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the georgetown herald wednesday january 24th 1945 ports presented at local council of women annual meeting ft xopal oouncil of women held nations to soldiers comforts poppy annual meeting in the munlci- bulldtna friday jan 10th at 3 president mrs ralph boas after opening with silent lt ross welcomed the tnm- and friends then read the new message to local council by x hardy objbl president of the j- council oi women a we enter this year ot our lord teen hundred and fortyfive and an the course which we wish to let us realize that while to of us will be given the privilege shaping the lofty policies of state to everyone of us is given the op- dty ot removing nnauntierstand- j between classes creedcnd races oar own oommihiity 5ay every ber of our great organization fully the principle upon whlon organfaatton was founded lb ed together without distinction ot creed of politics and now abideth faith hope and love these words in the five awful i of humanitys present gcthese- niane has kept man from slipping backward in the domain of bestiality our brave men are shedding their blood for our salvation just as truly as did christ upon the cross greater love hath no man than this let us prove fund high school prise high school bursary red cross british blanket fund the adopted school personal comfort bags and the minesweepers also gave knitted goods to the lome scots they made their funds by op portunity sale cut glass raffle bridge theatre night mileofpeintiieb and skating carnival the soldiers oomforta committee had a very successful year miss m lawson read a very interesting report this committee held a tag day at the georgetown pair in part we also had more special donations and while we do very little advertising we to be remembered by the people we are deeply grateful to jiie board of trade mr ben young and other friends we feel by our works we are known over 300 men and women on our lists in november cigarettes reached many of our boys in time for xmaa in april 1844 cigarettes were sent and chocolates to nonsmokers miss lawson also sends letters to par ents of wounded or missing miss a ryan our bed cross rep resentative submitted the following report during 1044 five shipments ot 1340 articles were made to headquar ters consisting of hospital supplies seamarks comforts army and airforce comforts and british civilian r lotting re fcrtfcy of their supreme sacri- wood kmor wen by arenewed consecration of our- ml credjt due j rywit secretary serves to the task of helping to make of dil tewoiid a tetter rdacetoltw to tne mission report was read true are the words i there oinlje by reeve jn no new world after this war except but met through a rebirth of human charac- u made aad ter god grant to each of us the quutfi fqr mtteh w recognition of our need to accept such j j b macke read the re- s port of the wading pool late in the the minutes of last years aarrual aeason tepaini meeting were read and afflrrned the campbell a aplanvu treasurer gave a reporthi full of toe to have pool for next financial work of the oouncil leaving a nice balance the following reports were given by the representauves of affiliated socie ties mrs b francis read the report of bae leper mission their onry meet ing of the year was not as wed at tended as it could have been god us to cleanse and heal the leper and said tf ye love me keep my conrandments archdeacon thompson said in part it was most ftrflcutt to elicit help for the lepers because they are so tar away yet we must let our sympathies be wide said our succour generous so that we may be a weak echo of the love of jtesus k the report of the wjl to the can adian legion was read by mrs b iprancis this society 15 very busy making their funds by euchres bln- and raffles every two months each boy overseas receives 300 clgar- the veterans omard and boys in canatta are remembered non- j amfctfera received chocolates dona- ttons this year were sent to poppy 1 fund navy league red cross christmas tree mens branch bale ot clothing to britain and dona tion to lord mayors fund miss hettle lawson moved a vote of appreciation to the representatives for their splendid reports seconded by mrs wm nodweo mrs ross spoke in a few well- chosen words of her appreciation for having been honored as president and thanks to the executive mrs j mackenzie spoke with great regret that mrs ross does not see her way clear to continue as president miss ryan took the chair and the convenors were as follows league of nations mrs h l htftt rleation mis j b mackeasle citizenship mrs ballanttine laws women rt children m m lawson education mrs a m nlelfaen mental hygiene miss g young 1 cinema miss e barber i mrs ross gave a splendid report of the provincial meeting held in to ronto the meeting adjourned social and personal mr a h feller of owen sound spent the week endi at his home in town mrs gordon brown has returned to town from a months visit in new brunswick nj with her sister mrs m g bell mr jack foulls toronto and mr hugh weld of ottawa spent the week end with mr and mrs r b foulls mrs w c anthony of brampton attended the funeral of the lat mrs p f blackburn on tuesday and re mained in town for a few days p0 and mrs norman herbert ronvr halifax were visiting mr and mrs arthur herbert last week end mrs william bullivant and miss ethel wood were guests at the bullij rantconstable wedding in hamilton on saturday mrs l j bell received a cable last week from her husband p0 bus bell upon his safe arrival in britain mr and mrs p4rwll and daughter are living at the smith stone staff house on maple avenue while wait ing for their new home on edith street to be finished mr bickell is the new office manager at smith stone ltd mrs ray salter and bobby moved tc town last week fromi toronto and the family have taken up residence in the former mckay home near the park mr salter has been employed at smith stone ltd for the past few months and had been boarding in town until bccommodation could be secured for his wife and son the rebekah war services meeting was held on monday night a the home of mrs s groat a collection