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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication that extra bohd that extra bond we are all asked to buy at this ttaw may be called a while we may not au have spot cash to take the extra bond during the f m still everybody credit it good fdien they buy victory bonds the wisdom of such purchasing in stantly reveals sound business fore- sight and your employer or bank vffl gladly make it easy for you to do that little extra so that we may au prove to our boys we are doing all we can to push the arms and muni tions into their wuung hand it is indeed a wonderful a thrill ing thing to see what tremendous de termination our people are showing at this t of great anxiety may none of us falter or step aside at this frl moment let us throw out full weight into a result for this pros perous georgetown and district so that we may at least be happy m a duly wen d 72x03 is the day sincerely yours u w f wedntwtor ncmfaktcr 8th 1944 jack miner died lasr week 2 00 per annum 5c a copy joint chairmen georgetown and district victory loan committee captain sloan called to city has been babrattsn army officer in charge here for g months citizens of georgetown and bramp ton will be sorry to learn that cup- tain and mrs j r sloan of the salvation army have been transferr ed to the wychwood corps toronto and left last week captain sloan came to brampton in june 1043 he succeeded major w sanford as oflloer in chwrgf of the brampton corps adjutant r- baddeley and lieutenant f bough two ladies who have been stationed at bowmanvlue succeed captain and mrs sloan town purchases 10000 7th victory loan bonds the weather btf h l btyt we have been enjoying a long fall and not till last sunday got our first touch of winter it was apparently the tall end of the blizzards and snow storms they had been having out lu the west the previous week but when it reached us it was nothing more than a cold wind with a slight flurry of snow and not more than four de grees of frost now after our squaw winter we should be due for an in dian summer with all the figures available for october we and the average temper ature for its 31 days was 63 or e degree above normal but the rainfall was only 70 or 1 78 below normal and the drought still remains with us here are the local records date h and l temp rain fall jack miner canadian naturalist and founder of the world famous jack miner bird sanctuary at jelngsville ontario who died last week at his home he is shown above about to tups oct wd nov 1 thurs nov fri nov 3 liberate a banded canada goose byiwelt and the value of it cannot be sat nov banding birds jack miner gamed valued in the terms of dollars and scientific knowledge for the world as 1 cents to the habits and lives of birds the 1 entire world gained from ma research 31 mon nov mbs ellen hat ward passes mrs etten sarah hayward for twenty years a resident of guelph passed away suddenly at the guelph general hospital in her seventy second year she had been in 111 health for some time the former ellen sarah layzell was born in london england she mar ried the late enos hayward in 1897 and thej came to canada in 1907 they lived in terra cotta until 1924 when they moved to guelph she is survived by three sons harry of new toronto walter and thomas both of guelph three grand children and two great grandchildren she has eight brothers and sisters liv lng in england the funeral wafc held from mcla naghan and ross funeral home on saturday afternoon the service was conducted by rev g mackey of st patricks anglican church interment was in woodlawn cemetery the pallbearers were wm kerr wm poole thos craine wm proctor of guelph and norman i cam and john eaves of tera cotta glen williams mr llndley beaumont was a week end visitor in hamilton and ancastex mr and mrs robert hancock spent the week end in toronto wren sally- slick ha returned to toronto after spending a sixday leave with her parents mr and mrs george buck mr and mrs bert crewson and baby of hamilton spent the week end with mr and mrs john hancock eighteen girls were present at the regular meting of the girl guides on wednesday evening in the basement of the united church the meeting opened with a hymn following the roll call and minutes of the last meet ing patrol leaders evelyn robinson and betty dickenson took charge a sing song and games were played at the close of the instructional period mrs presswood is in charge of the guides on monday evening mrs joe nor ton and two year old son wayne left by train for vancouver b c where her husband gnr joe norton is sta tioned mr and mrs joe stamp and twin daughters of norval spent sunday in the glen with mr and mrs herb hancock this 84cuasu a wmorwe as sig arasmd as a cew is the bag ssjaash to ue window of reeve a k