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the georgetown herald seventyseventh yew of publication wedneiday december 6th 1944 2 00 per annum 5c a copy rold cleave mayor for a sko term 1944 council all returned office for next year toj 102 majority for cleave over gibbons orr lyons win in watd 3 georgetown electors vent to the polls on monday to vote or mayor and for councillors in ward 3 interest in the mayoralty election ran high with joseph gibbons who retired last year after a ten year term as mayor once again in the field against the 1944 mayor harold cleave it wms the third tin the two ranflmatefi had faced each other in 1936 gibbons was victorious with a majority of 314 and in 1943 he won out by a majority of 19 1035 rotes were cast in the 1943 election and this was exceeded on monday when 1043 ratepayers tamed out to mark their ballots cleave get 10b majority when final returns were tabulated by the returning officer mayor cleave polled 573 votes a majority of 103 over the 470 votes cast for mr gibbons he will urns return to office for a second term t will be no new faces around the 1944 council table as the reeve and four councillors were re turned by acclamation and the present councillors for ward 3 were voted in again by the ratepayers of that ward orr again heads pou in ward 3 in ward 3 cr s w orr with 330 votes had a slight majority over cr thos l lyons with 237 the third candidate mr james ooodlet polled 154 votes in the 1943 election in that ward the results were orr 179 lyons 161 ooodlet 90 brown 88 s3 st3 138 470 mayor haiducleave fgjhbons 134 315 137 307 for council ward 3 8 w orr 330 thos i iyons 33t james oooalet 164 the 1945 cornell mayor harold cleave reeve k r- mafglnmelrt councillors ward i william p thompson garfield moonvraar councillors ward n clifford brad ley john t armstrong councillors ward ihs w orr thos l lyons former glen williams resident dies in everett the funeral of mrs alex leslie of everett former resident of glen wll llama was held on tuesday novem ber 38th from the everett church of england mrs l and her husband resided in the glen about eighteen tears ago before moving to everett bhe was the beloved aunt of mrs clarence kennedy mrs leslie was in her 49th year while living in olen williams she was a faithful church worker for st albans mrs leslie had undergone an operation and was progressing very favourably until two weeks ago when she suffered a relapse she leaves to mourn her loss her husband two children lloyd 15 and isabel 8 in addition to her niece mrs clar ence kennedy who was raised by ner aunt umehouse the class in the time saving kitchen conducted by miss e sue ter of the women s institute branch of the dept of agriculture was held at mrs h mortons last wednesday and thursday afternoons and lecture and slides at llmchouse school friday evening nineteen ladles attending showed the interest taken in the subject an enjoyable social ume was spent at the close of the last class sir w grieg was a recent visitor with the newton s ida james noble is on the sick hat at present we hope for her im provement soon the faaaaar of the oirhv lookout clob was held at mrs h norton s on s afternoon tea wms too ibs j rndded and her pupua are tjoajr with christmas concert prepar ations for dec uhh mt and mrs t l campbell and ebfldren of hamilton visttpd the nor eons on sunday mr and mrs we lane of toron- 9a spent sunday with mrs r lane spr jim freestone home spr jim freestone rce son of mr and mrs p c freestone arrived back in georgetown on saturday no vember 25th jim was sent back to canada for health reasons and will have a thirty day leave at home be fore reporting to the depot in toron- he has been in england for four years and seven months with no 3 road construction coy jim has seen a lot of action in eng land where the blitz doodle bugs and v2s are concerned wherever bis construction company located repair ing roads and so on the nazi air at tacks were there too he paid high tribute to the bravery of the british people and said that no matter how terrible the attacks the jerries couldn t break the english spirit spr freestone s unit was a very busy one before dday for they did much of the construction work prior to that great event jim enlisted in april 1940 and went overseas almost immediately brother clarence was shell shocked in italy has been convalescing in an english hospital and expects to be home shortly another brother fred has been discharged from the army on account of bad eyesight four other brothers chanle jack stanley and harry are in the army in eng land before enlisting jim was employed on the farms of wullam sinclair and cecil earth alexander f gregory dies in 88th year the death of alexander ferguson gregory occurred at the home of his daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs clarence hayes on monday nov ember 37th in his 88th year mr gregory had been in failing health for a number of years but was taken seriously 111 only a short time before his demise mr gregory resided in georgetown for the past twentyfive years and until five years ago when his health did not permit was a valued employee of alliance paper mills limited he was bom in schomberg son of the late nancy and john gregory he lived for a tune at newmarket and charleston in temlskamlng before coming to georgetown to reside he married the former ttatinnft glenn of hagersvule who predeceased him some years ago the late mr gregory led a very quiet life and for the past fifty five years was a member of the salva tion army he leaves to mourn his lose one daughter mrs clarencehayes zetta a grandddaughter mrs gordon fisher cazolyn and one brother john greg ory of toronto there are also two nieces mrs r cave georgetown and mrs o j patton of toronto major sanford of the salvation army toronto conducted the funeral service held on wednesday nov 39th he was assisted by rev r g tqdd a profusion of beautiful floral tri butes testified