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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday april i uk 1945 2 00 per annum 5c a copy leek and bradley head eighth victory loan executive a preliminary orgadiaztton meeting cm 8fch victory loan which fete vndjarway uus month was bold in the building last friday night vufa about 25 cltisens attending piano the canvass in thin district were pnnatt and a motion was passed re- hiftrf the complete organhntton made such m success of c txte 7th loan last fall tile executive is composed of w f bradley and l e fleck ralph bess honorary chairman x v macoormacfc and leboy dale canvass committee b bpfoamsqrcup pajrall bw blirer poollcdty t bason jr secretary a meeting is being held tonight at which toe local executive wiu meet wltb the county organisers repre- jentauves of various dubs and or- fkdimuons have been asked to at tend and it is expected that much of the grounewwork for a successful drive wtt fte planned at this meeting good attendance at rebekah birthday party another milestone was pasted m the iife of verdun rebekah lodge ho wbea the 2tth birthday was mazked by a successful eochre held la fee new lodge rooms last thursday evening there were 93 tables and the hrtbday table decorated in the lodge colors of pink and green spring flowers lighted candles and the usual birthday cake in the centre at the conclusion of twelve games of eochre a dtudous lunch was served after which ikr myrtle dion noble grand m a tew well chosen words thanked all in attendance for thelr support in heaping to make the party success and then presented the following prizes eochre mgh is pniile magulre nerval ess lyla francis third mrs fred sinclair fcurth mrs kdna duncan flrh mrs ivan cfcwbtne eoneoaatlan mrs florence young of toronto door prize miss marjarte gsvott birthday prise mrs w apence and mrs harold oampbell had to cot mr campbell winning lucky number draw lat robert hag 2nd mrs peggy hyde a carload of visitors from toronto were present inciudtog mrs florence young district deputy president centre district no 23 the singing ol the national i them brought a delightful evening to a close from the proceeds the sum of ttfijoo was votei to the bed cross and 1000 to the miresweepers fund pte harvey dawktacm tglledj accidentally overseas sad news was received morning by mr and mrs k david son charles street that their eldest son pte harvey davidson had been accidentally killed overseas the sympathy of the community is ex tended to the family in their loss ctl cakl hdk news of the death in germany of cpl carl alfred hjde of george town was a shock to residents of this district son of mr and mrs a hyde he leave bis wife for- erly agnes isley and two children anne and rodney he had been overseas stnoe angus 1940 and served tn england france bel- flam holland and germany kennedy kay wedding at clarkson a quiet wedding took place on eas ter monday wvening at the home of mr and mrs frank langton dark son when edith constance kay sum merside p 1 became he bride of james mcklnley kennedy son of mrs w a kennedy and the late mr ken nedy of georgetown the marriage way solemnized by rev h saunders the bride wore a lavender ensemble and a corsage of sweet peas mrs w a kennedy was matron of honor gowned in an old gold ensemble with matching corsage miss dawn marie kennedy nlee of the groom was flower gin wearing a pink silk crepe dress and carrying a bouquet of chry santhemums mr w a kennedy brother of the groom was best man the wedding music was played by mrs dennis richardson after a buffet supper the bride and groom left on a short honeymoon trip and will take up their residence in george town pte bill chaplin weds english girt on february 28th at qraimrook baptist chuch a wedding of local interest united in marriage kathleen m vardlgans only daughter of mr and mrs v j vsxdtgans of niord sussex england and pte william o chaplin youngest son of mr w chaplin and lie late mrs thf1n of the bride ghert in marriage by her father wore a tarauoiae ensemble and carried pale pnk carnatlona she was attended by mrs el ashton who was attired in pink with wine acces sories and carritd wine colored car najons the best man was mr e- ashton a reception was held at the home of mr and mrs a alway of 21 auck land road nford who have opened their home to the bride and her par ents since their own home was de molished by enemy action the honeymoon was spent with the bride s aunt and uncle in norwich norfolk the bride is a niece of mr robert btyth of glen williams pipe band concert party entertains troop geonwtawn girls pipe band con cert party hane out on two perflnr- manrtb tor the troops hi the