wsusst as wmea was grewa by s smith stone news bond sales at 3 fc s amounted to 22500 by the end of the second week of the campaign this is 125 of the quota and an average of gloo an employee we were reminded that there are only three more pay days left be fore christmas by the time the copy of this herald reaches overseas christmas will likely be here so we would like to tell the s 8 bays in the services wherever they may be that our thoughts will be with them and we also wish them a victorious new year we all hope that before long they will au be reunited with their families and friends thirty four christmas parcels were sent recently to the boys serving over seas by the active service fund com mlttee on behalf of the management and employees each parcel contain ed the following items 1 pr socks 1 uit calte 2 chocolate bars 2 pkgs ueonuts 2 pkgs razo blades 2 pkgs 2 pkgs cigarettes 1 pkg soda bis ults 2 tins sardines 1 tin kam 1 tin oxo cubes 1 tin vegetable soup 1 tin tomato juice 1 tin irish stew l pkg cheese 1 box chocolates johnny wilson a prisonerof war as sent 2000 cigarettes instead of a pa tel we were sorry to hear that mrt mcdonald received word that her son norman was missing norm a bro ther of bui mcdonald of the slip room was employed on jie clay presses and the shipping room prior to his enlistment he joined up with the 48th highlander but transferred to the hli after going overseas in january we hope that the famllv will soon have good news from htm bruce collins of the clay press de partment recently joined the mer chant marine eh a jim emmerson is on a four teen day leave he and his wife and babyson are visiting with his par ents mr and mrs w emmerson atfter his leav a jimmy will rotun to sydney njb the draw sponsored b the s s softball team in aid of one of their i aycrs who was injured will likely be mde towards the end of next week we arc pleased to hear that billy baby son of mr and mr jack lucas k lome from the sick children s hos pital where he has bfn for the past month another cribbage tournament is to take place soon tills tune it is the shipping room challenging the clay presses the entertainment committee hope to have another social evening in he ear future and hope the employees will turn ou and make as big a suc cess of it as they did the last one the office girls enjoyed a trip to rockwood last saturday afternoon visiting there with peggy pi whose home it ta after much un accustomed outdoor exercise scramb ling around the rooks through fields and ow fences all were quite able to partake abundantly of the dsb and plentiful dinner provided by the hostess a good usaels reported by all who hope to make a iwbjm trip for some farther easrdses and sight- death of mrs a w nixon following a lengthy illness mrs w nixon widow of the late di w nixon who predeceased her 23 years ago passed away at her resi dence the hedges on wednesday nov 1st the late mrs nixon was the only daughter of the late mr and mrs joseph barber and had spent the greater part of her life in georgetown except for the winters pent ir england and florida living a quiet ufe s interested lp the town in which she lived taking an active part in red cross work in wnr i ana durag he present war opened her loveiy grounds for the benefit of the red cross like her father a great lover oc flowers and outdoor life she continu ed lor twenty five years the meteoro logical work of her father passing this work over to professor h l hutt the funtral service was held from cr residen e at 3 o clock friday af i noon with rev c c cochrane of krox presbyttnai church of which she was member officiating the pailbearers were adam sproa mur ray sproat fred wtlmott everett cole c h barber george beckett fnte mem was in gretnwood cime tery georgetown t mrt susan colraanf celebrates 83rd birthday mrs susan colman one of george town s oldest citizens celebrated her b3rjd birthday on november 6th at the home or her son albtrt who has re cently returned from overseas among those prewnt to celebrate the occasion were ler five children wtmiam his wife and daughter uly of hamilton maude of toronto james his wife and daughter mar jcry of toroi to and glenna or toronto there were four grandchil dreii present this as the first time thati mrs colman has had all her f amity togttier in fifteen yeans evgn grandchildren were unable to bpnesarrt as well as eight great- tandchildren on mondnj afternoon a few ladles i om th baptist w m s called on lr chimin and presented her with a lovely bouquet of mums in honour 1 her blmday walker bfcxyea ddes is toronto we were sorry to learn of the death last tuesd y ight or mr walker belyea toronto mr belyea is well known here as he and his fa ily spent a good deal of time at their summer cottage on the 8th line on the mountain he was always very