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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednetday februuy 28th 1945 200 pox annum 5c a copy ed cross campaign for 6000 begins marchi orvalgeorgetown combines win group by defeating malton days soon 8 7 game keenly contested no date set for advance jnto playdowns rje norval georgetown combines the weather byeu hutt your weatherman is bock on the alnly proved that there is a come- ck road when alter tasting defeat job slightly disabled but stui in the pte bill kay died of wounds received in action wars tragedy struck another geor getown home again tola week when ord was received wednesday morn ing feb 28th by mr and mrs adam kay that their son pte william j kay had died of wounds received in uction on feb 20th only recently bui received special i ring while he was not able to look mention tor bravery when bin snail i ut thermometer or nearly the boup irom the essex scottish regl- the early season tiie uhole month the temperatures were ment raided a canal ui belgium and taken or him looking over the re- took 70 german prisoners cords we find february was an unus ually mild month only once was there a drop to sub zero and that crly 4 the 4th of the month how unlike the february a few years ago when we had subaero temperatures for twenty of the twenty eight days it makes us think or at least hope we may be in lor an early spring the crows our first spring bird are back in numbers and last week we had a couple of good heavy spring show ers that helped to settle the foot or more of snow still on the gound here are the records for the paat week date h and temp 28 lr malton rivals to win the two- group championship winning and ttelng one game of tae two- outoteiree playoff series the home sters left no doubt in the minds of the visitors as to which team had really improved the more during the season hie third and final game on tfcusday night last resulted in an 8 7 win the domwnea there was an excellent crowd on hand the ice was xtfaer sticky thus the hockey was not foe fast it was however good en tertainment and the fine refereelng of hugh mckay of hamilton left no ambt as to the fact that there are still a few good officials in the game malton outscored the locale in the first period 2 1 but in tike second period georgetown moved ahead mak ing the count at the end of this frame 4 a it was in the second period that malton earned a major penalty hot and norm morton beat richard son easily in the net this gave the local team that extra splz and from hen on they went on a scoring spree ofee third period told the tale when hie combines counted 4 to 3 to make tfce final score of the game 8 7 for the homesters georgetown earned the win on the nights play and also deserved the concert party aeries no word has been received at the time of going to press as to which team georgetown will meet next combines goal richardson de fence schertzl shropshire centre n rtni wings delaat q ferrle subs fuctaardeon ward townsley set banjo msjtdo goal dmsdale defence brush quackenbush centre morton oasburn kew ley subs currie precipi tation tues feb 20 wed feb 21 tr urs feb 22 frl feb 23 sat feb 24 bun feb 25 mon feb 26 annual meeting of red cross society reidlayoie wedding at holy cross church a quiet but pretty wedding took place at 8 o clock february 26th in hory cross church georgetown when mary r lavoie daughter of mr and mrs wilfrid lavoie became the bride- or fit lt tom reid dfc son of the late t j reid and mrs reld ol delorn formerly of milton tk mar riage was solemnized by rev fr v j morgan given in marriage by her lather the bride was gowned in whit bro caded satin and net with long veil held by a halo of net she carried a white prayer book with satin stream ers she wat attended by her cousin miss catherine trott of rochester n y dressed in pale blue taffeta with net her head dress being of a semi- the annual meeting and election of officers of the georgetown branch of the canadian red cross society was wreath of sweetheart rosea carrying a held on wednesday february 21st inj bouquet to match mr jack lavoie the municipal building due to ex- brother of the bride was best man temely inclement weather there was a joa de amall turnout but a good meeting was rendered a solo during mass and miss ida grespan of milton accompanied by miss mary reld sister of the groom sang ave maria during the signing of the register held in spite of this fact the financial statement as present ed by the treasurer mr o w mc- llntock revealed that the local branch was in a very sound position flnancial- after a reception held at the home visit of moderator to georgetown district fall fair notes esqueing agricultural society enthusiasm still continued to run high for georgetown pair as the di rectors mot on saturday afternoon for their first session in 1945 the direc tors lodk forward to the 1040 show u being one of the best on record wit every effort being put forth to rain excellent entertainment referee hugh mckay hamilton summary fit perud 900 stfttt fffr i4wl0 ifciton casburn 1760 fnalties shropshire 2 