs j eaves and family mr george stringer and miss bruce of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs gordon stringer and fa mily mr w j rutledge is the first one to ftrrikfr fail sowing in this vicinity mr j e rutledge left for calgary alta on the harvest excursion on wednesday of last week success to you ted we print nifty letterheads hornby 6 operators 4 setup men t for brown sharpe and national acme automatics toolmaklrs good wages some of our local young men left last week for the west to help gather in the abundant harvest on the pral ries among the labour day week end visitors in the community were mr and mrs robert fasken and baby daughter 3o anne of toronto at mr and mrs harry robertsons miss audrey hall of milton at mr nd mrs floyd downs mr and mrs stewart biigden and daughter of harriston at mrs brlgden sr and mrs s w reesor and daughter audrey of toronto at mr and mrs jas baley s congratulations are extended to mr and mrs charles austin on the birth of a daughter on sunday morning last sept 3rd at mrs raspberry s nursing home milton the annual harvest festival service will be held in st stephens anglican church next sunday morning at 11 15 a m with the rev o r banks of erindale in charge the bethel church annlvcrsar ser vices will also be held next sunday sept 10th at 11 ajn and 8 pm the rev a l sanderson of water down will conduct the morning service excellent post war prospects he rv e b eddy of oakvuie youll be sorry if you miss georgetown fall fair sept 15 16 friday and saturday fair day programme apply to employrnent and selective service office brampton ont u lost since august 5th large black persian cat blar- bay anyone having in- iotmabon please moke 119 j the evening service the choir of the i church will be assisted in the service of praise by mr maurice readhead ol lowvtlle and local soloists school bells are ringing again this tuesday morning calling all boys and glrli to class rooms after the long holidays miss nellie jardlne will again be in charge of hornby union school seven recent graduates of hornby public school began studies in milton high school on tuesdaj they will travel back and forth by auto during the year each family concerned tak ing turns in providing conveyance miss eldred qtbbald left on mori day alternoon to resume her dotieo in merritton public school for another term yes we felt the earthquake on monday night and wondered who was shaking the bed fortunately no da mage was done in this part of the countryby the unusual occurence parade of school children to park music by georgetown girls pipe ban4 official opening by j a carroll supt of fafl fairs association baseball game babyshow light horse show harness racing trick horse a high jumping horses 1 potato race and musi fc cal chairs on horse back cy open the fall season by attending the annual glenwhxiams mm pstrlcu bucknamer and mm norma hanuer hsra fasso holldayta with tie utter srsntmatlia tin arts and crafts exhibit s don t miss seeing the outstanding hall exhibits tn eluding the arts crafts cooperative display best livestock show in central ontario pasadk of livestock at jm tm loud speaker system concessions refreshment booths adults 25c admission children 15c fair night dance the georgetown arena friday evening sept 1 5th music by modernaires orchestra the tops for dancing admission 50c dont mbs it