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the seventyseventh year of publication wednesday december 20th 1944 200 per annum 5c a coffy final session of 1944 council held last thursday night ah collins hind as tewn employee streets wm be bnowpfcwgncd december jjeth proclaimed m boxing day holiday ihe final meeting of the 1944 council was held last thursday in the municipal building with mayor harold cleave reeve k macdon- old and 06uncluorb mcguvray brad ley lyons orrand thompson present several items of routine yearend business were dealt with including the psssms ol the usual 500 grant to the t who brigade and instructions to the r ttown clerk to pay any bills received np to the yearend upon the authori sation of the finance committee new ttown employee mr alfred collins was hired as a permanent town employee at a wage sate ol 60c per hour h l huu waited on council and requested that ashes collected with the garbage be dumped as a fill into his property in order to create a proper town road at no cost some work was done on this last winter and mr hutt believed that couple of months this winter would ornish the job the matter was left with chief marshall and the work wfll be done tinder his supervision streets to be flenched the council decided to hire mr art scott to do necessary ploughing of snow on the streets at a charge of 3 an hour it was also decided to parohase a quantity ol snow fence to be placed on papermul row to stop the roadway from drifting this win ter street sanding will be done by bob lane it was decided to proclaim december 26th a boxing day holiday acting on a request from the retail division of the board of trade cr mcguvray suggested thai some coat racks be in stalled in the municipal building for the convenience of public gatherings and this will be done some discussion took place on the purchase of a town truck and while no definite decisions were reached it was decided to apply for a purchase permit from the oil controllers of fice so that if and when council de cides to purchase one the preliminary work will have been done there was also an informal discus sion about sidewalk shovelling by tf citizens cr orr wondered if a one- horse plow could not be procured as in some towns and enquiries will be made along this line the council thought that citizens should be re minded of their individual duty in keeping their sidewalks cleaned off after a snowstorm the herald brituh war victim fond forwarded to toronto evening telegram 3393 70 cash on hand acknow ledged 14633 a mend jso total to date f 353668 christmas cheer fund for british war victims this auxiliary to the war victims pond will remain open tin dec 22nd when donations will be forwarded to toronto employees of apple pro ducts cochen williams proceeds of bingo dec 5 6104 mr and mrs c s stacey 500 the weather by h i hut after what the weather did for us last week probably the less said about it the better at all events it looks promising now for a white christmas and here is wishing alt a happy one here are the records h and l snow- temp fall tues dec 12 24 18 12 wed dec 13 27 20 thurs dec 14 34 16 fti dec 16 28 19 sat dee 16 33 27 sun dec 17 28 19 mon dec 18 16 6 the boys who come back are the georgetown- s comforts committee are today sending a small christmas remembrance to the follow ing service personnel who probably with two or three exceptions have returned home during 1944 harvey allen james collier cyril clarke dave crlchton fred castle a e colman omar digglns arnott sam olsby fred grace james ouuvet early wes fendley james freestone gerald giuivet clarence hale ed ebcken gordon harley gordon james james kelly wm lindner helen lane walter lawsan orval bayner w j rogers wm ritchie jos stamp wm tuck wm young the gifts were accompanied by the following letter dear georgetown and vicini ty are proud of you and welcome you back home please accept this small remembrance in appreciation of- all you have done for canada when peace returru the peace you have helped make possible and your com rades come back you will be remem bered by our town in a more substan tial manner in the meantime may your christmas be full of gladness and the new year to come be filled with hope and happiness sincerely yours geor soldiers comforts committee if anyone has been overlooked will you please let the herald know as the comforts committee would feel very badly if all the returned person nel had not been remembered pte bill ritchie back from three years service family and friends are glad to wel come back pte bui ritchie of the army service corps who has been overseas for three years bill arrived home at 8 oclock sunday morning and like the other boys who have re turned is exceedingly glad tp be with his wife and parents again bill has been serving in sicily and italy since a year ago last september and during that time saw several boys from georgetown including bert tuck donmcpbau ab reeves eddie hill and steve emmerson for the past two and a half years he and tbny tapleton have been together enlisting originally with the rce in june 1940 bui later transferred to the army service corps he trained at petawawa peterboro arid the ha milton trades school before embark ing for overseas prior to enlistment pte ritchie was employed with the georgetown hydro power