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deed hanoock in toronto on saturday september 16tb 1m4 ethel stewart beloved wife 61 frederick hancock of caledon kast and 60 years the funeral took ace from borne of h o mcclure maple ave on monday sept 18th to st albans church glen williams for service interment was made in glen williams cemetery wilson in ouelph general hospi tal on tuesday sept 19th 194 arthur raymond wilson beloved husband of isabella noble in his 46th year the funeral will be held from bis re sidence glen road on thursday sep tember 21st service at 2j30 o clock- interment in greenwood cemetery in memtjriam mcwhirter in loving memory of margaret n mcwhlrter who died september 25th 1940 four years have passed since that sad day that our beloved was called away god took her home it was his will but in our hearts she uvefch still greatly missed by husband and daughters gladys and opal quate in loving memory of our dear sister edith oilman quale who passed away sept 17th 1937 ever remembered by mae and ted swing tike herald british war victim fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram cash on hand acknow ledged anonymous a friend 132 82 1 00 25 total sept 20th wanted small acreage about 5 acres partlallj wooded or wooded pro perty within a mile or two of georgetown or glen williams good road dwelling desirable but not important gdbd drink lng water supply essential- well spring or easily se cured must be reasonable for quick cash sale write in first instance to box k the heraij local news bert hu1 glen williams won the ton of coal in the navy league lucky draw at the park on fair day mr harry watklns won a 5 00 war savings certificate at maocor- macks drug store in connection with che druggists war savings stamp drive buy a tag next saturday septem ber 23rd from the iode taggers proceeds tor milk for britain fund group no 1 of the verdun rebe- kah lodge will hold a rummage sale in the mcglbbon comer store on sep tember 22nd come to the l t b euchre mara thon starting september 22nd let b pack the arena for the an nual carnival sponsored by george town board of trade on friday octo ber 6th the kansas farmer and his hired help will be on hand at the board of trade carnival friday october 6th cowboy songs and mountain music waton for posters there will be attractions galore on october 6th at the board of trade carnival you can t afford to miss the big event there hao been much interest in the cartoons on the local softball league standing which have appeared the herald window from time k time in the post few weeks our thanks to the clever cartoonist joe stamp who has done a lot to stlmu late interest in the games st georges w a annual pall rummage sale in the mcglbbon cor ner store as usual ori saturday etc ber2lst on sale this week long handle furnace brushes 25c roofing 1 65 roll cafttklng cement 98c gal blalns hardware and 5c to 1 store bramp ton one of ontario 3 largest hard ware stores repairs for all make6 of stoves and furnaces we also repair irons toasters grills and all electric ap pliances blatn s hardware and 5c to 1 store brampton one of ontario s largest hardware stores fall sale now on all types or weather strip window glass ash sifters coal hods etc at city psale 1 rices blain s hardware and 5c to 1 store brampton one of ontario j largest retail hardware stores big sale of fall merchandise now we compete in price and quality mail order and retail blalna hard ware and 5c to 1 store brampton one of ontario s largest hardwares a euchre and dance balllnafad hall friday sept 29th proceeds for christmas parcels for local boys over seas admission 35c prize 9 15 to li 15 good music your eyes h you attach as much impor- amined as we do you will be a patient of ours we have kept uptodate by taking postgraduate courses using good equipment and have aver twentyfive years experi ence in eye examination for a complete eye service and qealtty gbam at city prloes consult 0 twalker r0 kxe8ight speciaust who will be at his office over the bell telephone co main street georgetown the second wednesday of each month or you may consult o t walker at his office in brampton phone georgetown 67 brampton 596 concrete plans being made for rehabilitation of district soldiers local committees active sept mth meeting wlh further postwar planning toronto official recently outlined govt plans ut committee meeting with three local committees co ordinated by an overall committee to be known as the georgetown rehabi litation council active in plans for postwar rerabllltatlon ol distrlot soldiers the georgetown community is wisely planning early for the re turn to civil life of several hundred men in uniform from this district at a recent meeting in the munici pal office members of the three com mittces representing branch 120 ca nadian legion georgetown council and georgetown board of trade ga thered to discuss the forming of a cen- traj coordinating group and the geo rgetown rehabilitation council wa3 the result col g b s cousens was in the chair and the guest speaker for the evening was capt j a catto of toronto who was wounded at dieppe and is now veteran welfare officer for the department of pen sions and national health capt catto gave a concise and instructive summary of the benefits which re turned men might expect to receive from the government and this was followed by a question period when those in attendance were given an op- ixjrtunlty w ask details ol oovern ment planning in this regard f for the second half of the meeting mr-4- rwspelght of the board of trade took the chair a nominating committee was appointed to submit a list of mmes representing all sections of the community to meet on sept 5th whfn election of officers and per manent committees will take place members of the nominating committee are col g b s cousens harold stalfard k r maodonald roy bradlej and fred mccartney it is reported that a good response has been received by the lotion to the 11 wdtaued questionnaire sent some time ago to all district soldiers overseas ttus lrformatlon coming as it does from the men most titalb affected in re habflitatlon