past two weeks the nrit at brampton army camp a week ago tuesday and the second at no 1 district depot to ronto on monday night at both per formances the georgetown entertain era were welt received and greeted with rounds of applause besides the pj hand under the direction of e r magloughlen the concert party included owen hughes as maaterotceremnnies rail mc donald and the rhythm htabesi the scott and swindfehurat trio the three bs qfeorgt barber jim and clare burns in acrobatic numbers as well as several specialty weal and dance number nj members of the band ken harrison was piano aocom panist tor the group active service notes stewabttcwn community flans soldiebs welcome ac a well attended meeting held in the council chamber last wednesday the organization of the stewarttawn sokfiers reception committee was completed and general plans were made for welcoming the men as they returned officers were appointed as follows chairman of the committee rev s b- colebrook secretary miss chi latino dhacenacn welcome com mittee mr john murray decorating committee mr w bulls social com mlttee mrs john standlsh all the residents of the stewarttoiwi area are members of this organization and it is hoped that they will give their generous ano whole learted help rifeer called upen to do so the pur 1 of the reception committee is to provide a welcome for those returning from overseas nd to honour all who have been in the services as the clr cumatances allow it will also wet come and assist tn any wa possible the wives and families of the men who nave married overseas as veil as the this is an npportunltly for the com munity to serve the men who have served and saved them at the close or meeting mrs joseph btaddlsh read tht names of the fort men and weeren who had enlisted from the stewarfcwn district these were remembered in a moment of sil ent prayer followed by the national anthem final ojla intermediate boundup it seems a long tkne since there was hockey tn oeckgptown with spring setting li about march hrt but all the time tie oka intermediate teams have ben battling it out for the ontario chairpionsbjp when georgetown finished ellmln ated by port coltome there were still five teams left lr the running 1 e midland omemee owen sound port colborne and windsor in the ehnln a lion series omemee put out midland port colborne ekec out a dose win over windsor owen sound put ou omemee in jose contests this left port coloorne tars and owen sound orphans for he final series these teams ent into a bestin flv series and after playing the ave gan es owen sound knocked out thi ta s in the fir a game last saturday nl- it 4 to 2 to take the championship for intern ediate a hockey cabd ol- thanks mrs carl hvde anne and bodney expend their deep appreciation to the relatives and friends and neighbours aho sen flower sympathy cards and 1- ters any helped in many ways re garding the lost of a beloved husband and father o carl hyde bruce kennedy formerly a flying officer in the bcaf has received his honourable discharge from the air force and has become a member of the bcaf reserve arthur padbury heads halton jersey club the i meeting of the halton jersey cattle club was held at the oauge hall hornby on wednesday march 28th the meeting was pre sided aver by edwin harrop presld- entof the halton dub fbuowtng the business session in the morning the hornby wi catered for the din ner with their usual efficiency at the afternoon session j a car roll supt of agricultural societies and jas brenxer secretary of the canadian jersey cattle club were the chief speakers in paying tribute to the farm people of canada mr carroll pointed ou that in the sixth year of the war we find ourselves with between 25 and 30 less manpower and yet in 1044 our total production was almost three umes that in the 1935 to 1939 period it was also point ed out by the speaker that the out put per worker has doubled since 1920 it was mr carroll s opinion great as the developments in recent years amazing strides are to come in the post war period as a result of war developments further mechanlnation will develop in agriculture and this he stated is in the interest of the nation however stated mr oarrou there j must be some planning otherwise the trend will be towards industrialization of agriculture with larger units re- i ference was aso made by mr car roll to developments in the nutritional field to increased food consumption i in canada and he pointed out that the lesson learned in war is going to stick and with it the demand for mort food ca ladn exports under i present condition of er agrlcuu ttiral production or in other words the proauction of thirty million acres is 1 