commission howard may hosl wardens dinner monday fjo james jones home from overseas flying officer james jones over seas for a year and a half as a puot with the rcaf returned home last monday- morning his wife the for mer olive macdonald met him at the union station in toronto and they will visit his parents mr and mrs j w jones of mimico formerly of acton for a few days before coming to georgetown his homecoming came as a complete surprise to his wife and parents when they received a telegram from him on saturday morning when he landed f0 jones enlisted in the rcaf in august 1041 and will be home lor thirty days aris column dee 1115 1844 by joan main on monday dec 11th the school had the privilege of listening to an interesting and informative lecture by mr r h spenser of the public in formation department of the bell telephone company he was intro duced by mr w o mlsener district manager of the bell after the talk he was thanked by craig alex ander on behalf of the school the pupils then had a chance to listen to their voices recorded on the mlrro- phone we are now in the midst of examin ations they were planned to allow the main street merchants to have the services of the high school studehfet for the christmas rush as soon a possible and at the same time give sufficient time for review after com mencement the high school is planning a school party to be held at the rose room on thursday evening exstudents and friends are invited many attend babies branch party lorne scots reunion in italy gathering from their scattered posts throughout the canadian corps the lome scots rallied in a town along the adriatic front for their first re gimental gettogether in their many months of campaigning in italy dis persed as is no other regiment the scots provide a defense company un der major stewart beatty brampton for corps headquarters defence pla toons for the headquarters of an infantry division and the various bri gade headquarters of the corps the program included a church ser vice a march past in which the sa lute was taken by the corps com mander a special appearance of the armysoldier cwac show funborn follies and informal gatherings of thessergesnts and officers of the re giment the pipe bond of the sea- forth highlanders of canada played the march past stewarttown soldier engush ctbxl a wedding of interest to residents of this district took place on september ieth at st michaels church aider- shot england when sgt kenneth g murray and miss constance logan were married the bride is the daugh ter of mrs edith logan and the late prank logan of aldershot and sgt murray is the son of sgtmajor and mrs j c murray of stewarttown sgt murray has been in england since june 1943 with the lome scots hornby sudden death of baby son saddens norval home a nerval borne was saddened last week when william earl age 8 months and 3 days son of mr and mrs earl grasby passed away on thursday dec 14th in toronto sick childrens hospital after a very short illness besides his parents he is survived by four sisters and two brothers jean george shirley colleen nancy and robert the funeral service was con ducted from mckillops funeral par lours brampton on saturday rev f j dunlop of nerval united church- conducted the service and interment was made in brampton cemetery howard may of norval esqueslmrs reeve and warden of the county was host to some 80 of his friends and municipal associates on monday nlghc when the wardens dinner took place at the estaminet burlington the dinnerwas postponed from last tues day when the snowstorm blocked all the county roads the guests enjoyed a delicious tur key dinner with all the trimmings followed by a number of toasts inter spersed with musical selections by mlsc mildred dickson of hamilton j k whltelook agricultural representative was toastmaster and the toast list was i follows the armed forces mrs mary pettit f0 bruce mcnab df11 canada judge w n munro hughes cleaver mlf ontario leroy dale kc stan ley hall mfjp jsxwardens w i dick kxj harold cleave and john blair county council w j l hamp shire wesley murray the warden george cleave howard may mr may in his remarks stressed that there was much necessary road work to be done in the county in post war years and suggested that no sharp reduction should be made in tax rates in order to build up a sur plus to take care of this he also men tioned the problem of equalized as sessment and said that he hoped to eventually see a county assessor ap pointed he pointed out the steps that present and past councils had taken in reforestation and hoped this work would be continued in future following his speech a presentation of a chair was made to the warden by norman craig on behalf of the 1944 county council guests from this district who at tended the dinner included harold cleave leroy dale j humphreys isaac bennett k m langdon geoxsxj c brown n a robinson jack mjrv gibbon miss sybil bennett k o lindsay art benton george cleave walter biehh william campbell t l laeiie w cunningham wesley murray wm deans and g w mc- llntoek miss jardlne and her pupils hornby public school scored another distinct triumph in the program which hey presented to a wellfilled house in the christmas entertainment held in the school on thursday evening last i dec 14th the program consisted of christmas carols