generous about letting local organlza lions use his lovely property with the waterfall for corn roasts and picnics mr belyea was in his 55th year er belyea was burled from st juae s church toronto when the rec tor rev r j shires was assisted by archdeacon woo thompson rhere was service at the cremation deceased survived b his widow rnd three sons two of whom are over limehouse tic n nixrwi muting opened with o god our hilp in ages past kllowed by lit daily pray r at the omt or mrs c e meredith tli irsd iv two mil utes silence fol wed b prajer was observed for our i iiu n this war and the oreat war it w i jtclded to purchase by instal- intit 50 victory bond twenty oil irs wi uted to the soldiers comfort committee in georgetown i d out all alv i collection will be jivti ia tht acto war services lea ue mrs m chell re id current events hi r pi i historlral research on the sit tng of wtci you and i were young maggie was ery interesting mrs glsbj read a poem lest we forget convenor of publicity mrs miller read an account of the w i c mention held in ottawa recently she conducted an advertisement con test which mrs francis brown won a social half hour was spent at the close miss ivens spent the week end with the newton s visitors with the spitzers over the week end lr eluded mr and mrs spltzer and family of kitchener and mr sturm and friends of toronto 28 a trace active service notes driver richard fbrster in italy re ports having been in hospital with a light attack of malaria but has re covered and is on the job again petty officer james emmerson from sydney n s is home on furlough bruce gummer in the army at de bert n6 is home on 10 days leave pte david wood of the rcasc is now serving overseas according to word just received pte wood enlist ed with the lome scots in april lfll and a year ago was transferred to his present regiment he has since been training as a cook his wife the former ruth millar of town and their baby son david keith are liv ing here a brother douglas is now serving with the rcn and is sta tioned at quebec pilot officer harry williams has been transferreo from calgary to the rcaf station at rivers manitoba aftei i month s furlough spent with 1 is wife in toronto and his parents in georgetown flying officer david crlchton reported to the east coast li5t week end for further service with u e rcaf f o crlchton was home niter two years service in ceylon and he far east fit lieut ian maikenzle has been rinsierred from yarmouth ns to sydney ns birthday congratulations to pte jack hemphill who celebrates bis fourth birthday overseas on november nth this la his second birthday in italy lac ted stigger was home on week i d leave fit lieut ken mackenzie is spend k i months leave with his parents congratulations to leonard j bus bell who was commissioned as a pilot officer on november 1st he is home on leave at present lac gordon martin ol camp bor den was home on week end leave collector reports on tax stud water arrears officers appointed for municipal elections the corporation of georgetown hasr purchased fioooo of the 7th victory loan bonds this was decided at the regular monthly meeting on monday eight when the joint chairmen of the loan committee w p bradley and fleck were present at the meet ing to ask fffwnrtl for their suppo in the drive tax and water arrears k m longdon tax and water rate collector presented a report to coun cil showing the state of arrearages to date there are two or three out standing tax accounts which should be paid up and council was in fa vour of action being taken to deal with these the majority of dtlnens owing back taxes have made arrange ments to pay monthly instalments and tbe end of the year should show a considerable reduction in the amount of back taxes owed dayfoot subdivision mr langdon also addressed coun cil on behalf of mr h c dayfoot who is considering subdividing his property back of john st for build ing lots mr dayfoot has offered a lot on john st to the town as a road allowance if the town is agree able to putting a road and water mains and council was of the opinion that anything which would bring more tax revenue to the town was a matter worthy of consideration more details will be presented- at a later meeting mrs o re- victory loan total 300000 akm1si1us day stskvluk sunday 1 le armatlce daj service will be i eld at the cenotaph on sunday morning at 10 30 sharp the bands nd legion will parade with service corduoted by the ministerial assoc ulon citizens will note the service is being held before church rather than after as has been formerly the custom seeing would anyone like to see our snans7 one of the shipping room boys won t put too much trust to a model t ford far awhile he went o hunting last week end but was strand ed at speyslde when the pord refus ed to go so