montgom ery oaflburn secend perlsd saltan morton oriiistsnrn fwrfrrrlnnm yy quackenbush combines ward delaat combines ward schertzl penalties ferri townsley casburn shropshire 2 brush 2 montgomery third period ooaadnes schertzl malton buxton malton buxton combines townsley malton casburn combines schertzl combines richardson ww a pipea quartette by sgt cummins penalties ferri quaokenbuab o costigan and beerman and lc shropshire ward 5 mln montgomery s rain 350 ttflo 50 10 00 1350 363 5 10 600 758 0 10 18 00 the scottish concert party sponsor ed by the girls pipe band under the direction of pipemajor e r mag- loughlen on thursday feb 22nd in gregory theatre oven surpassed its usual high standard of entertainment band president g w molintock was chairman for the evening the band gdrlo proved onde again they were capable of pleasing both ear and eye at the same time the assisting artists were also excellent and already there have been requests for another concert in the near future the scott trio composed of barl scottt ijoyd and chester swindle- hurst playing the violin guitar and banjo gave several wellreceived num bers james and date barns and geoive barber presented two skdlfull acrobatic routines the stepdancing of cliff jordan was also enjoyed coat the gift of the groom with lt she wore brown accessories and a cor- age of american beauty roses lv more money was donated injftm i the brtde 9 pents the couple left and the membership larger thantto a trl ottawa montreal and snow ha ever been to date this coupled 1 5 i m i with the fact that purchases by the 50 i ladles sewing committee were a great rain deal smaller due to lack of workers 26 made a favourable balance in the bank snow i after the full percentage of funds was i paid into red cross headquarters a meeting to organize the women of town into a working committee for the workrooms was arranged for the following tuesday night mrs w g o thompson mrs a lawson and mrs p w cleave were elected to look after this matter plans were made to organize immediately for the red cross campaign beginning march 3 mayor haroldgleave presided at the election of officers until the office of president wis flued wn he turned the meeting over to mr leroy dale kc the following officers were elected for 1945 hon presioentl e fleck hon vicepresidents arendeacon woo thompson miss a ryan j b mackenzie president leroy dale ko 2nd vlce5 ross 3rd vjcepresiderrt mrs j hepburn treasurer o w mdjntocfc secretary miss y adams blood donor servicemrs j camp bell mlsa a ryan sec knitting committee distributing mrs p cleave receiving mrs d w curling news monday night this week saw the final contest in the winter s curling bonapiel president jack williamson skipped his team to victory when he defeated ray masons rink by a 14 4 score t earlier in the playdowns bill bells team gave cliff bradleys rink another chance to stay in the playdowna when tney replayed a game due to the ab sence of bradley in bhe first game this was a fine gesture but however bell won again 10 8 to leave no doubt as to which team should con tinue in the playoffs bells rink then met mason and went down to defeat by a 7 9 score the final game was a decisive one for williamson players on the four leading rinks were williamson skip r bradley oeo burt cam sinclair mason skip w mllllere f spires r parrott beu skip h kin- cal clark dare saxe bradley skip fred thompson i btnslle o moouvray on sunday march 4th the moder ator of the general assembly or the presbyterian church in canada the rev a c stewart ma of midland ontario will pay his official visit to the georgetown district with services in knox church at 11 o clock in the morning and in limehouse church at 2 30 in the afternoon so far as is known this will be the first visit of a moderate of the church in the history of the congregations arrangements have been made for spe cial music at both services and at the morning worship the moaerator wlu urdaln the newly elected elders of the knox congregation the present moderator of the pres- berian church is not an entire stranger to this district having been lor many years minister of knox church in acton from acton mr stewart was called to chalmers ohurch in toronto for a pastorate fthlch lasted jttr nine years he was then called to his present charge midland ontario and has occupied the midland pulpit for more than six years during this time the rev mr stewart has been a faithful servant of the church on committees and in the church courts a cor lnv mon is extended to the friends of knox and limehouse churches to be present on this historic plans were laid for a social evening in norval parish hall during march and the following committee was put in charge of arrangements john bird spencer wilson james fisher mlsa marjory gauit miss elsie bird pre sident andnd secretary plans were discussed whereby the school children s exhibit could be im proved in setup and arrangement and directors howard wrigglesworth and walter carpenter were left in charge of this section it was suggested that the teachers of the various rural schools meet at a dinner meeting