recitations piano the muiltmaprty otjht mujl by rhyuim bma play entitled the gingerbread h6iise hey kids im coming to georgetown saturday dec 23rd meet me at the community christ mas tree in front of the municipal building at 3 pm tell your dad and mom not to forget their tickets on the annual lucky draw extra proceeds to help the boys and girls in england who have been bombed out sponsored by the georgetown lions cheb theres a grand prize of a doll dressed in 25 100 hills and 24 prizes of chickens and geese see yousaturday december 23 babies branch of st georges w was held in the basement of tile church on wednesday afternoon dec 13th with thirtyfive little helper and their mothers and in some in stances their grandmothers in at tendance they were addressed by archdeacon thompson who welcom ed them and said grace before tiiey sat down to a delicious tea served from tables most beautifully and tur- tingly decorated witfi snow people of all kinds after tea they all gathered round the christmas tree which was ladened with lovely toys for each baby boy and baby girl sixty five in all mrs s dewhurst secretary of the babies branch members of the wa and other church friends had a busy time seeing that one and all had a most enjoyable party an operetta christmas with the old woman who lived in the shoe and work selections given by the different grades from their readers and from the bible this last was a very fine demonstration of the new course in religious education introduced into the schools of ontario this year the children all showed careful training by their teacher and the music instruc tor mrs clements and excellent memories even the very little ones santa claus was also present to un- locd the tree and distribute the gifts to the happy recipients the school room was tastily decorated for t he occasion yes we got our share of the big snowstorm last tuesday it came is a great surprise so parly in the season the navplows were not ready foi work and the roads are sull none too rood for motor traffic well those halton childrens i w have been singing of their drcam- atd society formed lr of a white christmas will surely have their di cams fulfilled this year proceedings were taken at a meet- christmas services will be held in lng in milton that will dissolve the tie local churches next sundny let present peel and halton childrens everyone plan to attenn aid society and formulate a halton j childrens aid society the two coun- ties will act independently in this work when the arrangements are com- peletd mr amos mason acton was chosen president of the new society and rev j b moore of milton vicepresident mr o f tnompaon is secretary miss e andersani treasurer the halton board is made up of sixteen members two representatives from each of the ave towns one from each township and two re from county council the first board comprises the fol- terracotta i we are sorry to learn that mrs r i puckering is on the sick list at pres- i ent we all sincerely hope soon to i hear of her complete recovery mrs h fjckering and family of j toronto spent the week end with mrs k icam and famlry mr and mrs wm kidd and family spent sunday with terra ootta friends mr and mrs w j vander vliet i and daughter of toronto spent the lowing acton a mason and o a week end at their home here dills burlington mrs w a weaver and a d pehsren oeorcetowtv dr- c held and w deans milton mrs m mxon and rev j b moors osk- vtde mrs t nosn sad lbs b k arohtbald ssjiiistm mr sswrap maipiiji ur mahoa muson mrs mary fstttt victor ha gilbert and j mrr and mrs john eaves and fa mily have moved to the tnterprovin- dal brick- plant at cheltenham we are sorry to lose such kind and 6b- llstag oltlsens from oar tillage but alljom in wlshtaf them every sos es to their dsw boms mis weight spent a few days vista friend m toronto amiss lauffaton and lady friend of toronto spent tee isssk and at bar ctna started his cbc taier a junior news editor in toronto two years ago last september has been trans ferred to montreal to take over the position of senior english news editor active service nooks lac bob mackenne is home on leave from nova scotia bobs post ing has been changed and when his furlough ends on december 18th he will leave for goose bay labradar congratulations to ajlt george ferry a georgetown boy who recently received his officers commission at brockville otc son of cpl and mrs george ferry of toronto la ferry will be married on dece 30th to miss carolyn ryan ol oak- ville miss toronto of 1844 bui anthony former brampton la crosse star has recently arrived over seas with the army he is well- known in georgetown where he play ed intermediate hockey with the local entry a few years ago lac qeo h ferry has been post ed recently from bagotvfue qaeboo to gander newfoundland whfle en- raote he visited overnight vita w parents mr and mrs harry perry 08 don early hcnvb from zfovm scotia is home on 14 days leave proclamation boxing day holiday whereas the board of trade retail division has requested that boxing day tuesday dec 26th be observed as apublic holiday in georgetown and whereas the municipal council have au thorized me to comply with this request therefore i do declare tuesday dec 26th 1 944 a public holiday in the town of georgetown harold cleave major god save ttw king j r xpi