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s the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday october 18th 1944 200 per annum 5c a copy executive chosen for seventh victory loan campaign fleck and bradley again joint chad3men halton ob- jective increased by 9100000 georgetown district bt 16ww a meeting was held in the munici pal building last thursday night when plans were made and commit tee chairmen appointed for the forth coming 7th victory loan drive l e fleck joint chairman with w f bradley for the last loan acted as chairman for the evening and thos eason jr acted aa secretary mr bicfcell halton county organi ser spoke briefly about the splendid showing made by halton county in all previous loans he pointed out that with the exception of one loan and not counting the city of toronto the amount of money subscribed in halton was the highest per capita in the province in particular he stress ed the outstanding part georgetown had played and gave warm praise to last springs smoothfunctioning dis trict committee major mocleary an associate of mr bickells was also present ana showed slides giving the reasons for victory loans prepared by the coca cola company and narrated by na pier moore editor of macleans ma gazine these slides were particularly compelling and it is hoped that every citizen will have an opportunity of seeing them during the course of the next few weeks quotas increased with the total amount of he 7th victory loan increased by one hundred million dollars over the last loan each district is being asked to bear a portion of this increase this time halton county will be asked to raise their objective by aioo000 and s16000 of this will be the share of the geor getown district it was pointed out that since d day war expenses have exceeded the budget figures by four hundred mm inn dollars a stag gering amount but one which must be paid for victory committee chairmen chosen it was unanimously agreed that in view of the splendid results in the 6th victory loan that the organization be kept intact if possible for this cam paign l e fleck and w f brad ley will continue as joint chairmen with ralph boss honorary chairman e v maccormack will again rffu chairman of the canvass committee but due to pressure of business felt he would need some assistance so leroy dale has consented to act jointly with him as chairma of this important committee r b foulis veteran chairman of the group payroll committee will again act in this capacity mr foulis has been payroll chairman in every loan the resignation or walter car penter as publicity chairman was ac cepted with regret and this post will be filled by sid silver sales meeting in brampton a meeting of salesmen from hal ton peel and duftertn counties is being held this week in brampton when the minister of finance hon j l ilsley wjll give facts and fig ures about the loan and canadas war effort the local selling organiz ation will probably be the same as in the last campaign monday october 23rd is the opening day of the three- week campaign when the salesmen will begin making their rounds and urging every resident to invest in the most important job ahead the winn ing of the war pte geo greensward missing word was received last wednesday by his wife the former evelyn san derson that pte george k green sward was missing on september 28 pte greensward is the son of mr al bert greensward of brampton he has been serving in italy since no vember 1043 v according to letters received shortly before the cable came pte green sward had been in hospital suffering from an attack of malaria he was discharged from hospital and had been in action six days when he cjme missing george enlisted with the lome scots in 1942 he was trained guelph during which time he was transferred to the irish regiment of canada from guelph he went to de- bert ns and thence overseas in novemberl942 the following novem ber he left england for italy active service notes cpl harry malone camp borden was home on week end leave lac v r klrby of aylmer west was home on week end leave congratulations to roy hansen who lias been promoted to the rank of flight sgt fit sgt hansen is sta tioned at gander bay nfld cpl walter blehn is home on an extended leave of absence due to help shortage in the herald shop lloyd keir who has been serving with the royal navy and has not been home for two years arrived home last saturday night we were urable to contact him for a story thin week but hope to have further par ticulars for next weeks issue lloyds ship took part in the dday opera tions mrs l poole glen williams has received word that her son pte b l poole lorne scots was