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the georgetown herald wednodny januaiy i oth 1945 active service notes obnrgratulattons to pilot officer jim recently with the boat -winged- ft sasjersvllle a yes sgo last noremr ssr jbm wwnt overseas toe fouowiny hi a4 has beta in england sine tbmv jim to one of four bro- bwd overseastpr bob in england tfe steve to jtaly and pte wbrfdoc in holland icr and mrs fred mccartney hav received word that their son pte brace f mccartney baa arrived safe ly overseas prior to joining the ac tive army on bis istb birthday a yea ago december pte mooartney was member of the lome boots cr n he trained at yarmouth nj3 a oamp borden his father la pas president of branch wo georgetown lut needs women workers at once for light factory work pull or part time women and girls urgently needed for vital war and civilian work apply to employment and selective service office brampton ont a b better vision j greater success sj and i r i tttm sfshig i aid setter pay 1 2 good work r pood pj vision while poor vision retards bsnental and physical reactions 8 and causes fatigue have ns examine your eyes s regularly- good glass at a ribst mkvxing of nkw v esq ttesfng fjoqncn the inaugural meeting of esqueatag township ootmcu was held at 11 oclock last monday having sob- scribed to the oath of office the- members took their seats q murray reeve george b cleave de putyreeve oeorge ourrle o h may and r n brown councillors k o lindsay treasurer gave coun cil information that as of december 31st 1944 the amount of outstanding taxes was 8000 and the net debt had been reduced by 9000 relief paid in 1944 was 33840 as compared with 476700 in 1943 the following accounts were for payment town of milton divi sion court fees for 1944 480 cor- poration of acton division court costs for 1944 mj0o rent of hall 16 total 3900 board of hydro oomm georgetown street lights at oien wuuams to dec 31st 7150 brampton lights at council chamber 406 bell telephone co 609 letter shop supply oo 8370 c el smith 350 t m bennett to revising vo ters lists 1944 46q express paid 33c total 4693 postmaster georgetown box rent xo0 ont good roads asso memberahip fee 600 the salvation army grant 1000 i m bennett to writing old age pensions in 1944 2000 the treasurer was instructed to pay the treasurer county of helton 83206 being 50 per cent of hospital accounts for the gar 1944 election accounts passed for pay ment included robt darling 1400 thos h robb 1600 lome cleave 1400 clifford robinson 1460 nor man devereaux 800 lawrence oflb- bons 1600 m campbell 140 a w benton 1400 wesley brer 1300 the municipal world ltd w a wiuon retires afrer 15 years municipal sevie pilot officer leonard bell who spw several weeks leave ln town reoent with his famuy after graduation as fhght engineer has been posted moncton n3 pte una wheeler of glen william has been hcnourablydlseharged trot the owac and is back at her borr in the glen pte wheeler was in ttv army twentjmx months being stif uoned on the hospital staff at nit garaonthelakc and ohorley pari military hospital toronto the fot mer una hill she was married t- lac curley wheeler also of olei wuuams and stationed at st hubertc quebec with the roap while in u service major j w drennan recently re turned from overseas where he sats servloe to italy was among the cans dlan officers mentioned in the king honour list a native of fltreetsvuk he was clerktreasurer of that tow when he was appointed a captain l the active army in 1941 prior i that he had been a i member of a- lome scots for several years in t honour lint major drennan w ereated a member ot the most kxcc lent order of the british emp qlbjs he also was awarded tie canadian bznctency decoration last year bui armstrong son of mr and mrs fred armstrong graduated as a flight engineer from the roaf school it w 1335 the oeorgetown her- aylmer yesterday and has been pro- ald printing and supplies 2443 rooted to the rank of sergeant oon- aft a dinner recess council met georgetown fanner has be clller depatykeera and beers to township active in agrlomttarsl lodge and church work esqueslng township lost the services of a veteran municipal official when mr william a wilson a member of the 1944 township council announce ed that he was retiring from munici pal affairs for the time being and would not seek reelection this year for the past fifteen years he has given freely of his services filling the of fices of reeve deputyreeve and coun cillors at one tune or another and it was with real regret that his friends throughout the township learned of his decision to drop- out of municipal life halton county native lifelong resident of the county mr wuson has wen a citizen