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the georgetown herald wednes october 1 1th 1944 9nflt ration book 5 issued between october 14th and 21st distributing centres will not be open on all days make jure that you know exactly what days and hours the distributing centre you intend to go to will be open failure to get your new book during distribution week will cause you inconvenience ration iooks will not mmaiud or ddjvtred thcv must h caluo for how to gtt your nbw book boforo you go to a distributing contrm writ your nam and oddrmt en th front of hto stub of the k coupon shoot in your ration book 4 fto age of dsr 16 yoan mutt fefcojgjjk ni 4 ru inyour prefix and mrlal nwmbor on tho back of tno tub 3 do not toar ttio k coupon shoot or stub out of tho book this mutt bo dono by on official at tho distributing contra toko your ration book 4 with tho k coupon shoot affacw ami tho sfwb properly completed to a dlttriovting cenfro amo your ftatjoirloofc 5 will w glvom you aptiymo km local distributing centres georgetown municipal binkhng acton town hall october 20 october 21 october 19 and 20 october 21 10 aan to 5 rxm 10 am to 10 pm 2pm to 5 pjn loaan to 5 pun iat10i aim i i it a t i the wartime pricks and frade board f0 dave crichton home from ceylon haying completed a thousand oper ational flying hours flying officer david crichton la home on a months furlough after serving in the par bast and ceylon for the post two years and prior to that in england for a year he and his wife of to ronto are visiting mr and mrs d p crichton this week mere was a period of nearly a year when his wife and parents had no word of him or from him at that time dave was stationed in singapore feb 1mb when the ultarred hong kong canadian expeditionary force was practically wiped out and the japanese overran the islands of the pacific he was attached to the rap in a catalina plying boat squadron a couple of days before singapore ac tually feu two or three flying boats got away to batavja in the dutch bast indies dave says they operated between them and sumatra for se veral weeks before the japs caught up with them again by this time the planes were gone and the crew board ed a tramp steamer as it hap pened ceylon was ltd destination shortly after the boys landed there raf reinforcements were sent out and except for a short period when he was stationed in aaden arabia and egypt fo crichton has been there ever since i the alrforce station in ceylon is situated in the jungle and except when they make a trip into the is land s city of colombo which is a very modern and uptodate place life is ery dull cut off as they are from civilization dave mentioned this fact particularly as they feel the lack of reading matter from canada newspapers and ttm tbey re able to get english papers but the canadian literature apparently doesnt get through ehaerteinmenit facilities at the camp are very poor and the non commissioned ranks who cannot afford the city entertainment have a very lonesome monotonous time of it the natives of ceylon are very fiendly said f0 crichton and the food is good tie lack of meat in the diet is noticeable however for they don t believe in killing animals for eating purposes pineapples bananas are especially abundant and plenty of rice is served the airletter mall service between canada and india takes about month bat often surface mall letters and parcels do not arrive in nearly that time patrolling the seas around ceylon dave says they have often encounter ed japanese fighters they are not very good marksmen but are v daring in combat at first our men were at a disadvantage because of the superiority in equipment and more uptodate planes this has to a large extent been remedied dave had a good trip home coming by way of england and stopping off there for a few days before embark ing for canada he arrived in geor getown on tuesday night last week po crichton enlisted in the rcaf poultry cream and eggs s we have a good market for dressed poultry telephone erin 18 for prices and information wrights creamery erin ontario l tho quality tea salada carrolls mtftlfm w fmi fawb xo lailwi aixbban n m ai ptr tin ua tim oaarmuit vm clawi man jam m ikm ma muvrts urn i7 ftottf kan m 1 xsm clwf butter coffee 35c club soda 23c soup 2 17c glut puawnw oaf suds h zoe aybaer euqi pumpkin 13 nabob 43c odd antfmpuc soap at lie we reserve toe right to limit qnantttes of all m nrnnfitifi size 300 lemons 5 do size 252 vajlencia oranges 3 doe size 220 valencia oranges 43c do uaxei1 tlrn1ts 3 lbs 9e bavoy cabbage 10c each trait and wgetabu prices subject to market fhwtaauona to wmm october suoaa tl to 10 14 to 43 1 to 80 71 to 81 phone 357 georgetown in june 1940 and took most ol his training in the west before proceed ing overseas in 1941 esquesins township council slewarttown october 2nd 194 the october meeting of bsqueatnf township council was held in the council chamber on monday after noon all members of council were present and reeve may presided minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted and correspondence read moved by currie seconded by wil son that accounts be paid bell tele phone co services 381 r 31 3ff 360 9323- total 433 acton public utilities comtn crescent street lights 15 00 board of hydro commissioners georgetown street lights at glen wil liams 7130 department of health insulin supplied 33c a w benton stamps 800 carried moved by wilson seconded by cur rie that relief accounts as presented by the relief officer be paid 37j carried moved by currie seconded by mux- ray that leave be granted to intro duce a bylaw to assess the several school sections and union school sec tions of the township of esqueslng for the year 1944 and that said bylaw be now read a first timev carried moved by wilson seconded by cleave that bylaw no 906 to a em the several school sections and union school section of the township tor the year 1044 be now teed second and third times and peased and toe seal of the oorporatlan be attached tberetorourm moved ojlurrftx seconded by wd- aon tbftt leave be granted to introduce a by law to empower toe collector of rates to collect penalties fox nonpay ment of taxes after the 31st day of december 1944 and that said bylaw be now read a first time carried moved by cleave seconded by our- rle that by law no 096 to empower use collector of rates to collect pen alties for nonpayment of tares alter the 31st day of december 1944 be now read a second and third timet and passed and the seal of the cor poratlon attached thereto carried moved by murray seconded by wil son that the treasurer be authorised to accept 1135 in payment of the at months interest coupon due october 1st 1944 for 3340 on bond ha sttt province of alberta for l000 held on account of the railway bonne fund carried moved by wilson seconded by cleave that road accounts aa present- ted by the road supertii be paid 960 j3 carried moved by currie seconded by mur ray that the general accident as surance company george o brown agent be paid for township bead liability insurance for the year end ing october 13th 19 lfantto to be increased to s65000 pi end 6000 pd premium tt8 w fla 1 1 toll moved by wilson eecondedjby ostete that this council do now adjoom to meet monday november 9th a t oclock pm or at tbe call of ft reeve carried a nasi was waltmw for ft train et a dutch stotionr be left to warts his hands and wen be lehimed k found his he sue the dutoh weettir to whom he wnmaliied reettedt tr cologne 1 left my be ck tffttmtw wash my hande whe iii ii htt station waa flone x vj