j i a liable for expoit as we interpret ed mr carroll address we must con tlnue as an exporting agricultural na ion and plan vxordingly the election oi officers resulted as follows preside it arth ir padbury rock wood 1st vice president derny char irs georgetown 2id vice pr mdent jack feather fto le gakyllle occ treas j e whltelock milton directors m c beaty edwin har roo w h devlin f w buddeil gerald oraham wm davles herb alton dancan moffat chas mckeown lome ella ana mrs m c beaty was appointed audito tentative plans were lala for the 194 annual fir d day and also coun tj show ls franklki cleave of the ron vr is home fo a sboweek leave af ter having been at sea since the early part of december congratulations to perc saxe who won ms sergeants stripes at the gra duation oaremonlee at no 2 wireless school calpmry alberta sgt saxe la a wireless sarvtmncr lewis brandford is the third son of mr and mrs george brandford enlist in the services lewis enlisted in the infantry u wednesday and is ten porarlly stationed in toronto one bra ler sgt georgr brandford is sta tioned with the rcaf at rocfccnffe and was home fot the week end the otaer brother ltcpl malcolm is serving in england mr sad mrs j bmntford received a lovery easter bouquet of flowers fron uieir son pte walter brandford who is erving in belgium oongratulalfion lo sgt ernie hyde nho received his wings and stripes at the graduation ceremonies of the final clasj at no 2 sfts uplands he is hon e on a 30day leave m ms list lttei home f o leslie clark said that on his last two leaves in london england he had the good fortune o meet two georgetown men he was talking to maor j r barber red cross campaign total reaches 680000 mark the weather by h u butt this has all the earmarks of a real spring three or four weeks in advance of normal tk willow leaves nearly half size and a tinge of green show ing in the elms and mapley the for- sytthla has not forgotten the 26 de grees below it hat to endure last janu ary and is now mass of yellow bloom for the two feet below the snow line and only the lea buds growing above the pyrus japomca now orientate and not jponlea will be a mass of red blooms for three feet up to where it was burled la snow and all above that eaten off kr ttie rabbits bow well those rascals know their botany and stick to the tasty rose family the lilacs promise to be at their beet by 24 of april instead of 24th of may and when tle mercury now ap proaches 70 we think we hear our old friend joe saying tta time to bake them off but the scotch blood in our veins cautions nere cast a clout till may be out following are the records for last week date toes wed apr apr h and l thura apr 3 precipl- tatton ram 29 trace of snow sat sun mon apr 8 apr 7 apr 8th ap 9th major roger guyot formerly glen williams who has been acting as command army examiner at camp borden uice earlj tn december has been traiioferred to military district no 1 london ont where he has been appointed as district army wmtninr congratulations to edgar beeney who 1ms been promoted to the rank of flight sergeant with the bcaf overseas pte elmer stockford sent his mo ther two beauttiul cameo neck pieces from italv mrs a mcdonald received some and p o jim kelly both of whom he b aews al easter time by way of reported as being line two postcards irom her son pte nor i man mcdonald prisonerofwar in george gilmer is to be congratulated a german camp norman said that he on his promotion tc flight sergeant was well and the bed cross parcels fit sgt gilmer has been overseas which reach him regularly are sure since sept 1st and his promotion is a appreciated ht mentioned that he- retroacthe for 8 months had a firstolas christinas dinner halton holstein breeders stage outstanding program the citizens of georgetown and dla- ict realizing fully the wonderful work done by the red cross have al ways given splendid flnntwfa rapport to the bed cross campaigns in the campaign just ended final figures now available show that all previous efforts have been excoecwd with a total of 6800 contributed this uf 2800 over the official objc live and the cam paign executive canvassers and those who were so generous in their gifts are to be congratulated on such a pr achievement in addition to the larger donations already acknowledged the following wean received last week dominion seed house walter lawmn sidney silver j h bingham hugh dickl k c mdmdlin j d godfrey canadian legion d b mclaughm board of parks manage ment georgetown legion proceeds bingo orealt lodge af am town line eu hre club lions club 200 20 2690 si m 28 09 16 j 3800 i the halton holstein breeders club theatre in new york in the near fu i held their