when the public school inspector mr hewitt might be asked to meet with them mr howltt is quite interested in fall fair work from the juniors standpoint and could give much helpful advise he recently addressed i the ontario convention in toronto of the pairs association the fair board have a real treat in store for the younger fairgoers at least this year when they signed a contract with the a r lavoie at tractions co which wtn provide a complete midway for the 1045 show including three rides showb and 20 concessions the fair dates were set as sept 7 and 8th friday and saturday for this year unanimously approved was the mo tion to engage the services of tory gregg last years popular announcer as masterof ceremonies for the fair the fair board discussed at somw length a proposal to have the water piped to the horse and cattle seotiow of the park and ttrug eltailiiattb unnecessary inconvenience of drawlac water on fair day a committee com prising n a robinson k c mcmu- 1 ian and frank fetch were appoints to go into the matter secure an es- when word was received last week messrs charles wulson and john j baxter corporal hedlev show was mlss- armatrong accompanied by mrs will- hospital committee mrs j camp- m f tunc did not permit us son played some lovely comet doets bell while harry hale and andy dewhurst shipping committee miss a ryan again proved why they are popular en- 1 advertising committee mr w tertainers wdth their comic solo and carpenter duet numbers mrs cain and mrs a executive representatives from dewhurst were their accompanists i i o d e local council womens in- vocal duets by cpl mary mover and i ptitute wa legion arts t crafts piper marion hepburn were beautiful- j wctu norval stewarttown oleh 1 sung and eleanor smiths tap- william limehouse georgetown i dancing brought plenty of applause mrs john mcnally terba cotta dies till two iart vocal choruses direction of piper morton hep c i dnimm i m ir mojer wellknown georgetown man dies mrs john mrnllj na ke of terra cotti died it the home of her daugh ter mrs alex lewis georgetown on monday morning february 2fith mrs mn 1h j as a res lit of a stroke nilered ui previous prldty sh wis ii her 81st year before her marriage tht lau mrs mcn 1i si mirliret st irt di iqh- ter i m id h nathn irl si mrt she ft as born 1 it rn cotla ind livtd there ill her lif mrs mcn ill mam d thoin s brixw of term cotta and soinl firs iftcrjils ri nuse src b- amc he wife of mr john mcnilh w io ilo predeceased her mmbrr of the terra cotta unlttd chircl mr mcn ill d been attending union church of late while miking her home with her son and daughter in law mr and mr charles mcnally of terra cbtta surviving are four sisters mrs thomas townsend grand valley m oliver oowdy toronto mrs john armstrong hflrold mcnabb collinffwood and mrs ro- norlhumbor p bert puckerink of term cotta three tote brwn bpent daughter and one son also 0 tlre uf m t liistrict toce movin clergy and mrs r ross mrs w o o thompson mrs w v grant dr c v williams e oole d brill j gibbons mayor h cleave howard may col o cousens w a wilson auditors h c mcclure and h wrlgrleiworth the band including bonnie dun- article made and shlprfd dnrttir 1944 loudens bonnie wood braes i seama1ts oomfottts turtle tocdu highland laddie and icrk 18 sweater 2z rlhlwd helmrts lc of scotland wen rteatly en t pliln mlt i loes 1 m ilxwits d bj tlu iidiitui ii i i n tops ifl ribbed sock- 10 sen lee srvkfl i i imbtrs tlu band sang 1g8 scarvei 18 totil 38- pi scott entitled balkan hills band number sterling castle with dancing by drum major wright and cpl betrman and the prand finale b r w g bells mother dies in sstfc year umate on work and to interview the town council in regard to assist- stopalhy ol a commuott u to kn of december ulr h1 to toraito qenenl b- 7 jsitafta i support in any manner possible sk j was felt that the esqueslng agricul- tural along with the board of trad was doins much to publicize george since end of december to obtain any details for the paper since the telegram was received by mrs shaw last tuesday night febru ary 20th no furtber word has been heard but it is hoped that news will agreat number of years year was burled in the family plot at lindsay the following thursday the late mrs bell was the last sur- iving member of the wellknown nlcolle family of lindsay bbe and her husband had uved in toronto for mr beu be forthcoming soon l predeceased her ten years ago sur- before joining the acth army in three sons charles of lind- 1943 cpl shaw was a member of the v n maddock and wll- 1orne scots reserve for over a year georgetown he trained h brantford and camp forden before proceeding overseas last tan he has been in holland with a support coy brampton and mobile armored unit since the end of coy georgetown win 1 ecember nin hu mrs shnw bind eed grain and sed business in his absence and she and their hlldren sandra sydney and beverly he n midi st north corporal s mw is the son of mrs w l shaw i h hie w i shnw of toronto semifinals i okne scots hockey league army comforts t s sweaters 13 turtle mirri i sleeveless pulli 1 rlbbh helmet