wounded in holland on september 29th and is in hospital in england with a leg injury he has been overseas three years last june heres hoping for a speedy re covery mrs w g m browne oi norval re ceived a cheerful letter last week from her son pte gordle brown who is a prisoner of war in germany the letter written july 31st was the first received except for a prisoner-of- war card pte browne reports that he is getting along fine and hpnk to the red- cross parcels has lots of food tilings to eat evelyn foluck and denney charles wed in st marys st marys united church was the scene of a lovely autumn wedding on saturday october 7th at 330 pm when evelyn grace folllck and fre derick denney charles were united in marriage the bride is the daughter of mrs folllck and the late dr l l fulllck of st marys and the groom the son of mr and mrs f 8 char les of georgetown rev w e aid- worth officiated at the ceremony given in marriage by her brother dr frederick r follick the bride was gowned in a moor length dress of white lolle with finger length veil caught with ostrich tips she car ried a shower bouquet of while roses miss marlon folllck of ingersoll sis ter of the bride was maid of honour wearing a floor length turquoise gown of silk crepe with feather headdress and a veil of the same colour with a bouquet of deep red roses msa jane carriere of st thomas was brides maid and she chose a floorlength rose silk crepe gown with a nosegay of deep pink roses mr kenneth charles of toronto was his brothers groomsman and the ushers were mr morley sanders of hensatf and flight lieutenant millar ramsay of aylmer ontario wed ding music was played by mr h s urstadt of gajt and during the sign ing of the register miss grace webb nf london sang my world following the reception at the brides home on peel street st marys the couple left or a honey moon trip to llmberlost lodge or their return they will take up resi dence near georgetown stewarttown last week the infant son of lac and mrs roy smith was christen 1 sunday af ternoon at st johns church by rev s r colebrook miss leona smith is godmother to her little nephew davlci cecil roy has since return ed to calgary after two weeks fur lough at his home here many of the reslcents of the com munity went to erin fuir thanksgiv- mg dai repairs to the bridge over tbe race have been completed and the detour sign removed the road is open to rarbc again the wa meeting was held at mrs hunts home last week fltsgt gilbert hunt of new foundland and mrs hunt of to ronto mr and mrs clifford paul of cainpbcilvllle and lccpl s hunt o brampton were at mrs hunts for thanksgiving ration book 5 being issued this week the georgetown municipal office will be a busy place this friday and saturday as district r ex change their old ration books for the new no 6 book books will be issued oit october 20th from 10 am to 5 pm and on october 2lst from 10 am to 10 pm on the first three days or this week books were issued to em ployees at most of the local industrial establlsnments and this will make the work of those in charge on friday and saturday much lighter citizens are especially asked to note that ration books will be issued at the municipal office and not at the regular wptb office in aton and district the new books will be issued at acton town hall on october 19th and 20th from 2 pm to 5 pm and on october 21st from 10 am to 5 pm georgetown high school field day last friday lett to halton county citizens oakvtlle oct 16th 1944 citizens of halton county ladies and gentlemen our government is calling upon canadians to subscribe to a loan to finance the war much has happened in the past months to make us glad and thank ful that we had a hand in making the last loan a success today final victory is assured if there is no weak ening in our efforts both at home and on the fighting front we know pte browne saw action in italy and tne boxes ior the overseas it was in that country that he wu wa e was held taken prisoner he was reported ws- chureh thursday afternoon ing on may 23 and it was not until dr r p me m visited the avgust 8th that the news came that sch001 y afternoon to give the he was a prisoner his sister joan chll a- inoculation for is stationed in ottawa with the cw immunization from diphtheria all ac i children in the school not previously treated and nearly all preschool children took the treatment mrs peden of belwood is visiting with her daughter mrs w lawson last sunday being childrens day 20 years ago in georgetown gleaned from the georgetown herald of october 16th 1024 mr and mrs b g arnold are moving to acton this week mr ar nold has been an able member of the town council for the