plans will prove helpful in discussing problems and solutions for a speedy return to ch 11 life for o ir soldiers dune tost writes home window weighs 264 ounces from tn garden of harvey norton llmehouse mr norton also reports that he has a sunflower which is over 16 feet high mr j r williams brought a to mato to the herald office last week which was planted as a small yellow pear tomato but got big ideas and grew to the surprising measurement of 16 inches in circumference another peach grower is heard from this week mrs m smythe has two trees planted by the squirrels which produced two washtubs full of peaches this year and she sent some samples down to the office to let people know what they were like the editor can report that they had an excellent taste and a sample has been turned over to mr hutt for his inspection an enormous cucumber grown in j dohertys garden weighed 3 pounds 14 ounces and measured 11 inches in length and 15 inches in circum ference passersby can see tills giant in the herald window this week buy your tickets for jane eyre at the gregory theatre sept 26 and 27 from the daughters of st georges church the iode will hold a marathon bridge commencing wednesday octo ber llth further particulars later bingo in glen hall thursday sept 28 proceeds for boys parcel puts sponsored by beaumonts employees good prizes sgt mjr dune tost son of mrs fred tost serving in france has written home of his experiences when potato on display in the herald rjvj mistakenly bombed out troops lu normandy the letter speaks for ltseir so without turther comment we print ij below france august 19 1944 hello mom how are you i hope you re all well and ok i am sorry not to have written sooner but it was impossible very lucky to be alive and that after all is the main issue i am very nearly a nervous wreck but things are getting normal again and i feel o k i guess you can tell by tile news pretty well what i am doing we have made lot of advances and are pounding hell out of the jerries that are in the big trap but things often get confused and we have been in some tight spots the raf came over some time ago to bomb the jerries that were in front and on one side of our position some thing went wrong and they bombed us by mistake we re very fortunate that any of us got out alive they were all lancosters and hallfaxes with every thing from anupersonnell bombs up to blockbusters they circled over us picking us out from about two hun dred feet or so what an experience once a lancaster came tn so that i could see the crew i thought it would be worth a chance so i got out and waved a coloured shirt and pointed out our identity marks they went bemember the homemade bak- rfght over us and circled and came in ing sale in the mcglbbon store frt 1 again i thought they had recognized day sept 29th sponsored by group 3 u8 just when he was over me they let of the rebekahs 1 a w stick of bombs i dove into the ladles of holy cross church i a silt trench and the bombs just are holding a sale of baking and i straddled it i climbed out and saw a aprons on friday october 9th in the whole wave coming in so i started to mcglbbon store 1 run i was half way across a field mrs james evans will speak on hen the next one ut and it threw me fall fair attendance continued from pace one very attractive displays which draw many favourable comments special hall features one of the big attractions of the fair centred around the booth in the ball under the auspices of the arts 6c crafts cooperative so many beau tiful and novel articles were on dis play that one could not fio the exhibit justice to describe it in detail tie spinning of angora wool the mule for clothmaking and handmade articles drew much attention throughout the afternoon none the less fine was the display by the georgetown branch of the navy league wearing apparel for the sailors ditty bags and com forts were on display and mrs s mackenzie and mrs w mendham were in charge of the booth horse show excellent the show of light and heavy horses was one of the many grandstand at tractions the light horse class drew special attention with horses shown by k c mcmillan georgetown al reld burlington root kerr acton dr foster gait wilbext wheeler orton and charles armstrong bramp ton the harness races were of a high calibre and thrilled the many specta tors along the track the trick horse act by clure archdekln and his horse eagle held much interest as did the high jumping running races musical chairs and potato races winner of the musical chairs was jean gowland and the potato race clure archdekln and bruce lamond livestock show the exhibit of livestock according to the judges was above the average this year especially in quality tbe bacon hog class sponsored by the t eaton co drew 14 exblbtors and the the poultry show was prominent as one entered the gate and a number of new exhibitors took part in this class music and midway the ever popular girls pipe band supplied highland music throughout the aft moon hie midway was one of the finest and cleanest of any fair this year and the merrygoround and aerial swing were favoured with a large patronage a report of the baseball games ap pears in another article so suffice it u say that norval were district soft- ball league champions two special tents on the grounds were those of the georgetown board of trade and the st john ambulance tent the former displayed many beautiful photos of points of interest lr and about georgetown and a pos ter greeted he fair with the words the georgetown board of trade sa lutes tbe 98 year old esqueslng agri cultural society the baby show the baby show had less entrants this year the winners were marjory hancock and marlene oanton in the under 9 months class aftfl david sunt and william wilson in the un der 18 months class assisting mr and mrs guthrie donors of the prizes in judging the babies were mrs frank peddle and mrs maynard patterson of milton full uat next week a full list of the prlzewlnnen will acton fair friday and saturday september 22nd and 23rd first night concert in town hail featuring fax fun co headed br jimmle ft and his own company