of the townabip for 73 years he was born trafalgar township farm 74 years ago this month a son of the late william wuson and mary oottrell wilson his father was a native of northern england and his mother was ing in 1942 he retired from the refeve- born in york county when he was ship and was once more elected one year oldj the family moved to cuior and he has represented a farm at ashgrove and mr wuson ratepayers in this capacity for secured his early education at 8 s past three years no 3 he entered oeorgetown high mr wilson is a past president of school in 1887 being one of the first the esqueslng agricultural pupils of that institution serving in that office in 1907 holds the distinction of being rum near oeorgetown j- tary to that society for 14 years in 1899 mr wilson was married to lpart restrict director and la at pnlsr the former charlotte mccullough and 0 director of the 0- soon afterwards they took up residence arttve m masonic circ at their present home vaueybrook in 194041 he was reeve of esdes- 0 t walker r0 gratulations bul pp ames bnmerson rcnvr paid a visit to bis home here over the week end he is stationed m the bast coast an lobne scots wjl to opbkate booth at auna at the regular meeting of the larne scots ladles auxiliary held at the home of mrs sam tennant last thursday evening it was decided that the organisation should engage the re freshment booth at the arena for the season mrs t waraes and mrs d kldd are convenors and the booth will bt open wednesdays and saturdays as wen as for hockey games and dances the committee to charge reported on parcels sent to lome soots men to canada and those returned from over seas wrult was sent to those in hos pital arrangements were made to send 300 cigarettes to each of the 74 men overseas to the near future following the business lunch was served by the hostesses mrs tenn ant mrs a collins and mrs d kldd farm on the 8th concession just out of oeorgetown here for the past 49 years mr wilson has successfuuy carried on e business of farming while finding time for a wide variety of interests which have been of bene fit to his fellow cltlsens in the town ship aottve tn township aftatra entering township municipal affairs in 1929 mr wilson was elected to the township of esqueslng council and with the exception of a twoyear re cess in 193333 he has served con tinuously since that time in 1938 39 he represented the township a accounts of 113113 were passed for j county council as deputyreeve and payment the rate of pay for day la bour was set at 50c an hour by by law the road superintendent was again at 2 oclock to transact fur ther business j h tmngpm was ap pointed a member of the township board of health for 1946 and william campbell was appointed weed inspec tor assessors for the current year were reappoin namely cecil chis- bolm for wards 1 2 and 3 and ar thur w benton for wards 4 6 and 6 the treasurer was authorised ti borrow up to 90000 to meet current expenditures until taxes are collected relief accounts of 1333 and road smith store news the storm which tied up bafflo generally last tusds made it qutt djtyult start ofpftxesr wit any goojf resolutions about jsslag pres- ent at work and on time quits a large number were unable to make it work and although tise number has been decreasing all through tbs week there are still a few employees out mainly from the outlying dis tricts hope theyll soon be able to dig themselves out the main topis of conversation slnoethe holiday sea son is over la the weather and it cer tainly has been making itaelf i eltr ahd heard- it reminds us of the north to see bui shelbourne skiing to and from work with his pack on his back arid loaves of bread suspended we hear that dave seagram doesnt care much for busses any morel we are pleased to welcome ack to bur midst dick prust as foreman of the tool dept dick formerly worked in the tool roam for five years lear- ing here to 1940 oood luck in ttk new job dick at the end of the year the as sembly dept lost three of their ex perienced girls mary barclay betty reeve and edith clarke sony to see you go girls but our best wishes go wkh you congratulations to john tti 1 unseal and wife who was edith hilts a for mer s as employee on the birth of ft son on december 24th pretty nearly hrintmu nnwnt min is a past roaster of credit lodge jj a m me is a past president of nowdefunct halton farmers instif a farm organization which was inent in the early years of the tury mr and mrs wuson oeorgetown united church anj fore union he served on the managers of knox church while retiring from active pal affairs mr wilson has doned his interest in public enjoying gocd health we many years of happiness to trust that the