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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication the georgetown herald wednesday june 27th 1945 200 per annum 5c a copy eorgetown will vote on sewage system this fall engineer estimates total cost close to 195000 com plete system could be installed in 1946 ir bylaw passes a vote of property owners on the question of installing a sewage system la georgetown will take place tbls- tall probably in late september or aarly october this was the decision jof toe council at a special meeting on monday night at which mr c r bagey gave a report of the proposed system and an estimated cost of 103- 93 all council memerb were prea- at the meeting as well as the nwd1fll officer of health town solici tor town clerk and aaeeeeor j the group studied blue prints of the proposed installations which include j a ffltrril plant in the region of oedarvala farm and a force pump to service the lower john st district methods of financing were abn dte- j cussed the three possible methods be ing a straight charge on toe tax rate as a local improvement or on a sewer rental system prior to the vote the sfaxneal officer of health will write a series of articles for the press dealing with all questions pertinent to sew age and maps of the proposed system will soon be available tp enable pro perty owntas to get a comprehensive picture of ibe installations doug tough weds oakyxlle gibl mist biaabeth jean betty perdue daocbter of mr and mrs oordon x perdue became the bride of douglas stalest tough last saturday in st johns united church oakvule the room is the son of mr and mrs e a tough rev burl b eddy officiat ed given in marriage by her father the bride wore a gown of white satin mary queen of soots headdress and embroidered veil she carried a cas cade of roses bouvartha and white gladioli petals her sister miss doro- tby perdue maid of honor wore dusky pink attendants misses maar crawford and barbara tough were m sjqver gray and mauve respectively the carried bouquets of roses and forgetmenots john detmys was beat man to receive the brides mo ther had chosen an ensemble of sky blue crepe the grooms mother wore rose beige crepe both wore corsages of roses and forgetmenots for tra teulng the bride donned a navy and white crepe costume navy hat white accessories the couple will take up residence m georgetown where the groom is em ployed with smith stone ltd georgetown airman listed in kings birthday honor i u8t canadians to the number of hi and 16 members of the raf and royal navy who trained in canada have been honored in the kings birthday honors list issued june 14th of the total the roap received 282 under the heading kings com mendation for valuable services m the air is listed the name of a george town boy squadron leader charles w stockford of the roap and son of mr and mrs harry stockford sqd ldr stockford was an instructor since the outbreak of war and is now at tached to headquarters command at trenton peck graves wedding in halifax west end baptist church halifax was the setting for the marriage on june 22nd of marguerite rebecca daughter of mr and mrs h h graves halifax nj3 and clifford roy peck son of mr and mrs w g peck georgetown rev g s vincent of ficiated with mr i g taylor at the organ miss carol vincent offered two solos prayer perfect and during the signing of the register through the years given in marriage by her father the bride wore a gown of satin fas hioned with tight bodice and a high neckline with lace inserts in the skirt her veil was floorlength and fell from a tiara of pearls she carri ed a shower bouquet of talisman roses her only ornament was a brooch left to the bride by her grandmother wanda graves sister of the bride was the only attendant she was attired in a dress of rose faconne stvled on the same lines as the brides with a rose bandeaux she carried a muff of pink tea roses mr douglas peck brother of the groom was best man and ushers were mr zen graves and mr ralph peck the reception was held at the lord nelson hotel after which the young miss g young made presentation the board and staff of georgetown public school held a dinner and pres entation in the oddfellows hall last thusday evening to honour miss georglna young who la retiring from the staff after many years of faithful service in addition to members of the board their wives and the staff mr couple left on a trip to the grooms splendid congregations fob nobval presbyterian anniversary nearly 900 people attended the 107th anniversary services of norval presby terian church on sunday june 34th the ladles of the church had made it beautiful for the occasion with a profusion of flowers and in this set ting d- a c cochrane of port credit guest preacher delivered two inspir ing sermons special music for the services included several fine solos by mr ronald stewart of toronto mrs o hunter was organist and the sing ing of the choir was lovely more than capacity congregations filled the church to overflowing at both services j m denyes former public school inspector and daughter miss dorothy of toronto archdeacon w g o thompson and bwo former members of the staff mrs james evans and mrs charles wluson were present mr charles howltt the present pub lic school inspector was unable to attend verdun rebekah lodge cat ered for the excellent dinner miss a ryan ohatnman of the board was masterof ceremonies and first callea on mr john d keoy to make an address mr kelly expressed the regret felt by the board at lcss youngs retirement and also their ap preciation of the years of faithful ser vice she has spent in the school as a motnentq of their esteem and hope for future happiness mrs p w cleave presented miss young with a kitbag mr h c wrtggteewtjrth public school principal spoke on behalf of the staff as well as himself when he said miss young would be missed and that through the years many lives had oen touched by her charming per sonality and rich stores of knowledge he expressed the best wishes of the staff for her future happiness through years to come following mr wriggleswortbrs address miss basel harrison presented miss young with a lamp on behalf of the staff there were short speeches by mr denyes mr e v maccormack ven w g o thompson and mr p b home and toronto and niagara falls rall fair notes it may seem rather early to talk of fall fairs but believe it or- not it is only a little over two months until georgetown fair which is scheduled this year for september 7th and 8th however it is hoped that by sep tember that most of the boys in the services will be home and that we can make it a real victory year fair and give our boys a grand welcome home we are pleased to see president craig reld around again after bis re cent tonsil operation at a meeting of the directors of the enqueuing agricultural society held two weeks ago the board express ed their appreciation of the town councils efforts to beautify george town park as it is understood that they intend erecting a fence