had to walk home we bear that another of the ship ping room boys spends quite a few saturdays in toronto ta it the ca sino that bo tiatto maybe then if a serial showing there sales up in town and district from last loan days left with four more days to go on this seenui victory loan georgetown and esquelng district show promise tf going over the top of their 385 000 objective sales this morning show a grand total or 3o0 000 subscribed breaking this figure down the town ship ha 34s0 and georgetown pro per s176350 although au payrolls are reported over the top only one payroll return is included in these figures comparing bond sales with the same period lt loan there was a total of 2j0 subscribed with buesing 86 000 and the town 146000 in cluded la these figures were most of the payrolls so it looks very much as if the citizens of this district are fully reali sing bow responsible a share they have in bringing the war to a speedier con clusion by lending all that they pos sibly can at the moment sales indi cate we might go over the top jlut dont relax we haven t got there vet ashgrove a very successful social under the tujplces of the women s institute was held on tuesday evening oct 24 at the nome of mr and mrs horace barnes president euchre and crok i lole were ptayed during the evening and the prize winners were as follows isi miss lily wilson and mr clare wilson 2nd john bird and claude pickett travelling prizes mrs frank ruddell and john bird croklnole gladys ruddell and w j alexander the citizenship meeting of the y p s was held sunday evening nov 5th in the sunday school room un der the leadership of douglas currie during the devotional period the scripture was read by haney nurse ard prayer given by ismey kean betty ruddell and doris brownridge favoured with a vocal duet after which a poem was read by elsie bird and mrs john hunter gave a very timely paper on the life of jack miner readings were given from the kingdom s herald official organ of halton y j u after the closing hymn rev j o totton closed the meeting with p the annual rally of halton yptj will be held friday evening nor 10th in milton united church with rev russell graham of india as special speaker fcleetkm otnoers appointed with the december municipal elec tion in the offing deputy returning officers and poll clerks were selected for election day these are ward 1 town hald george al- cott- harry stocword ward of hornby s house d s harley mrs r harris t grieve miss a treanor ward 3 municipal building r c adams mrs p fetch miss marjorle gault oeorge arndw 2 new with secretary council expressed regret at the re signation of mrs r harris who has served so efficiently as secretary of the georgetown office of the war time prices and trade board w v grant was appointed t place her permission was granted to the geor- gfctdwn and halton poultry associ ation to us the old town hall for monttily meetings or that argante- allon a 25 grant was made to the poppy- fund and permission given to cbt legion x hold a tag day this satur day the council will parade to the cenotaph for the armistice service on sunday at 10 jo a m a discussion took piace on snow re moval this winter ana action will be taker on this at the next meetins which will be held or november 16th reeve macdonald brought up tha ruiestlon of equalization which was under discofision by the county coun cil a new plan under conslderatioil by the county group did not seen to be favoured by georgetown ooan- cil woio felt that george wtm better off under the present setup and that the new system would be costly to inaugurate mrs charles cochrane is vjjtttag in kingston where her father rev a k cameron is confined to hospi tal wkh a broken shoulder suf in a fan pte norman mcdonald missing overseas a telegram from ottawa last week addened a district home with the news that pte norman hugh mc donald is mlaslng in action in francs ince october i7th son of mrs eknl- y w mcdonald r r 4 acton noi- nan is well known in georgetown where he was once employed at fltt stone he was 21 last february ind at time of enlistment was work ing for direct winter transport hi toronto pte mcdonald joined the army in the spring of im3 and was with the 48th highlanders later transferrins to the royal hamilton ti infantry he went overseas in january of this year he attended bannoekbam school he is one of a family of ton a brother pte clifford mcdonald is overseas with the lome soots whs lives in georgetown kan and russell in muton and aretde sandy and joe at home tbste are two afatoes itm wes lhoa of kverctt and mrs bswn currie of mhtan mrs- mrtxvtm has reeeried a mtsr wrltten by norman on ow mom day be was reported misstng w aim hopeful that cheerful nawsj wtt sjsssa to received by the anxtoest tassftto whom tbt sympathy of to obb1usjbv ty b i