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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday september 27th 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy forty men eligible red for cross silverbutton bed cross hopes for more support at next clinic hfe savin plasma is a greater contribution than money at least forty district men axe eli gible for the bed cross silver button emblematic ol the giving of six or more donations to the red cross blood bank to date c ten clinics have been held in georgetown and while the results have been satisfactory there are still facili ties available for a greater number of donors a member of the local bed cross society when interviewed had nothing but praise for the support which dis trict residents have given the clinic but felt that there are still many who do not realize just how important their contribution can be reference was made to recent editorial in the herald where major j t blehn with a ca nadian hospital unit in france spohe of the resuscitation ward and said this is one ol the places that uses up large quantities of dried plas ma which is made possible by the cli nics back home this is where lives are saved where shock is treated cases which would die on the operating ta ble if not given- blood- or plasma be forehand one man at the clinic was heard to remark i feel that this is a greater contribution than any money i oould give it is just tola feeling that the red cross wants to get over to h one in town and they hope that the next clinic there will be a great many more who will offer themselves as do nors the following are eligible for um silver button- lyons j lucas g bec kett r ward jas boyle s chap man jos cox ivan crabtree jack davidson s eason wm emslie j t euenton e- porgrave elmer hill geo henderson clarence king harvey king j e harrison a mld- dleton w mendham w l mcdon ald w j mcdonald ray pomeroy alex ritchie gordon spence jas valentine f weaver fred spires h hale herbert preston harry sav ings chas hoare gordon price jos wagner irvine hill m londry herb hughes j l young c e day jas roe mrs loud still active in war work mra alice vincent massey recently cabled thanks to all the kind friends who have assisted mrs loud in send ing wonderful boxes of girts to the suffering people of england another box containing about 400 pieces is waiting instructions for shipping besides clothing tofmen women and children there are en closed blankets curtains quilts cur tain remnants cushions unbreakable aalt and pepper shakers and many other useful articles a 500 postal note is always sent with each box to the red cross society montreal mrs loud and family have shipped about three thousand pounds of cloth ing to mrs massey 2680 pounds have been sent to england through the red cross society and have been distribut ed in london south wales newcastle portsmouth plymouth and many other cities and towns with the help of the many friends in georgetown and dis trict mrs loud and family pledged themselves to send clottilng and any useful articles to england or any part of europe where aid may be extended all clothing must be clean and in good condition mrs louds daughter mrs d swan of brampton has just received a letter from a young lady who has recently arrived in england ith a group of cwacs the letter reads in part as follows i see now why the people here appreciate your boxes of cloth ing keep up your good work it cer tainly is very worth while ill tell you so let us all redouble our effort in aiding the people in war torn england the need is greater now than ever before life in bahamas- interesting talk by mrs j f evans under the auspices of knox church w a mrs james f evans gave an interesting talk on life hi the baha mas last friday evening mrs evans spent several months in nassau last year where her husband fllghj lieu tenant james f evans was stationed with the rcaj she described the trip south and told many interesting aspects of life in the island paradise where many wealthy americans and englishmen have set up residence among these is joseph pulitzer donor of the pulitzer prize for literature and it was at a reception at his home that the evans were introduced to tbe duke and duchess of windsor the island natives are descendants of toe last load of slaves bound for the united states who were stranded in the bahamas when slabery was abo lished in america the island is a ve ritable paradise of tropical vegetation framed by the deep blue of the sea perhaps the biggest disadvantage is the food prices with eggs selling at 110 a dozen butter 75c a pound and milk 32c a quart mrs evans was not impressed with the shopping district in nassau and says that georgetown main street has it all over that city mrs francis thompson was vocal soloist for the musical portion of the program virginia chapman and kenneth harrison entertained with icted as chairman the evening was in piano solos and rev c c cochrane charge of the president mrs w preston and the w a executive ruddells invent corn loader messrs fred and newton ruddell have put their heads together and beat the acute labour shortage inasmuch as it pertains to corn harvesting at least using pieces of old car mowers in fact an thing mechanical they have built a cornloader complete with slip clutch which saves the work of six men in the field this is the number of men it normally takes to load a field of corn the cornloader is the first one to make an appearance in this district and theruddelts have assisted