past two years as chairman of finance the organizing meeting of the hoc key club resulted in the election of the following officers harold cleave president i l hughey vlcepres c e ruddy secretary roy king asst secretary james hepburn trea surer m t mayberry asst treasur er jack mcgibbon intermediate team manager angus duncan junior team manager w v grant j clark n tuck and wes brennan executive members mrs w c bessey won first prize for best lady driver at acton rock- wood and georgetown fairs this year after an illness of six years thos mcnally passed away at his home in his 69th year the funeral was con ducted by the orange order past masters acting as pallbearers friends met at the home of mr and mrs hamilton lyons union for a farewell party prior to their moving lo their new home in georgetown among the winners at ojfs field lay wore relay race reta myrtle and irene tost boys vi mile burk- holder buck girls broad jump m aisle mcdonald bessie dobble i the families of her two sons fred i and norman joined in a surprise birthday party for mrs john wrig- glesworth of ashgrove on the occasion of her 7sth birthday j three toronto men charged kith c thirty boxes of butter from the georgetown creamer appeared i this week before police magistrate h p moore the wi met last tuesday to plan at mllton ft pi sentence and the other two a year in j burwash reformatory at the inquest held concerning the i eeath of an unidentified man who was found floating in the river near tbe iode meeting monday the regular monthly meeting of the countess oi slrathmore chapter io de was held on monday evening in the legion hall mrs l j bell the regent presided and mrs a greig assistant secretary acted in the ab- lnct v the secretary it was reported that tbe kinsmens milk for britain fund tag day which was sponsored by the chapter had netted 10570 also that the draw for cut glass held at the fair made in the neighborhood of 5000 overseas nursery and personal com forts bags were packed and had been shipped a donation of 1000 was made to the canadian national in stitute of the blind tag day mrs ohas willson a new member was formally welcomed into the chap ter and given her pin following the meeting lunch was served by the hostesses miss alice treanor mrs t e hewson and miss ann hlckey congratulations to capt jack lind ner son of mr and mrs j p lind ner of norval who received hit cap taincy with the army overseas about three months ago capt lindner en- luted with the lome scots and has the m toe chutch mo8tly a childrens service and there was a good attendance of children with their parents childrens hymns were sung been overseas two yean this pan his brother flight lieutenant bui lind ner is back in canada after three years overseas with tbe rcap and leaves shortly for his new posting at vancouver bc rev colebrook spoke to the children first then later to the parents umehouse mrs edgar robertson of ffr was uest speaker at the wm6 thank- milton tiering meeting on thursday after noon a the home of mrs w mit chell she told of her experience as the wile and helpmate of a mfdlfal missionary in china she also dis played quite a number of chinese garments and pieces of finely worked embroidery crochet and carving others taking part in the program in cluded mrs a norton with a vocal solo and mrs a j smethurst and mrs s glsby with appropriate poems mre h norton read a thanksgiving frayer mrs a w benton presi dent welcomed the visitors and in troduced lhe speaker mrs adams of that our soldiers sailors and airmen milton expressed pleasure on being are doing their part nobly and we j able to attend and brought greetings must not falter in our duty to them from her society a social half hoar srd to ourselves j was enjoyed at the close subscriptions to the new loan will a numger from limehouse congre- open on the 23rd instant and will cation attended knox chureh snni- continue for three weeks the mini- versary on sunday mum amount required by the gov- mrs harry smethurst and mrs pat emment is 130000000 an increase trainer and spent tbe week of 100000000 over the objective of end with mrs our las loan this means that all of us must increase our subscription it is our duty as well as our nigh privilege to have a part m this task you can aid by thinking talking and working for the success of tbe cam- a t weldon chairman county of halton kattonel war finance oommlttaa mrs garnet kay left last week for a visit to her home at unity bask mm mcadams of toronto and mrs noble of hamilton have been visiting tin xbscby visitors with u sunday included 1 derttt and mr mull hi of tbrafte and mr and mrs afoqregor and fa mily of brentford the annual