benefit of enceand advice will be of h the council tahlej a christmas present john our mall bag last week contained cards from ray harlow to belgium tom golden and ed hill in italy and ray harley to england we alas have a letter from jim emmerson kt the rcaf in kn telling us that be has just been promoted to poot offloer our congratulations to you jim aban and experi- to new- instructed to secure information re garding snow removal equipment with the object of purchasing this social and per 0hal georgetown your shopping centre transportation is no problem if you shop m georgetown save time and money by dealing with your friendly georgetown merchant ihre georgetown board of trade retail division gnr g a hmethubst in action while in belgium another acton young man has giv en his life in the cause of frgedom gtrnner gteorge albert smethtrrst was reported killed to action uhlle serving in belgium on december 19th this was the sad official message that came to his wife and little family and his parents mr and mrs harry smethurst and family just three days after christmas onr smethurst had been in the army two and a half years and overseas two years he leavesa wife formerly reta withers and three little children bob by pat and oeorge bis parents mr and mrs harry smethurst and two sisters mrs j n cunningham hall- fax nb and mrs o mcfadden of he was a nephew of mrs fc1 dancing s every saturday night to the 5 5 modern aires 5 the rose room z m of the georgetown arena v m modern and old time music at all dance 5 a s admission 50c wbbgwbbbmmbb miss charlotte mccullough who has been ill in ouelph general hos pital for the past few weeks has beep taken to toronto general hos pital for treatment and the good wishes of her many friends in the dis trict are with her for a speedy re covery congratulations to miss martha e ey a graduate of st joseohs hos- pitl ouelph who has been successful passing her rn exams the pno club of verdun robe- 1 acton kah lodge held a work meeting last j smethurst and the late a night at the home of mrs bert tuck hurst of umehouse refreshments were served by a com- bom in glasgow scotland bert ittee composed of mrs balfe brad- smethurst came to canada and to mrs wuiiam milliere and mrs acton as a little lad of two years there spence he went to school and grew to man- hydro superintendent o w mc- 1 hood on leaving scbol he was em- callum is recuperating in toronto ployed with the hewetson shoe oo general hospital from a minor oper- unl11 they removed their factory from atioti and expects to be home from acl he was with the beardmore hospital in another week co prior to his enlisting in july miss isabel mcdermld is undergoing 1 treatment at toronto western hospi- tal and her friends in town hope she will soon be weu again and able to resume her position at the post office mrs frank blnnle off lindsay at tended the thompson golden wedding anniversary reception last tuesday and has been visiting in town for a few days mr and mrs w r s douglas and children jack and elaine of toronto spent new years with mrs j m moore mr and mrs chris sargent mar garet and walter spent new years at the home of their daughter mrs ber nard cowtan brampton pjn week of prayer servicijj day at 8 pm join the god will bless welcome m wednes- iteroessors knox presbyterian i i chnrch georgetown rev chs c coch minister 10 am sunday school 11 am sacrament of uhe lords supper a il umehoubc rtesoytertani txrarsa 2 pjn sunday school bible class 3 pm sacrameta of the per holv crnrs chnrch ttv f v j moms mas 3 i 3 a m 2nd an jth sjn- days 11 alli 1st 3rd an th sui- days glen vilinu lniicdcbarch mr ewart maddens ba 2 p rr scnoay 7 pm public wo pottbry pieces we see that jea alderson is sporting a diamond con- gratulations charlie jones wood bridge helen crawford has re- fare i turned from the north where aba spent christmas and new years witl her parents sometimes we think wsj have snow down here bu very few of us have spen sixteen hours on tbs roads what celebratloi ws the cause of three pottery girls going to brampton a few weeks ago why dldnt they go to norval friday night could it be the orchestra con gratulations to lac and mrs fre4 johnson on the birth of a daughter beuysue on dec 28th fred is at pres ent in the west eileen was a for mer employee of the pottery and stea tite aqd fred of the shipping room former employee doris mclellan now of the office staff of federal sales a wearing a diamond there must bs nice boys in montreal too wihthih and bernlce culp and betty lawr ar snowbound in erin bernlce expects to return to work on monday after being absent the past swamonths re covering from appendicitis mrs fred yates has not been well tins past three weeks