their neighbours com har vesting operations with this ingenious machine telling us about the cornloader re minded mrs ruddell that in the winter of 1942 when the ordinary snow plow could make no headway through the drifts fred and newton invented i know plow of their own which could cut through drifts of any aiae card of thanks mrs arthur wilson and family wish to thank their friends and neighbours for their many kind expressions of sympathy and condolence during their recent bereavement lawrence miller wedding in ebenezer church against a background of fall flow ers in ebenezer united church nas- sagaweya september 14th marion emily mhler daughter of mr and mrs lester miller rookwood be came the bride of denzll feather- ston lawrence son of mr and mrs nelson lawrence milton given in marriage by her father the bride was w gowned in floorlength sheer fingertip length veil halo headress and cascade of heart of france deep red and white asters and fern her only attendant miss myrtle bennett of toronto wore a gown fashioned imllarly to that of the bride in pow der blue taffeta with shoulderlength veil and a bouquet or rose asters and fern ross lawrence brother of tho groom was the best man stewart and norman miller brothers of the bride and sheldon featherstone were the ushers afterwards in the church the brides mother received in a black and white dress with matching acces sories she was assisted by the grooms mother in a navy blue and gold gown with navy accessories leaving for mu3koka and points north the bride travelled in a rose twopiece dress with navy and white designs and navy accessories on their return the couple will reside near milton what your contribution to the blind provides ta day will be held in georgetown saturday october 7th 1944 under the convenorshln of mrs j l- lambert when you make a contribution to he canadian national institute for he blind you help to keep blind people in employment to provide blind people with an excellent library service to make it possible to have blind men and women taught braille plng and handicrafts in their own homes to maintain the organization that looks after theatre and street car passes lor blind people to maintain a held service manned by blind men who see to it that the services of the cn ib are carried to all parts of the province to look after th department which gives an enormous amount of assistance to blind people to provide emergency relief for blind people for whom no work can be found to in sure that blind people are given pro per medical attention to help spread the campaign constantly in progress for the prevention of blindness and c give blind people wherever they are n ontario every possible kind pf help to which they are justly entitled the 24 blind residents of halton county are in constant touch with the canadian national institute for the blind through its local office every effort is made to provide these sight less persons with the necessities of lire and a few of its luxuries by sup porting the tag day on saturday you are helping to bring a little brightness into otherwise dull lives wont you help the blind to help themselves tpr thomas dickenson mm wounded in italy september 6 several students attending varsity the university of toronto opened for the fall term this week and sever al students from georgetown high school enrolled in its courses miss betty grant a graduate of varsity in the spring has returned this week to attend the ontario col- jegeaf education- freshmen from georgetown include richard crichton nd robert lawson who are attend ing the school of practical science misses lois nielsen barbara param and norah cleave are taking an arts course at victoria college and miss beatrice brill is taking an art count at university college word was received last week by his mother in stewarttown that tpr thomas edwin dickenson mm had been slightly wounded in action on september 6th born in acton tpr dickenson moved to stewarttown at an early age with his parents mrs christena dickenson and the late mr dickenson formerly a member of the lorne scots regiment he enlisted in 1940 with the governor generals horse guards and trained in toronto camp borden and hamilton before going overseas in september 141 he is at present a drivermechanic with the canadian armoured corps his only brother pte harry dickenson was killed at dieppe on may 24 of this year tpr dic kenson was awarded the military me dal for bravery under fire his prompt manning of a browning machine gun when his troop were in a tough spot nved many lives and prevented the annihilation of the troop his many friends in the district join with his fa mily in hoping that his wounds are hot serious and that good news will soon be received from the gallant young soldier since writing the above word baa been received that tpr dickenson sus tained shrapnel wounds in his right leg and left thigh re win be in hos pital for a tow weeks bat is steadily improving 20 years ago in georgetown remember the board of tradvsi big carnival at the arena on friday october ath gleaned from the georgetown he rald of sept 24th 1924 after an illness of some months nellie bennett parr beloved wife of mr a b parr passed away at her home on guelph street deceased was a daughter of dr t j fisher and the late mrs fisher and was bom in georgetown 27 years ago h b bell mathematics teacher at midland collegiate is spending the weekend at his home here fire destroyed the barn on mr c downs farm 5th line dsqueslng near