f nlo rk 20 total b0 u u iuik neck lb pt v nfck w pliln v v ttarcormack g1n hf is a y lf c t branch t r ui tor v i liiii r ion ts biet n a resident f eorketown tor the past 27 years lud in hamilton hospital on thurs daj ftb 22nd following a short 111- i w mr rreen v as in his 77th year rtu funtral senlce was held from hith towel hi home of h o mcclure maple ki 121 ave on saturday at 3 pm the rev j e ostrom conducting the service the pallbearers were messrs daniel li ingitone donald latimer fre man kersey chris sargent mathew tr forcf comports sleer s pillover vnecfc 21 turtle neck t ners ls ifi turtle neck tuck tns plain socks 30 gloves 1 total 1 r it th chilian comforts quilts ifehans i crib rovpr ifi mlsc 32 hi id icaln chosen chfllri hospital supiilles- mattress pads 21 mens flannelette pyjamas 272 turkish hand towels 230 to gok1kw allen marries oyerseas true of cm ie m niclpal rrnn k was r 194s ot ier r chair n in w f rndl vice chairman i brill stcrttirj mrs a a schrag is rcr clarei e bwln general com i uup mum hirold cleave w nod well e forgrave r ucata j f bilrd w carpenter g mcqilvray rev r c todd and h wn les i worth wool convenor mrs w v onnt magazines books and games dr clifford reld and the st georges btoys league ditty bag committee mr and mrs wm mcdonald and the rhthm rule mr j p hogerrmn of toronto field rt preventative for the navy league uist nitrht before a large crowd at the locsl are 1a thi si mi fim s f the l m scots hockev loague pla oils r let tried with liu h 1 ndt r l th hi rull s pport coy hi uipton vv n finis led fourth in the hr schedule defeated port credit v sm i ui 1 u1k b a score i i l v i md t in i t 1 hockcj w is played l sllll 111 1 u 1 1 was in i c llent t n tiuon ni ir t he end plu in p v 1 i 1 w 1 1 town tar and wide committee nam ed d charles herb cleave and pre sident a motion was also passed again ex tending an invitation to halton jer sey breeders to exhibit at georgetown fair the secretary was also directed io write the newly formed halton obou- tv poultry association soliciting their cooperation in the poultry section it was decided that the esqueelruj afirtcultural society should cooperate with the halton crop improvement association hi again sponsoring tba h iskuir corn competition that dnrw much favourable comment lost year m this point in the meeting the secretary and treasurer were asked to i il while the directors made a n oluilon substantially increasing cl h norarlums due to the fact that in 1946 the rsqueslnr aimcult ml society win th second immi i 1 nl team derate lus centennarj the secretary cov n l on oikville 8 7 in a v0d pleased to receive any infor- v n cw fist and keenly contested matlon minute books or other doon- i tame these teams finished second i md third in the league with only sul lt inception might be i poll t difference and their game emptied ilist night showed little to choose from p i the two teams loss mrs harry farts toronto mrs george ferry toronto mrs ale lewis georgetown and mr charles mcnally of terra cotta the funeral was held on wednes day from the home of her son char les mcnally hi terrs gstta by rev j l self intermentwfts in williams cemetery our team dldn t seem to get going in the first period when they trailed 3 0 however in the second period play warmed up and at the end of the second period oaxvule led 53 fter about five minutes of the third period c coy tied lt up it was see- 1 raw from then to the end when c olen to georgetown in 1917 with his wife and family tn 1806 he had marrleg the former ida jane passlno of co- bourg who predeceased him la 1921 surviving are his three children may mrs bert hunter tva mrs r b shortilli and wilfred and three grandchildren word has just been received by mr and mrs alfred allen rockwood in w bub l- i raw irom then to tne ena wnen tj forming them that their eldest son prided over the election of officers rf sgmn gordon westland alleth was and congratulated the organization on u luck a soore w united in marriage to miss joan lewis l le go or raising over 1100 at claygate surrey eng on janu- ij eftr ark rkjlng subsuntial do- ary 23rd ifhfl stw frank b allen nations to headquarters these ln- brother of the groom grenke our centre man counted for five goals robertson two and allen one the members of ttie wa best man cludfd 126 ditt a jn cartons local g2grt the weddlr which was the first i cf b md magazln 76 knitted ar- nd f j jita 1 j meeting of the boys since oorden ncles 7 quilts and 3 cartons of survtv- jjf w wt imnwi of went overseas ta 19 oxs bundles- the sason from which a history of the ice its inception might be don t delay send write or any information you might liavc at your disposal the finals of the playoffs wlu b home and home games goals to count these two games will b play ed in georgetown arena on thursday march 1st and monday mar 5th come and see two good games ad mission 29o and 15c the lineup of the local team last night was as follows goal brand- ford defence ritchie wrlgglewfartti centre grenke wings robattson and lorusao alternates rowtey mucaw allan bradley and bans referees rjchar tndwr