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the georgetown herald seventyseventh yor of publication wednesday september 20th 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy 1944 quebec conference fall fair attendance reaches 4000 mark pte gordon james penny bag night on his way home at st georges pte gordon james is en route to canada on a hospital ship according to word received from ottawa on monday by nls mother mrs e james gordon sustained head injuries in italy on april 3rd of this year and has been recuperating in england since may he writes that he is do ing well and his family and friends are looking forward to having him with them again pte james went overseas in june 143 a brother with the army on the east coast with the tall spires of the chateau prontenac towering in the back ground prime minister churchill and president roosevelt flanked by the governorgeneral and the prime minister of canada pose for press photographers on the terrace of the citadel joc schertzl getrookie award in lacrosse loop joe bchertxl norval lacrosse player was given the rookie award for the year at a ceremony at brampton bowl recently until this spring joe who is well known as a hockey player in this district had never owned a lacrosse tick yet by midseason he was con sidered good enough to play with the senior excelsiors he is a natural athlete packs plenty of weight and was considered one of the cleanest flayers in the league art puckering ihglewood defence- man was awarded the keuleman prize cor the most valuable player in the peel lacrosse league this was a omen wristwatch donated by keule- mans jentelry store and the rookie award was a fifteen dollar ring pur chased by the club at a dinner last night the pick blur trophies were presented to mem bers of the winning nortonvtue squad the dinner was held in campbells cross hall hafiou wheeler purchases schenks store in glen mr harold wheeler wellknown glen williams resident has purchased the general store in glen williams formerly operated by william schenk and started up in business two weeks ago last monday mr wheeler has been an employee of beaumonts mill for the past twentyfive years and has been active in war work as president of the boys parcel fund fellow em ployees at the mill presented him with a parker pen and pencil desk set prior to his leaving the firm and there were many expressions of wellwishing tn his new enterprise as a storekeeper col bertram loaves active dutywill still command reserve unit brampton officer baa distinguished record in service f country at his own request lieut col l h bertram mc eld is being re tired from active service but will con unue as commanding officer of the 2nd reserve bataulon of the lome scots with reserve army status ool bertram was bom in dundas ontario he enlisted as a boy in lus county regiment and went overseas at the beginning of the first great war starting with the rank of private he worked his way up to be a major and company commander in prance with toe 20th battalion canadian expedi tionary force while on active service in the last war col bertram was awarded the 191415 star the military cross gen eral service medal and allied victory wi during the present war he has received the canadian volunteer ser vice medal and the canadian efficien cy decoration in 1923 col bertram was trans- ierred from the reserve of officers to be second in command of the re organized peel and dufferln regi ment and assumed command of the aame unit as lieut colonel in 1926 fie held this position until 1928 in 1940 col bertram was called out as a training officer in the lome boots p x and h regiment and was appointed commander of the 2nd lame scots battalion in march 1943 jn addition to his military duties col bertram operates a large farm north of brampton pte aubrey kerr second time wounded in italy mrs r kerr of norval received word last wednesday that her son pte au brey kerr had been slightly wounded in action in italy on september bth tms is the second time that pte kerr has been wounded having recovered from previous wounds suffered on may 3rd pte kerr has been in italy with the hastings and prince edward regt since january of this year employed at the credit quarries at the time of enlistment he trained at toronto brantford and camp borden prior to going overseas in june 1943 his friends in the district hope that ma injuries are not serious and that bis family will have reassuring word his condition shortly farmers are urged to cut noxious weeds at once the labour situation on ontario farms has made it extremely difficult to give noxious weeds attention dur ing the past three aionths many areas may now be observed heavily infested with such weeds as wild carrot chi cory and ragweed if neglected these will produce millions of viable seeds and new areas will be infested in the case of wild carrots flowers and seeds will be produced until the first severe frost which may not be until november seeds remain on the plant until winter when they may be carried miles over frozen ground and in drifting snow now that harvesting is nearly com pleted property owners are urged to mow any weeds which require at tention on their own property also on adjoining road sides if weeds are cut raked and burned at this time many viable weed seeds v ill be des troyed weeds have never been as bad as they are at the present time if ne glected the work of prevlousyears will largely be overdone weed cutting should receive attention at once farmers are urged to last thursday night the ladles of st georges church wa held tiielr penny bag night in the sunday school rooms the sum of 7850 was turned in which included a donation of 12 from the daughters of the church and this will be given to the church the meeting opened with a hymn and prayer after which two or three games were enjoyed by the ladles a program of entertainment included dances by marlene bludd and dianne hillock accompanied at the piano by mrs fred gilmer katheleen thomp son mblra kelly and shirley harri son entertained with piano solos and doreen mulhouand gave some recita tions a singsong was of favourite hymns named by those present mrs f laws was chairman in charge of the program and the lunch commit tee included mrs william bulllvant mrs jack mbmenemy and mrs rolfe mrs woo thompson was pianist for the evening large crowd well pleased with feature attractions e i w exhibitors