ballinafad the seasons crop was burned funeral services from the home of his brotherinlaw john mcdermld were held for the late frank w betts who passed away in vancouver on sept 15th he was a past master of credit lodge construction of the georgetown- norval hydro line is expected to com mence right away and most of the houses in the village are wired and waiting for the oonnectlngup pro cess mr and mrs e v barraclough ar rived borne in glen williams after a pleasant holiday in england and on the oonttnent the new flume and general repairs at the beaumont knitting mills are now completed and it is expected that the mills will shortly be again in full operation georgetown rugby football club was organised and the following offl- cera elected ret a erlngton vlee- pres c tut sectreaa angus dem ean capi- chbbsns manager a wuuama arthur r wiuson dies in his 49th year the funeral of aryiur raymond wilson was held from his late home glen road georgetown on thursday at 230 the service was conducted by the rev j e ostrom who also sang a solo shadow mr wilson was in his 4bth year he died in guelph gen eral hospital on tuesday september 19th after a serious illness of several weeks born in danville quebec on may 10 1695 the late mr wilson was the fourth son of mr and mrs john p wilson twentyeight years ago he married the former idella noble they lived in danville quebec and ogdens- burg ny ten years ago they came to georgetown where mr wilson was employed at smith stone and pro vincial paper ltd paper division un til last february when he was forced to retire due to ill health he is survived by his wife three sons and one daughter omer of toronto everett and helena at home and john of the rcaf prisonerofwar in ger many for the past two years also one grandchild john of toronto de ceased has three brothers and one sis ter mrs wm brown of rlchm quebec harry of danville quebec frank of ogdensburg n y and omer of trail b o pall bearers were messrs frank seddon gordon bouskill robert jep- son albert hennle gordon spence george chaplin those attending the funeral from outoftown were mr and mrs omer wilson and baby john of toronto mr and mrs marshall noble and ann of guelph mr chas noble ballinafad mrs gertie craig toronto mrs ray titus claremont n h usa mr and mrs j l wal ters hamilton lccpl ethel webster cwac ottawa the many beautiful floral tributes were carried by members of verdun rebekah lodge and george and bob bie webster they included flowers from the family baby john bro harry and sister lou ana families bro frank and family bro omer and edith and kenneth marshall alice and ann clarence adele and family dad jannu and neoma mr and mrs raymond webster ethel and pearl george and bobby smith stone employees uen smith stone smith stone ball team provincial local no 475 bradley bros eileen edna doris and grace mr and mrs clarence downs mrs jean shaw verdun rebekah lodge the neighbours gertie family mrs armstrong and jonnlt mr and mrs frank woods mrs maude webster and family allan and jean law mr and mrs j seddon and mr and mra frank seddon baptist church la- auxiliary of canadian legion post 120 fan plugs for hockey league all during the baseball season we and countless numbers of passersby have enjoyed the weekly cartoons sent in by a local sports enthusiast which have been displayed in the herald office window there are two one of which shows the ther are two one of which shows the windup of the baseball championship barnes and the other which conveys the suggestion that the baseball teams carry on into the winter season as hockey teams in a mercantile league for georgetown and district the herald british war victims fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram 3392 76 cash on nnnd acknow ledged 134 07 donation from june eason proceeds from selling flowers 6 00 total september 27 3531 83 archdeacon thompson vicepresident of clerical alumni association the annual meeilng of the cleri cal alumni association was held at trinity college toronto from mon days to friday last w eek a large number of graduates registered and very useful lectures were delivered imong them a morning with rev reinhold niebuhr dd at which the alumni of emmanuel wycliqe and trinity colleges were present at the trinity elections rev r f pal mer of bracebrldge was elected presl dent and archdeacon thompson vice- president death of mrs habtweu in united states mrs b l hartwell widow of the late e lewis haxtwell of pittsburgh pennsylvania passed away in that city recently mrs hartweu had visited tn georgetown several time with her husband who was a native of this dis trict and had many relatives to the vi cinity mr hartwell died a yr ago rehabilitation executive formed atvmonday nights meeting the weather by h l hutt last week brought what all far mers and gardeners dread the first fall frost and we had three nights of it in succession these light frosts give us an opportunity to note the effect of atmospheric drainage cold air being heavier than warm air dratns down to the lower levels and we often see everything in th hol lows frozen oil while on the hilltops there are no signs of frost our ther- mwnclers located or the hilltop re corded 30 degrees as the lowest tem per a lure while a neighbours on a lower level recorded six degrees lower then too we see a great difference in the effect of frost on different kinds of plants a very light frost will kill all vines such as pumpkins squash and melons also tomatoes and corn while hardy mums delphiniums