field day of milton high school was held last friday and saw some keen contests in the various events fo william hili was burned by helping rescue crew members of a plane to escape while serving over seas sgt ken clement of milton was mentioned in a despatch from italy last week the platoon he was with toik 1u german prisoners from a cellar dr j a sherwood of buffalo en tertained a party of relatives and friends at dinner at milton inn on fair day included in the party were mr and mrs e d sherwood mr and mrs sherwood coulron mr and mrs alex hume and miss m foster of buffalo who was also a guest of mr and mrs e d sherwood of freeman the party then spent an enjoyable af ternoon at the fair miss helen scott was hostess at tbe teachers meeting of nelson town ship school area no 1 on wednesday afternoon at mount nemo school house the president miss k roche- fort presided inspector ches hew itt addressed tbe meeting outlining piana for tbe year plans were made to hold an oratorical contest on oc tober 30th one entry to be made from each school in tbe area champion iron bridge the jury returned a ver- qict that he came to his death from a blow on the temple followed by pneu monia no evidence of foul play was produced stanley allen of glen williams presented the herald with a quantity ot ripe wild raspberries as did mr g b sayres cedarvale intended for last week and mrs e lee and wilfred nd mrs c lee of alma vislt- ind mrs w cunnlng- ilti is being used flaws m steal plates tmd btdldtng ham mrs bonany david and myrna of guelph spent the week end with mr irid mrs arthur griffin a number from here took prizes on xhibits at erin fair miss reta smith hs relumed to ditits lr toronto con era tula lions to mr and mrs w hawes on the gift of a son a number of friends and neighbors net in lhe school on friday evening tor a presentation for mr and mrs sim and family after a short pro gram miss beth hardlnr read the address and they were presented with a beautiful floor lamp and fernery lunch was served and the remain der of the night spent in dancing this week mr and mrs r l davidson of acton visited with friends here mr and mrs hu1 and friends of georgetown spent sunday with mr and mrs w hawes mr qeorge goldthorpe and miss mabel ben of moffat visited on sunday with mr and mrs arthur griffin ashgrove the october meeting of the wms was held thursday afternoon in the sunday school room with mrs t oh- fen president conducting tbe open ing exercises the roll call was an swered with beautiful thanksgiving thoughts after the singing of a thanksgiving hymn no 578 mrs john bellboddy led in a devotional period the theme of which was the law of the kingdom love thy neigh bour mrs frank wilson reviewed chapter two of west of the date line which is an intensely interest ing study of a part of the world which has fascinated us from chlld- nood where allied soldiers are fight ing today the south pacific is lands heroic missionaries such as williams paton john geddle and james chalmers planted the church in countless islands there and abun dant evidence of their work is being een today after the offering was received the meeting closed with hymn 579 the national anthem and the mizpah benediction the bright star mission band held their autumn thankoffering meet ing on sunday afternoon oct 15 in the sundav school room with elmer bird vicepresident presiding after the opening exercises the minutes of the last meeting were read and the roll call responded to with something for which we are chankful hymn 613 followed the call to worship and the mripturc lesson was read by elmer bird jean bird led in prayer and mrs m bird told an interesting story of tbe boys and girls who live in tbe rice fields of china taken from the study book par bound the world marian bird sang a vocal solo after which mrs h bird told the story of the pilgrim and the first thanksgiv ing norman bird took the offering and the dedicatory prayer was given by gordon bird gladys ruddeu read aiticles from the vtch tower a prayer hymn closed the meeting the christian fellowship meeting under the direction of miss betty ruddell held last sunday evening a splendid opening for the fall and winter activities of the yps the worship service opened with quiet music by ismey kean followed by the hymn just as i am john bird led in prayer and all joined in the re sponsive reading portions of micah iv and v a very appropriate solo my task was sung by joy ruddell accompanied by betty ruddell isa bel currle read a poem entitled youth after which the offering was taken and dedicated mrs claude picket chose as her topic the seven laws of achievement and it was very timely and