more numerous in all classes hall looked exceptionally fine horse show and races attracl many spectators a pleasing midway lions club meeting monday night a meeting of the georgetown lions club was held at the mcglbbon house dinner general business was discussed flans lor a membership nifem were discussed the idea being to invite prospective members to a meeting of the club and outline sorrte of the features of lions club work in gen eral and of the georgetown club in particular another item of business was the planning of a doll dressed in dollar bills to be raffled off this fall an and the proceeds given to the lions cooperate ih british childrens war victims fund cleaning up this menace to crop and district governors nigm will be held food production and make september m he near future when other clubs on monday evening after the- ustiaf the local records for cleanup month legion w a hold birthday party the sixteenth anniversary of the georgetown branch of the w a to the canadian legion was celebrated by the ladles on thursday evening last in the legion hall about fortyfive enjoyed a chicken supper followed by games and danc ing the provincial officer of the le gion w a mrs florence pegg of swansea toronto was guest speaker there were four chartered members present mrs thomas grieve mrs william roney mrs fred mccartney mrs fred bralsby president was tn charge of the event the committee in charge of the chicken supper in cluded mrs james blair mrs t grieve mrs f mccartney mrs p bralsby mrs violet hewitt in the district will join with the local organization in welcoming the district governor on hii official visit to geor getown the applications of two new mbers were ano roved sister of local residents killed in robot bombing news of the death of mrs jack russell of london england brought sadness to two georgetown homes this week mrs russell was a sister of mrs e james and mr william burtenshaw of town she was killed in july and a cable sent at that time by the family went astray it was only when cpl fred castle who recently me back a prisonerof war escort visited georgetown that the news reached relatives here mrs russell had gone through the blitz and was living in her third iome in southeast london having been bombed out of two previous homes her father mr william burtenshaw lives in hamilton as does a sister mrs edward james another sister mrs florence dumm lives in acton the spmpathy of the community is extend ed to the family in their bereavement harry lawson died at home in stewarttown the weather byttl hutt we know of nothing more uncertain and unpredictable than the weather this year it has been favoring us in this particular locality as evidenced by the way it smiled on us for fair day to display the bountiful crops in field and garden in oitf locality on the other hand it has been dry in the western part of the pro vince that we are told many gardens between london and leamington yielded little else but disappointment and in many places wells had gone dry because of the drought in the far west it has been much tht same only different a returned harvester tells us that where he was in saskatchewan the wheat was yield ing in some places as high as 68 bus hels per acre and they were having fine weather far the harvesting while further east about portage la prairie there was so much rain they could not get on with the threshing daie h l rain temp fall tues sept 12 03 53 43 wed sept 13 70 54 thuri sept 14 71 56 fri sep 15 71 53 sut sopt re 70 57 sun sopt 17 76 47 mon sept 18 74 63 rtbnal champions of yown and district softball league nbrval softball team was declared champion of the georgetown and dis trict softtoall league when they tal lied two wins at the park on pair day there was a large crowd of fans at both games and titer war wall re warded for the play was close and exciting in the first playoff norval won 83 against buna be stone thus eliminating the latter team the victors went on to play off with al liance paper mills team and won again 53 mcmurchy of huttonvffle pitched for norval in both games one casualty occurredwhen jack har- after an illness of over a year there passed away at his home in stowart- town on tuesday september 12th harry pratt lawson beloved husband of lillian mcdowell father of doug las and the late harry p lawson and youngest son of the late david and sllamg mfc0 5 r cpl fted castle home from italy cpl fred castle overseas since june 1641 arrived home a week ago satur day after acting as part or a prison crofwar escort back to canada jake has been in sicily and italy since the land of mussolini was first invaded he says canada looks pretty good to him after his experiences there with respect to the fighting his opinion is that the germans are al ready beaten and they know it but won t give in most of them tight fanatically the going has been hard but our boys have succeeded cpl castle was employed at alliance paper mills ltd before he enlisted in the 48th highlanders in june 1940 while training in camp borden he transferred to the tank corps and he is still with that unit he has to re port back to headquarters on oct janet lawson stewarttown and georgetown he is also survived by three grandsons and one grand daughter harry paul and peter law- son acton and mary lillian lawson stewarttown and two sisters and one brother mary hettle and david law- son georgetown the funeral on thursday septem ber 14th which was conducted by his minister the rev charles c coch rane knox presbyterian church georgetown was attended by many relatives and friends many beauti ful floral tributes showed the high esteem in v ilch the deceased was beld the paobearers were messrs oeorre and albert mcdowell toron to clebert mcdowell hornby walter jlnwnon stenvarttown harry dlover- eaux georgetown and john cation brampton card ot thanks mrs harry pratt lawson and fami ly wish to express their deep grati tude to their many relative friends od neighbors for the beautiful floral offerings and for their kind expqm- atone of sympathy received during the repent km of a dear husband and fcrther and also to the rev o o ooonrane for his many acts of fctnd- memorial service at st aldans for pte 8 dickenson last sunday morning st albans church of england in glen wffiams was taxed to its capacity as legion and lodgi members and nearly the whole community joined in a memorial sex vice for pte stanley dickenson