and michaelmas daisies still give us a line show of autumn bloom after these few nights of early frost we often get a couple of weeks of one weather without frost so it is well to be on the watch for the first frosts and do what we can to pro tect tender vegetation this la too big a subject to go into at present and in fact we are now too late to do much here are the telltale records for the week date h and l rain temp fall tues sept 19 79 50 wed sept 20 81 45 08 ihurs sept 21 73 56 fri sept 22 62 51 j sat sept 23 55 3o sun sept 24 60 30 mon sept 25 63 35 the most successful tag day yet the georgetown soldiers comforts committee are pleased to report that the 1944 tag day result was the best yet achieved they wish to thank all those who made this effort the sucees it was and especially do they want to thank the girls who did the door-to- door canvas so thoroughly and who tirelessly gave of their time at the fair the committee is now preparing list of names and cigarettes will be sent to all the men and women over seas in the very near future to the nonsmokers they are sending choco lates and this list has to be in not later than sept 30 if you have a member of your family in the forces and overseas will you please contact a member of this opoimlttw prompur giving them their latest address thank you georgetown rehabilitation council met in the municipal building monday night to elect an executive and discuss the aims of the organization twenty three were- present representing all the various organizations in town col o bs cousens was in charge of the meeting r guest speaker for the event was captain catto who outsflned the governments vlews on rehabilitation and explained the vocational training oportunlties which have beten made available to returned men they in clude men and women of all services captain kldd who interviews all men entering christie st hospital was also present at the meeting captain catto took the chair for the election of officers the following were elected chairman col g b s cousens vicechairman mr roy norton secytreaa mrs sam mackenzie executive members mra walter mendham mr sid orr committee chairmen mr l k fleck employment committee mtr wm roney pensions committee mayor h cleave reception commit tee ven w g o thompson per sonal services committee mr walter carpenter vocational and educational dr c v williams handicap mr s w orr veterans land act mrs w mendham womens committee mr dave brill publicity the above named committee chair men are to apoplnt their own commit tees after the election of officers col cousens resumed the chair and wel comed the new executive the commit tee held a short meeting after the gen eral session and decided to meet once a month the last wednesday of every month m iode open fall season the first fall meeting of the coun tess of strathmoltychapter iode was held on moriflxy evening sept ib in the legion hall with twentyone in attendance mrs l j bell the regent presided donations were received at this meeting of personal comforts and nursery bags for overseas women and children 5000 was also donated to the british childrens clothing fund the georgetown soldiers comforts fund was given a donation of 3600 from the chapter all grey and khaki knitted articles on hand were turned over to the lome scots wa a marathon bridge was planned to commence early in october a new member miss phyllis turnbull was welcomed into the chapter hostesses for the evening were mrv a beaumont mrs w ford mrs p f blackburn tenth blood donor clinic held on wednesday last rtlv ready to tell claire wallace and her surpris ing information about people and events provide the touchstone of the new they tell me program which returns to the transcan ada network of the cbc wed nesday october 4 at 145 pjn the program will be beard thrice- weekly on mondays wednesdays and friday the georgetown herald soldber comforts fund forwarded to soldiers comforts oommlttee a 9t3 m cash on hand acknow ledged mb total sctpember 11 wt the 10th red cross blood donor clinic in georgetown was held last wednesday in the legion hall wben 81 district residents volunteered to give a blood donation of these oi were men and 17 women miss alnslie rvn of toronto waa the red cross representative in char ge with miss miller as technician mrs jack campbell rn of george town was in charge of the clinic as sisted by the local st john ambul ance brigade under the capable direc tion of mrs t grieve the tsrre local doctors again gave their servloea mrs ann lawson was in charge of refreshments and miss annie ryan as secretary registered the donors following are the names of the blood donors at the clinic s lyon w hyde miss l snow ajex ritchie n nelson f spires j lucas j roe a middle ton miss m pasmore f weaver mrs a scott george hoare h hale h preston t wylle george beckett m robb w mendham r hilts jas boyle 7 anthony mrs euerby mrs benton c cross a johanson f bhortiur mrs nonje frank dewhun h savings d wallace mrs hemphill c phillips wm given mrs miller wm alexander robert alexander elmer hill h king cbaa hoare al bert hdl mrs roe j sdenton hepburn w j mcdonald b snow e mcenery mrs t harrison o b day mrs m crawford r ward j davidson mrs b harrison j wagner wm ansue loss learrnontb lrvtn hill h hnghes c kfeg r rudaq j pox miss b oudden j harrison c x eaghth a kaaon w i lib- donald h burke miss a tftntts j valentine miss a jaokson r jsp- less j mmnham d banter f nt vsrdeo g bauer ho bart osa hendarson d unomr j u ybunf bw young frank oartst