of 5 was taken for the i o de book fund a cup of tea was served by he refresehments committee mrs e dron mrs jack mcolbbon and mrs howard ulllco at ten pjn the forty members present adjourned to the home of a departed member mrs mrs p f blackburn where a rebe kah service was conducted by mrs e dron noble grand mrs lillian ritchie vicegrand and mrs walter mendham chaplain received offical wou mr and mrs james murphy celved official word from ottawa that their son pf5 william murphy lost his life over karlsruke on april 26th nine month since he was shot down in a halifax bomber the sympathy of the entire community is extended to mr and mrs murphy and family in their sad loss smith stone news a social evening for the employees wa held in the legion rooms an fri day evening january 19th the pur pose of this gathering was to say fare well to mr barnet stone who had left the company as general manager aa at january 1st 1045 after being connected with the business tor over 25 years quite a large number ot em ployees were present some of many years standing and some of lesser number of years as well as mr and mrs stone wno came out from to ronto for the occasion the early part of the evening was occupied by a program mainly put on by the employees harry hale was the usual capable masterofceremonles and kept things rolling along- in an interesting manner there were num bers by the popular rhythm rubes harry hale sang andy dewhursts comic songs were enjoyed by all as well as jean barleys solo and in strumental numbers by e j wilson and d williams with their guitars and harmonica the gang sang a couple of numbers eccompanl ed by mrs j emmerson and harvey dewhurst accompanied his father and played also for community singing which is very popular then william mcdonald as chair man of the gathering called on mr and mrs stone to come to the plat form where clarence spence of the pottery dept presented mr stone with a gold wrist watch engraved from the employees elsie whilsmith of the a dept presented mrs stone with a bouquet expressing the employees regard and mrs hazel arnold presented mr stone with a waterman fountain pen and pencil set from the office staff all ex pressed their regret at mr stone leav ing after so many years with the company and wished both him and mrs stone many long years of health and hapniness ahead mr stone in turn cahed fred gil mer of the punch press dept and bernard armbuong of the clay press dept who had both been with the company since the beginning in 1916 and presented to them waterproof wrist watches engraved with the num ber of years of service in token of his appreciation of their remaining with the company from its beginning a lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee followed and after that the new advertisements fob sale player piano for sale m good condition reasonable apply jon 24p phone 134w for sale emden white goose 4 years old good for breeding 600 apply m hmoyer jan 24p phone 404 washing a georgetown lady would like to do washing at her home please enquire at the jan 24p herald office personal fofrttfy youhself aguunst colds take qne pageorifnth untplex tablet daily containing itamlns a b c d and all neces sary minerals robbs drug store macoormacks drug store wanted to rent a 50 to 100 acre farm in the george town or acton area with good build ings with tne option of buying ex cellent references apply to jan 24p box d herald style in glasses yb8 your glasses should be made to fit your particular type j of face 5 we specialize in eye examin- pj atlon and prescribe attractive glasses at city fiiecs for expert eye service and newest style in glasses consult 0 t walker r0 5 eyesight specialist j who will be at his office over the bell telephone co main street georgetown the second wednesday of each month or you may consult o t walker s at his office in brampton mm phone georgetown s7 brampton 599 yj for sale i quebec range in good condition apply a rolfs jan 24p union st tenders wanted tenders wanted for wiring and in stalling lights in 8 s no 3 ashgrove school tenders to be in the hands of the secretary by february 9th lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted wilfrid bird secretary treasurer jan 31 r r 2 georgetown phone 321 wanted pair of girls boots and skates sise pply floor vas cleared for dancing to the- w music of the rhythm rubes with j jack cain as floor manager for old- time dancing the gathering broke up it one o clock with the singing wan el 1 clerk- typist by local manufacturing finn experience desirable but not essential please reply stating full par ticulars as to experience and salary expected to national selective service office brampton ontario i dog strayed onto premises m i strayed onto the premises of thos the rational antnern when mr j lwm loth ijne a black dog male mrs stone left a htue earlier in the p coule can hflve same joined hands and sang ppbdng to the undersigned and pay- auld lang syne i lng lhe coet oi advertisement in our mail bag stroke fatal to william j allen of glen a stroke suffered a week ago was fatal to a lifelong district resident cnt and sandwiches that made georgetown ont dear sir we note that there is a rumor i around town about drinking going on miss m campbell read the report at the curling club the members of the wms of the united church are v indignant about this aa there in the absence of mrs nielsen- it u no truth in it very active society held eleven i e curling club is enjoying a very meetings two of which were thanks- successful year with plenty of good giving with special speakers from to- clean 8 and members resent nmto and one outdoor life members this of humor they are aak- meettng a bale of clothing was sent ln parties responsible for same to school in manitoba to retract the statement at once the iode report was given by there has been a real effort made mrs r paul due to the absence of the y the parks management to clean up representathe mrs sam mackenzie the arena and we feel that a fairly daring the year the chapter made b j ne t w g heija t h e a t r e friday january 26 a night of adventure turn con way jean big noise feature