killed in action in france on august 38th the archdeacon expressed th heart felt sympathy of a great multitude with their thanks for the ssrrio stan ley had rendered in the canst of free dom bwhji1ii1 tn the otto of the mourners grief they should f sal a solemn prtds in s gkctoui death the herald soldiers comforts fund forwarded to soldiers comforts committee 1 973 m cash on hand acknow ledge 174 ib mrs h a mcdonald 1 00 a friend 3s ibtal sept jo 114 01 plastic plywood now being used in place of strategic metali tn many war supplies has a teneoa s greater than steel weight tor weight weir reid marries london girl miss ruth helen may younger daughter of mr and mrs c r may hlllsview london was married to weir reld second m of mr and mrs w h reld georgetown on wednes day september 6th at eleven ajn in s lukes anglican church brent ford the reverend thomas a mad den officiated at the service the bride was attended by private charlotte blrchard of toronto the best man was sergeant carl blrchard the organ was played by mr robert stacy international representative xjjivtcjo a small reception for some thirty guests was held after the ceremony at the home of mr and mrs duncan dempster a postnuptial re ception was held saturday in london the home of the bride with mrs o b may mother of the bride and mrs smith fe stone and broke his wrist the fmal standing of all teams in the league before the semifinals commenced have been obtained from prstpra tta 8inreui anaar am son and are as follows alliance 7 1 2 15 smith stone 8 2 3 14 glen williams 4 5 19 norval 8 5 3 8 provincial paper 3 8 1 7 terra cotta 3 7 0 6 in the semifinals smith stone eliminated provincial in two straight games two wins also put alliance in the finals instead of terra cotta norval and glen williams played a iudden death game a week ago saturday and came out the victors the series has been on the go since julv 1st and there have been some xcellent games with enthusiasm running high norval lacrosse teams plat in brampton tomorrow there will be two interesting la crosse gomes in brampton tomorrow evening when the norval credits start the semifinal gamea of the ser ies the bantam team will meet st johns toronto and the midget urn will play the brampton midgets since the opening last june there have been many interesting games of canadas national sport and much credit is due rev j l self and the other organi zers of nbrval boys club for foster ing interest in the apart among dis trict lads it la hoped that there wtfl be good turnout from this district at brampton rose bowl tom night to give the league a real boost there is a small rfurwn charge of lfio w h raid mother of the groom re- and public softool popqs win be ad- erring some joo guests in attendance nutted free over 400 attended fair night dance at arena georgetown fall fair last friday and saturday proved to be one of the most successful events to be staged here in some years the ninetyeight year old esquesing agricultural so ciety presented a program of exhibits and attractions that drew 4000 people to the show and all expressed them selves as wellpleased with the 144 fair from early friday morning un til late saturday evening president craig reld and his board of direc tors were kept busy arranging the hall and grounds for the exhibits and at tending the judges on show day how ever their efforts were certainly worthwhile and georgetown can now be assured of having an even bigger and better show in the years to come the weather did a grand job too for georgetown fair and on both days tne sun shone brightly with only a sprinkling of rain on friday even ing everything went off in ship shape style and there were no dull moments for those who attended the friday daac opening the show with the- usual friday night dance the society was more than pleased to be greeted with a record attendance the fair dance opened the newly renovated george town arena dance hall the rose room and over 400 dancers enjoyed the seasons first dance excellent music was supplied by georgetowns prominent dance band the modern- alres who played both modem aixi old time music fall- opened by j a ccrall georgetown fair was- officially open ed on saturday from the judges stand by mr j a carroll superintendent of ontario fall fairs asaoctbtiab wo complimented the directors on the fine show and stressed the importance of agricultural fairs in the province the fair was more than fortunate this year to have as their masterafcerew monies tory gregg of kincardine who did a grand job at the mike keep ing his audience wellinformed as to what was going on in the- l rings another prominent on the stand was mr j h lock of the toronto milk bottle exchange who assisted with the races by special invitation from the board han exbjwto not many fairs can boast of harlng a hall of exhibits so full and arranged so tastefully as georgetown fair the quality and quantity of the ex hibits far exceeded the past few years and showed in a very real way the renewed interest being taken by our citizens in the su of the society with this continued interest by exhi bitors georgetown fair can make a name for itserf m this phase of tba show alone especially at a time when other fairs find it tough going in this rtgard the very excellent exhibits of fruit and flowers caught the eye on entering the hall and was only ex ceeded by the large collectlonaf roots vegetables and grain the display of husking com was an added feature the school exhibits have always been ship drawing art and handcraft al so exceeded the expectations of the directors this year with more schools competing le georgetown pubuo and high stewarttown limehouse hornby blue mountain s s no id glen williams waterloo 8 s no s tie school exhibits has always been encouraged for the fair and each suc ceeding year finds more schools in terested in this class some of the childrens victory garden displays vers much admired as were the dis plays by the girls garden brigade these were judged by miss rows of the ontario department of agricul ture although the domestio science claas lafied to revive due probably to the rationing of commodities the ladles work section had a number of new exubttors including te girls of the monday night knitting otub this club also arranged a special display of their igtfts tor britain the womans xogutatss of dublm utas- house and georgetown put up sons oonttnwd on bags aght