to the esteem in which the late mr gregory was held pall bearers were messrs joseph gibbons fred armstrong george charters gordon fisher ross thompson char- georgetown soldiers com forts committee again remember our boys the georgetown soldiers comforts committee sent an order on sept 30 for smiles n chuckles chocolates to be snipped to 36 nonsmokers and on nov 16th sent an order for sweet caporal cigarettes to be shipped to 357 service men and women awd 1 lb sweet caporal tobacco cigarette pa pers included to 4 prlaonersofwar they want to take this opportunity of thanking all those who have made this sorcnwhile work possible they have already received christmas greetings from some of the boys and would like to pass them on to all of you from all of them final arrangements were made to day for the corn husking competitors banquet which win b held in norval next wednesday there are still a few tickets available but you had better hurry les parker burial was wood cemetery in green fsw ballinafad miss b hilts is spending days with friends in gait the farm forum met monday even ing at the home of mr and mr frank smith these meetings are beneficial to young and old htfllwooa snow and roy ware were appointed u attend the youth rally in toron to tuesday dec 6th sorry to report that mrs george mcmenemy is critically hi at the borne of he- daughter mrs j p klrfc- wood mrs a o w foreman la able to be around again after suffering from an attack of the flu stewarttown mr p r bally of hamilton visit ed at his borne here saturday lcpl 8 hunt of brampton was home for the week end the wa meeting last week was held at mrs hunts home mr and mrs r standlsh and child ren of thaiold were here veth mrs jenklnson sunday the weather by h l huu winter came at last not very se vere as yet nut cold enough and snow enough to assure us it is the real thing nothing like the thirty inches of snow they got up in london to tie up all traffic on the whole we have enjoyed an unusually mild autumn october is reported by the meteroktgical depart ment to have been the wannest in thirty years and now that we have all the figures for november we find it was 2 7 degrees warmer than nor- and it was 9 15 inches short of normal for snowfall as a result of all this warm weather fruits and flowers that are often caught by early frosts matured per fectly here this fall grapes fudy ripened apples matured on the trees and will not keep as long in storage tl is winter and we saw come to per fection a lo of hardy garden mums we had never seen before here axe the local records date h and l predpl- tsmp tauon tues nov 38 36 33 wed not 29 31 36 at snow thurs nov 33 36 26 snow frl dec 1 25 31 sat dec 2 32 4 26 reelect d sun mon dec 3 dec death of margaret kennedy the many friends of mrs h w kernedy will regret to hear of the death of her daughter margaret who tiled at their home in toronto a wee ii sunday and was buried in green- wood cemetery here last wednesday margaret was a brilliant student when attending the public and high school here always standing at near the head of her class w she and her sister lillian entered the university mrs kennedy moved toronto to make a home for tbem there aftr f uei univer sity course margaret became s bo the dean of the women a college of victoria university and was general favourite with all as evidenced by the banks of wreaths and flowers sent by all departments of the college as a loving tribute to her memory tie funeral service in toronto was conducted by the rev dr organ minister of trinity united church and at the graveside here by the rer r c todd of the georgetown united church the pallbearers were bennett and mr pasmore church friends of the family in toronto d margaret s four cousins mervyn ken nedy hillary stevens and fred and gordon hutt the sympathy of many georgetown friends goes to mrs kennedy and her daughter lillian in their sad loss is the stork losing canadian flying men have moved a lot of strange cargoes both at home and abroad m the last several years but when a quebec j airways boeing took off from quebec city airport the other day bound for cbicouumi it carried one of the strangest loads of all 26 babies not one of them over five months old the jnfktf were being trans ferred from la creche salnt-yln- centdepaul in quebec to cmeoa- tuni a long train ride but only an hour away by air labbe ger main priest in charge of the orphanage contacted officials of quebec airways a canadian vmti- fic air lines ubridlery with the result that the babies flew and all in one planeload ordinarily the aircraft carries ten passen gers and e crew of three bvt with sister coeur imroarole and sister atari de la separation who were i their first airplane flight the total number of souls aboard was thirtyone even so with each baby weighing an average of ton pounds h was a far lighter load than customary special taisn ploi cribs made of plywood were ouflt so that each box would fit into one seat hi the airplane wrapped snugly tn1ieypnmkete and strapped m both boxes and seats even tbe roughest of air could not have tossed the tiny infants out and as it turned out there wasnt even one bump on the entire trip they didnt give a bit of trouble said stewardess joan harland a veteran hostess of the airline after the takeoff they just went to sleep and that s all there was to itl bachelor captain art leach pilot of the plane didnt have much to say they were squeal ing when i went forward before takeoff and they were squealing after i landed be announced grumpily said first officer gordon alex ander i didnt hear a thing had the earphone on all the time then iibss1ihii seem to ma static w a tittle usaal thought harold cleave who was re elected mayor of the town of georgetown on monday and will return to office with the 1944 council sustained for the coming year smith stone news several of the boys have written to say that they have received the christmas parcels and cigarettes from the 8 8 