length comedy with laurel and hardy fox news saturday january 27 matinee at 3 barbary coast gent wallace bee 17 binnle barnes stoge comedv i can hardly wait disney commando duck chapter 10 grca alaskan mystery tuesday and wednesday january 30 and 31 mai5ie goes to reno ann souicm john hodiak service special over the wall traveltalk roamin thru arizona tarfni william james allen who passed away in guelph general hospital on saturday january 20th the late mr allen was planning to attend the wedding in london of a grandson when lhe fatal seizure occurred in his 68th year he was bom in norval on april 21t 1877 and was a son of the late samuel and catherine allen he moved to glen williams ulth his parents when he was a small boy attended glen williams later working in the barraclough woollen mil he was an employee of the canadian national railways for some vars in politics he was a supporter of the conservative party in 1807 he was inarrled to mary melinda moore who survives to mourn is loss also surviving are two sons vllham j allen jr and victor g allen both of london ontario four nrdxihlkiren lillian hammond valter marilyn and leslie allen of o ion three brothers thomas allen orgctou n george w allen olen williams and alfred w allen rock- wood and two sisters eliza jine dtnnls wellandport and lily may halliday niagara falls rev a o w foreman conducted the funeral services from the home r lerday afternoon pallbearers were alex warren william davison bert hill james hill robert blyth and john crawford interment was in glen williams cemetery evening all in fareveil the social committee wishes to thank the officers and members of local 528 dew for their very gener out oonalon covering the total ex penses for the evening also all those who so willingly gave their time tal- the night a great success rd mcwhtrter tells lions about paper industry at the regular meeting of george town lions club held monday even ing in the mcolbbon house members er joyed a talk by a member of the club lion ed mewhirter who spoke on the paper industry describing thf process bv which wood is converted in to the finished product lion me whirter extended an invitation to an the members to visit the lower mill of provincial paper ltd of which he 1 supervisor and view the plant in operation he was introduced by lion ralph ross and a vote of thanks was extended by lion dick llcata at the conclusion of his talk 2nd vicepresident rev c c coc hrane presided at a short business meeting which followed the talk a donation of 100 was voted to the lions british child war victims fund lhe second such donation in recent months secretary walter carpenter introduced a visitor angus pnubps who is a member of the ohrppmws chrb united church choir holds annual meeting the annual meeting of the united church choir was held thursday evening january 18lh at tr home of mr and mrs han ey clarke the choir practised for a short time after which the minutes of the last annual meeting were read and adopted pre sident of the choir mr s t faram hen conducted the election of officers he results being as follows presldentmr s t faram vicepresident mrs r h wright secretiaiytreasuxer betty snyder librarians marjoric kentner eleanor milliere jack maclaren gown matron mrs a r vannat- ter social conurlttec mrs w h kent- rer and mrs b swackhomer several items of business were dis cussed and plans mode for 1945 mr faram stressea the need for more men in the choir to substitute for those who are on active service an in vitation is extended to men who can read music and who like to sing join with them with a good male section some real fine work could be undertaken at the clow of the meeting a de lightful lunch was served and a vote ol thanks tendered the hostess hackney pony harness horse wanted must be show prospect please reply giving details and picture if possible to box p herald thomas larsen phone 41 r 3 tret wantif horses and caitle phone collect phone ad s36 toront gordon youno ltd watl1 live and ilressfd poultry hlhes market prices appu a barnetr son phone brampton 343 r 14 reverse charges for sale wood s electric feed grinders milk- lng machines milk coolers electric fences also mount forest threshing machines district representative ws loughby farm agency t k hkw80n georgetown phone ss3 p o box 207 wanted to buy a typewriter in good condition apply herald office personal if ygu wnn to yet married writr 1 box 368 j llnettt i aho send stat jan 10u 1 1 lltllkical wokk electii n su 0 jpp ikliic and wir 0plj f c whxtmee if tuung st georgetown help wanted a gooc midri boy mccnanlcally in cllned 1 uu good smart girls apply iavoie knitting co dec uu idna floor progressive local factory requires experienced wax thread stitcher male or fe male inexperienced girl for light factory work experienc ed pullover operator male experienced heel and edge trimmer male two inexperi enced men and two inexperi enced boys steady work and good oppor tunities for advancement those employed in war work need not apply apply national selective service office brampton ont georgetown plant needs women workers at once for light factory work full or part time omen and girls urgently needed for vital war and civilian work apply to hjnployment and setectrwe service office brampton ont help wanted a leading life insurance company requires two representatives with character and ability position af fords prospects for income above the ordinary with lifetime career and company pension thorough train ing course provided applicants forty- five years of age or under must com ply with requirements of order-tn- coundl pc 3350 regarding national selective service applications win not be considered from persons in the employment of any firm corporation or other employer engaged in the pro duction of munitions war equipment or supplies for the armed forces un less such persons are skilled trades men not actually employed at their trade apply in writing to nearest tseseettve refer to phe or bx40 room board wanted in georgetown employment for 30 young women is available if accom modation can de procured cali or write smith a stone ltd georgetown phone 212