and at present is confined to her bed we hope you liked the basket of fruit and bouquet of flowers mrs yates olad to see mri cooke is able to be back to work again there were numerous gifts given at the christmas tree in the rose room we havent seem charlks wearing his is my face red stewarttowlf last week the christinas concert frd in the hool was a very enjoyable affair iiss white our teacher and mrs lenient our music teacher deserve a t of credit for training the children or such a pleasant evening small nildren save recitations and jthe lder ones took part to talffgnu ine oor little rich girl an operetta was u done the rhythm band was en- ored for a repeat piano instrumen- as were given by joan mclennan hyllis murray barbara cromar rvakrane smith and donald lwwsmv santa clatis arrived and distributed tifts off a wellladen christmas tree mr bob lawson of toronto univer sity spent the holidays at his home ere mr and mrs wl lawson spent christmas day at srwlon mr and mrs j h smith at toron to mrs bauy at toronto and bastatem mr and mrs x hodgs and family church news scripture text yea all kinrs shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him ps il st johns church stewaritown rev s r colebrook rector second sunday after epiphany 3- pjn sunday school 3 pjn holy communion st fanta chnrch nerval 730 pjn evening prayer st stephens church hornby 1116 ajn holy communion st georxev chnreh o thompson rector second sunday af ter epiphany holy communion 8 s sunday school ajn matins ii s evensong 7 pjn monday jan i5th at 800 pjn an- lual vestry meeting- in church banc oient st albans church glen wuuams second sunday after epiphany holy communion sj90 ajn sunday school 10 jo ajn tuesday jan 16th 8 pjn amimi vestry meeting in the parish hn ftrrt baptist chnrch minister rev j e oetroxn orgsrilst miss m cook sunday jmn 14tb 11 ajn tog worship 3 pm bible school 7 pjn memorial serrtoe ptes rag blair and j w tb the greater and oreatsst lots the byju meets on monday at sunday school public worship presbyterian i ff ba minister notice creditors howi about you bill are you keeping yourself amused did the boys hear who had your names we wonder sorry to hear that marg martins mother is on the sick list again wa miss you marg verna wise is to work again glad to see your fin ger better we were pleased to ses jlmmie collier at our christmas parts jlmmle has been confined to christie street hospital since returning from overseas early last summer we ars glad to see him looking so well while overseas jim saw service in sicily italy and was forced to return to canada followng an attack of pleur isy jean alderson spent christ mas in alllston with her mother and george graham bu 1 new years woodbridge audrey fl1bmu if nt 1 r of baawesmg hi the in the of the county off the creditors of george graham late of the township of esqueslng in the county of halton farmer deceas ed who died qnor about the thday 6t october 1944 and all others hav ing claims against tads estate are hereby notified to send by post pre paid or otherwise to deliver kenneth m langdon oeorge ontario solicitor for the undersigned executors of thelast w1u and testa ment of the said george oraham de ceased on or before the 10th day of february ims their names addresses descriptions and fuu particulars of their claims and the nature of their securities if any held fay them and that immediately after the 10th day of february 1mb the executors wiu proceed to distribute the estate of the said deceased amongst the parties en titled thereto having regard only to the claims of which the executors shall then have notice dated this 8th day of january ims samuel john thomas mooture and sarah ann orahat executors by kenneth m l thatr sharpe is at present in barrle with mrs sharpe mr sharpe passed away quite suddenly about two weeks ago our sympathy mrs sharpe vern and audrey doris mcdonald span new years in the cojmtoylots snowr ofaidyou notice doris edna and harvey king spent christ mas in brampton at the home of ednas parents dave currle has re turned after spending thrins up north at his home near fenetangut- shene due to the heavy snowfall many were snowbound last tuesday rnommg and one of oar most import ant workers had to he caned from his home at 10j0 im to corns and keep production rolling along thw pnai una sorry bui things are very quist around the glsser do you smwoss you lost your voice tn tbs fsasb jmuny we are pieassd to see jack crawford back again aftey a few weeks illness to guelpot oeneral hospital we hear a fntat mnnmxr about a girls b agree it would bsftm the above newsy pieces were the re sult of some conobntzmtion on ths part of the pottery deptttspsulsj gstsbsad of your vv is