active service fund dur ing the last few days interesting letters have been received from alva grieve jim king jack bailey and bill drink- water in holland and a letter and christmas card from george gilmer in england the boys are forging ahead and it looks as if a number wf be spending thiy christmas on germa4 soli all with the exception of arrsv grieve are well and are being kept busy with little spare time for writ ing however they would all prob ably appreciate letters from their old work pals alva is in a belgian hos pital with ear trouble so we all wish him a speedy recovery jack bailey sent his family fine picture postcards from and holland one of the views is of a fine modern highway much superior to any around here and another is of a streamlined train how ever the germans made sure they took the trains back to their home land victory loan plaque to georgctownesquesing mr a t weldon of oakville loan c lairman for halton county pre sented the 7th victory loan plaque to this district at a ceremony in the municipal building last wednesday night mayor harold cleave and reeve howard may receved the in r which will be placed in the post office for the public to view among those who spoke briefly at the ceremony were w f bradley chairman e v maccormack leroy dale r b foulis g w mcllntock ralph ross w c biehn and mr blckell county organizer who point ed out that halton county had led the whole dominion in per capita sub- scrtptkms and oeorgetownjehqueslng was first in the county pte e b shortill awarded canadian efficiency medal the canadian efficiency medal with first clasp has been awarded pte edward b shortill of the princess patrlda canadian light infantry and was received by his family town on monday this medal given for lengthy army service with perfect conduct pte shortill has been overseas near ly six years enlisting on sept 16 1939 with the princess pats he trained at winnipeg and from there went overseas he has been in sicuy and italy since the start of the a invasion cedarvale intended for last week miss doris fines of ospringe staying with her sister mrs wm henderson while mr henderson is undergoing an operation in guelph hospital mrs gordon doris margaret and marjorie mcallister of toronto visit- td with friends here on sunday mr ed and russell smith have returned home from their hunting trip north the monthly mec ing of the cedar vale wi met at the home of mrs e woods on wed nov loth the president brought the meeting to or der by singing the opening ode and epeatlng the lords prayer in unison the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved roll call what to do in an emergency the follow ing program was tben given scrip ture reading mrs cunningham singing jesus calls us was sung by ill reading a trick of fate by mrs c hurren report on the con vention in guelph by mrs cunning ham motto first aid by eleanor griffin contest by mrs cunningham mrs wood being winner the meet ing then closed by singing the na uonal anthem trtih week miss eleanor griffin has returned home after spending a few days with friends in guelph mr w burns and family of to ronto spent sunday with mrs h keeler mr and mrs fuller grand valley and miss margaret fuller toronto called on mrs earl fuller sunday mrs w cox spent a few days london she attended c p cox graduation at atytnex little joann smith has returned home after spending a week with her aunt mrs kenneth ban of onelnh bmabvrati spent the week end at bar w here this week we welcome back bill wyatt to s 8 he left the firm almost five years ago to go to research enterprise leaside as their first em ployee he is to take charge of all the clay work in the pottery good luck at the new job bui we hear that bertha shelbourna who works on the screwdrivers la wearing a new diamond the lucky guy is ray powell a former s s employee on the clay presses con gratulations jack james cousin of gordle james and marg puck has been report ed missing at sea jack will be remem bered by many as at one time he was employed on the clay presses we hope bis famuy will soon have better news of him gordle james recently returned from overseas received his discharge from the army last friday but he still haa to report for treatment on bis ear a new ruling of ha ontario depart ment labour oompels all female em ployees in certain industries to keep their hair covered to prevent frpge smith stone girls received their caps last week the pottery depart ments are light blue the ftiawnlsjj and punch press navy blue with zed visor and trim everyone enjoyed a good laugh at the other persons ex pense but now that mr faram has bought a large mirror for the assem bly room we can really see the joke it was welcome news to know that the danger of a german invasion of britain was over and that tje army of 2000000 home guards could be demobilized the courage and deter mination of these men is typical of the british people who have with stood the onslaught of the german wrath bert hurley in the tool room has an illustrated book showing pic tures of the bombed city of bristol anyone who cares to can borrow it from him and they will get an idea of what numerous british cities and towns have had to stand the mili tary objectives in the 194041 raids on bristol included 27 schools 11 hospitals 33 churches plus numerous public and historic buildings streets and thoroughfares and homes it is a satisfaction to know that a number of our boys are helping to rid the world of the ones respnslble for such wanton destruction girls father toting man we turn the lights out a 1030 in this bouse sarg gee that s darn nice of you mrs jones dad wants to borrow your corkscrew all right jimmy tell your dad to bring it right over the local 538 ujcjl mwa of smith stone beula very successful dance last friday night in the bees n al waetons oxebsetra ssj- pued tbe music jrjawjnnar lev the tacky spot shepherd arf bui loath as cafe we en to bear ttlfrelfra at to fte heapta en was here sjis n