helpful the singing of hymn 45 and the benediction broughl lie meeting to a close victory uan notb8 several events are being planned to connection with the victory loan campaign among these are a mer chants window display contest blgn school essay contact and a victory loan bauy- see next weeks herald for particulars hornby everyone was surprised last week to itarn that our local merchant- and postmaser mr harry robertson had disposed of his property the pur chaser is mr thompson- of orton ont the changeover will take place on december first next mr and mrs robertson have been in business here for tbe last sixteen years they have given complete satisfaction ut their many customers by fair itg snd have made many friends we do not know their plans far tbe future but we hope they win not remove too far from the community miss vera varley of mllton spent sunday last at tbe borne of mr and mrs floyd downs the new no 5 ration books win be distributed at robertsons store on thursday of ibis week ut and mrs jasoes h hoyea of ooeiph and mrs ohms k staffem of esmpbenford visited at fee par- jim bubns tops senior boyek pam cousens senior girls champ the annual track and field day of georgetown high school wesbeldln 3 the park last friday under the super- vision of principal walter carpenter and miss a m falrbafn the events were well contested and everyone en joyed the outing jim burns was tops among the senior boys winning eight firsts for a total of 4ft points while craig alexander was second with 13 norman long with 23 points and keith huffman with 40 points were champions of the intermediates and juniors respectively with george bar ber 22 and ross sykes 14 runners- up pamela cousens won the senior girls championship scoring four firsts and a second runnerup was doris brownridge with 14 points in the intermediate girls june clarke was first with 26 and jean chester second with 12 junior girls were led by norma davidson with 15 and kathy thompson with b senior girto baseball throw islay mccun mary mcclure joyce smith basket ball throw darrell dawson peggy kelly joan devries run high jump pam cousens j smith i mcclurs st broad jump cousens brownridge smith run broad jump cousens brownridge smith hop step and jump cousens brownridge m mc clure 75 yd dash brownridge cou sens i mcclure intermediate girls baseball throw june clarke pau line norton darrell dawson basket ball throw helen moglu peggy kelly dawson run high jump clarke jean chester dawbon st broad jump clarke norton chester run broad jump clarke chester dawson hop step and jump cbes tei dawson clarke 75 yd dash clarke norton dawson junior girls baseball drow ntarma davidson joan lavole kathv thomnson bas ketball throw helen cleave thoinp son lavole run high jump david son bernice gibbs joan marching- ton st broad jump nancy brown maxchington davidson run broad jumpmargaret sargent davidson sylvia lorrlman 75 yd dash thomp son brown davidson gtrts belay 1st doris brownridge pam cou sens islay mcclure and darrell daw son 2nd june clarke mary mc clure pauline norton and norm davidson run high jump jim burns ernie peters cralgalexander st broad jump burnstjohn fanner alexanr der pole vault bums alexander hop step and jump burns alexan der jim wood shot putt bums farmer ross peteh 100 yd dash bums petch alexander 220 yd da burns petch alexander boys open bresma 440 yd walter sargent kettb huffman norman long 680 yd sargent huffman v ostrander re lay 1st bums petch alexander wood 2nd huffman fc bouskfll l tennant r sykes intermediate beys run high jump norman long don parker clare bums broad jump burns george barber clarence bouskul run broad jump barber bums long pole vault long george cousens barber hop step and jump barber long bouskul shot putt- bousfcul parker bums 100 yd dasb barber long walter sargent 239 yd dash long barber bouskfu janlor beys run high jump keith ttntrmp harold wilson duncan robmsun st broad jump huffman lykle devries run broad jump ross sykes huff man emery thompson pole vault leonard tennant claude held huff man and robinson tied bop step imd jump huffman sykes held shot putt huffman held r peck 100 yd dash huffman syfces tenn ant 220 yd dash- huffman sykes tennant takjes rwrgead couuk miss helen devereaux rtngftty of mr and mrs harry devereaux u tak ing a oneyear postgraduate course at toronto general rpti she is av uh4 graduate of toronto umveahy in household jboonomka sonage on t last xu spits of tbe eosl rdgtats wsb some frost ab sji eajdymg that de antra weather with toa liienlllel colorings of lae leaves it as fee indian tor ana year sno fffltag to being rejejsd fee sea and fall nlosdng is being done am a local sanaa