of omtaiandlng artists reserved seat sale at hasarda drug store acton first night dance immediately after concert harvey fishers orchestra admission soo saturday program two bands lome soots band and acton boys band kansas farmer hen btjd and his b0deo six baby show musical chairs potato bace high jumping horses one of the finest livestock shows m the province big midway bides and games dance saturday night doris hulls orchestra r l davidson president c b swackhamer secretary i appear in the herald next week so watch for the names of those enter ing in the various 120 students enrolled at g h s this year principal walter carpenter reports that there is an enrollment of 120 students at georgetown high school this year school opened monday and the students are already active plann lng for rugby and basketball this fall there is an extra large group of first year students this year 57 in all and this has necessitated the grouping of student into two first forms one for boys and one for girls the teaching stall remains the same as last year with the exception of miss irene s peebles who is taking the place of miss luke on leave of absence due to 111 health ashgrove the september meeting of the wm s was hel in the sunday school room last tuesday afternoon with mrs thos glffen president in charge the roll call was responded to with thoughts on temperance mrs j o totton led in a very helpful devo tional service and also favoured with some musical numbers the new study book west of tbe date line waa introduced in a most interesting man ner by mrs frank ruddell this book will take us to places and peoples very much in the news today and promises to be a splendid study the meeting closed with hymn 423 and prayer mrs b howden of ouelph is vi siting with her niece mrs a j rud dell miss ismey kean of rockwood re sumed her duties as teacher of ash grove school miss isabel coyne has returned to toronto after apending the summer with mrs geo nurse mrs oeo nurse and harvey spent sunday with relatives in toronto mr and mrs fred wrigglesworth returned home last wednesday after spending the summer in muskoka and other points what goes up must come down whtever goes irp must come down that a sure as shootin remember the last war well here is how things went wheat up as high as 336 a bushel in 1918 it sold in the early 303 as low as 27c not enough to pay for binder twine and feed for ttsa horses men coming back from overseas got it the worst of anyone and some of them never recovered the wounds that peace gave them were a hun dred times more fatal than bul- lets and shells they soaked them 140 00 for a common everyday grade cow which sold a couple of years later at 28 00 a piece dayold calves cost 15 00 two years later the same calves grown big and fat sold for arohnd 18 00 on the hoof hay was 2500 a ton then dropped to s3 75 and after 1920 ruin and bank ruptcy were commonplace in every section in canada and returned sold iers starved off the land were sel ling lead pencils candy and soap from door to door and dying on their feet from sheer discouragement and pov erty their children forced to quit school at 15 and 16 years of age to take hard work and underpaid jobs to keep the rest of the family from star vation thets what canada is going to see doesn t happen again but unless ev eryone keeps battling it will come m sure as guns how to prevent it well here la your part in this nation wide fight watch prices observe ration regula tions buy only what you really need for if inflation ever gets its ugly beak into us well go through all tbe hard times again only they would be harder this time and mors people would suffer more prices to tumble there is more to lose we re riding high right now btg payrolls good wages more jobs than people to fill them but the payoff is just around the corner what are you doing to see that inflation doesnt get a head start what areyou domff to hold ale price celling line grims by independent chateau frontenac again world war center ffl life in the bahamas in knox church friday sept 22nd 8 00 pjn musical program admission 25c everybody welcome sponsored by knox wa fall fair dates cooksru sep and it milton sept 28 and kl aberf oyto oct i and 4 bolton oct u and 14 erin oct and a orand valley oc 1 sad 4 audi vends about ten feet without a scratch the whole thing lasted about an hour and it was a pitiful sight when they left it wasn t the killed and wounded that looked so bad as the fellows whose nerves had broken all in all h was a h of a dav the jerry prisoners are coming through here now by the hundred they are a hard looking crew dune goes on to tell of his promo tion to sergeant major and send personal greetings to his mother and family sgt mjr tost has another brother jack serving with the r c nvr minor on sunday night georgetown fire brigade were call ed out on sunday night about seven o clock to extinguish a small fire in a barn on emery street owned by w h kentner and boh the blase ni put out in a few minutes and practi cally no damage was caused it is thought tbat me fire was started toy children playing in tbe barn v c within the massive walls of the chateau frantenac and nearby quebec citadel plans were laid over a year in for the events which this year re- salted in the invasion of europe and its subseqnenl sweenlnc vic tory of france prnnejunlster winston charehib and piestdant franklin d b along with their chiefs of staff both military and political conferred with such success in canadas oldest city that now they are meeting again just a little over a year later todays plana have to do with final crush ing of nasi europe and tbe sep- pinftmrp of the next groat task elimination of the japanese em pire as a world force during these days the eyas of the world united nation out a enemies and hundreds of thou sands of peoples in stillbondaged occupied lands are focussed on canada and the figures which are shaping the worlds destins it ts a tribute to canada and tta people that this country has besn chosen for a second conference and the civilised world wul awatt with patience end cenfldeno the benefits that must surety accrue