anruol entertainment in ture mildred dixon soprano of ha he princt05 theatre milton on wed- ml ton who goes on tour shortly with nesday ovnm april 4th with well the san carlo opera co in new york itr four hundre in attendance the ted bus noted ventriloquist of to- halton club has goined a reputation nto who was ably assisted by mor- lor uieli hig c ass programme and le watson of tansley past president this eai ev m wa certainly no ex of the halton cljb josephine anna i ception guest were present from koenig popular versatile english and i toronto guelpi and also peel and canadian diseuse dramatic enter i wei tworth cou vtles numbered tainer of toronto and paul daniels among uiee wi noted j m fraser of hamnton is accompanist 3rd vlcepresidei of the parent or gx drennan popular holstein i gat zatioi l nit dyment director j pie dnian for the district presented j o the holstein prlesian executive superior ptorfuction certificates w h mccaugherlj president of the pcpi club irwin mccaughexty as mxiau editor ol the holstein journal and b 3 beer agricultural fiepres- lntntlc for peel ross begswert r president of the halton club i resided over the pro gramme vhich in jie opinion of many of those present surpassed anything hcird rrom the legitimate stage in muj a year louis blake duff of wclland was the guest speaker tak ing ns it suliject lost books mr ie duff uas in hu usbal fine form and treated his ai dlence to an address full of humour and food for thought i assisting artiss were ronald stewart j of ciaxfcson u- tor who is now in rait ing under edward johnson the following halton breeders har old bingham son georgetown me- thune dearlni palermo ross segs- worth freeman and w 5 hall of oakville another pleasing feature of the evcnflnjg wa the presentation by agricultural repiesentathe j e whltelock on behalf of the halton breeders of a silver tray to e j meag her of 0kviile in recognition of the recent achievement of graymar bes- patiiflndet in establishing a new record for m ik for senior two year old on 3x with a record of 23033 lbs ef a i sister wish to express of milk k and so closes another event which mrs w a main passes florence louisa ballanftne beloved wife of w a main died at her home on murdock st on sunday morning april 1st following an illness of some months duration she was born at aahgrove in hs- quedng townahlp and moved with her famiiy to georgetown at an eary age ana lived here until she accepted a position in ken pville in which place ahe met and was married to wm a main of that towr in 1902 following business engaeaaiccts in chicago and guelph they sotted in ortula where they lived for five years subsequently thy moved jjq winnipeg where they conducted a successful business for fifteen years in orillia their first child laura died and in winnipeg their second margaret also died in early childhood in 1929 they moved to georgetown where they hiv lived ever stnoe alt her life she was an enbhustasuo musician and had been a member of the m4thodlst and united cuuroh choirs also of the choral sodely she was a life ong member of the metho dist and ater the united church and was active in church work in orillle and winnipeg and later in george town till ulnen curtailed her activity a the funeral tervice miss b evans accompanied b miss huda erwin made a beautiful contlriutjon by their renoition of abide with me a hymn for whteii mrs main had a great low and veneration site is survived by her hi sband and daighter betty joan two sisters mrs wm rogers of potato claire que and mrs wm edminston of dtsley sask also one brother james of georgetown she was buried in the family plot in gieenwood following a sen ice onduoed by the reverend b c todd a he lwi on murdock st the pallbearera wee frank tough j d godfrey kenneth langdon jos gibbons s p chapman jas battan- tlne the espect of the community was at sted by meny floral tributes and the nany callers whose expressions of sympathy were 1 eartfelt pnd sincere the neighbours were especially kind and helpful a id the family deeply ippreciat all these manifestations in their tin e of bereavement abd of thanks hyde brothers and their sincere thanks and appreciation to their kind friends and neighbours for their ex adds another featner in the cap of the m i i mh tl- k- prewton of sympathy extenoed to them halton club whlrh in recent years has u new yoik mr stewart is expected to plni a reputation throughout on make his deb t in the metropolitan tario in the stpfrlng of high class events their sad bereavement in the loss of a dea son and brother opl carl hyde prepare to invest in the best 8th victory loan campaign april 23rd to may 12th help complete thet5efeat