along the race track in the near future also for the extension of the water ser vice to the grandstand and cattle pens burtsmith wedding at ballinafad balllnafad united church was the scene of much interest on saturday afternoon june 23 when ruth wlnno- frcd daughter of mr and mrs frank smith georgetown became the bride ol wilfred mckinnon burt son of mr and mrs chester burt of hlusburg the church was prettily decorated with baskets of pink and blue lupins and other flowers rev a o w foreman was the officiating clergy- tan the bride was given in marriage by her father and was attired in a floor- length dress of white silk net over whltexsatln her fingertip veil was held in place by a heartshaped head dress she wore gold earrings and gold locket giite of the groom and carried a jtpuquet of deep red roses her twin sister doris was maid of honour and was dressed in a floor- length dress of rose taffeta with t corsage of pink sweet peas and forget- menots joyce smith younger sister ol the bride wore a floorlength dres of pink sweet peas and acted as brides maid alt wore veils and matching headdress little jacqueline hulls cousin of the bride made a sweet little flower girl dressed in a floorlength dress of pink net over taffeta and car ried a bouquet of pink sweet peas mrs robert uoboery played the wed ding march and during the signing of the register ma doris harding sang very sweetly m walk beside you mr james nelson of toronto cou sin of the groom was best man and mr held matheson and mr charles burt were ushers the reception was held at the home of the bride the brides mother re ceived wearing a twopiece drees of navy corded sheer with white acces sories and a corsage of red roses the grooms mother chose a dress of or chid sheer faconne with white acces sories and wore a corsage of light yellow roses the brides grandmother also received the guests wearing a twopiece dress of blue wool crepe and white accessories with a corsage of pink roses the happy couple left lat er for muskoka and other points for travelling the bride wore a twopiece dress of blue and white striped pique with white accessories on their return they will reside near hlllsburg lions campaign for m00 forlhospital forlsick childiw the weather by h l hutt well it came at last at least two whole days of real summer weather and how vegetation responded to ltl heat loving plants fairly jumped for joy com came up and tomato plants grew on inch or more in a couple of da prospects look good for a continu ation of it here la hoping and the figures that go with it happy homecoming as six servicemen back from overseas due to the late season the husking com competition deadline for en tries was shifted to june 30 bot mr farmer if you havent sent in your harrison all spoke with regret about entry do it now miss youngs departure from the staff and wished her many years of hap- i cooperation with the oeorge- plness during the evening mrs evans j town and halton comity poultry as- and mrs wlllson played several in- soclatlon a standard bred poultry dtrumental numbers i lawn show will be held in conjunction in the afternoon preceding the din- with the fair it is expected that ex- ner repreentatlves of the three senl- hlbitors will be present from all over or grades callei at mus youngs ontario and the fair board is offering home on james st to present her 10000 as thtlr share of prize money with a corsage of roses and a match- ing set of earrings and brooch miss the offer of the department of youngs nephew jim dick rcnvr agriculture dominion to erect a dis sent a lovely bouquet of roses which play at the fair was accepted this was presented to her at the dinner will include a number of educational exhibits closing ioi meeting for summer months the regent was in the chair for the june meeting of the lode and the closing meeting for the summer months the regent expressed the regret of the chapter at the removal from town shortly of mrs c rue and mrs alex qrelg both had been valuable work ers for the todm mention was made of the draw for the oil painting on which ftorefe am now on sale and which will be drawn for at the fall fair 4505 was reported to have been made at the jleofpenn a date h and l temp tuea june 19 74 46 wed june 20 74 51 thurs june 21 66 65 frl june 22 77 48 sat june 23 84 63 sun june 24 84 64 mon june 26 76 64 daughters of church hold high tea and concert the daughters of the church held a high tea and concert for st georges penny bag night last thursday in the sunday school room nearly aft patrons enjoyed the tea and program which followed mrs fred armstrong acted as chairman for the program guest artists included martene bludd and dlanne bollock who danced and sang together dotorae herrington in a song and tapdance number and mr harry hale who favoured with some songs mrs robert mulr was the accompanist for the evening card of thanks the barclay family would like to thank everyone for then kindness in our bereavement also those who sent cards and messages of sympathy under the sponsorship of the geor getown lions club a campaign for the building fund of the toronto sick chi wrens hospital gets underway in georgetown and district this week heading the campaign committee la a group of club members le roy dale a w mbuntock clarence benham rev o c cochrane walter blehn and dick licata k atja meeting in the municipal buiwlng on sunday afternoon the following were chosen as offlcaw tor the campaign chairman leroy dal- secretarytreasurer g w mclm- tock special names w f bradley publicity walter blehn 0 l mb- ailvray a committee composed of dr c v williams k h macdonald and clar ence benham was also chosen to in terview the town and township coun cils the georgetown objective is 250s and quotas in neighbouring communi ties will alse probably be set on the basis of 1 per capita statistics show that in 1m4 thers were 96 children from halton county admitted to the hospital of which m jwere from georgetown the cost of providing facilities and treatment for georgetown cases alone was over 14 000 in past years the hospital baa been extremely cooperattve with this municipality and on many occaslona has given special consideration to georgetown patients the medio officer of health states that to takl knowledge no one from halton cban- by has ever been refused nlh t the hospi and that many of tba children who have beert treated m tba past are now able to pass the arm medical examsthanks to the treat ment provided ti georgetown high school promotion list announced s7071 at the opportunity sale a donation of 1000 was made to rehabilitation council 1000 to cs ontario and 2500 to the soldii comforts committee it was elded to fill 10 personal comforts bags and 10 nursery bags and to make 30 childrens dresses during the summer for british war victims a now member mrs n verdec was welcomed into the chapter hostesses for the evening were mrs w blehn mrs h e batkln and mrs wallace thompson georgetown is proud to welcome back six more servicemen from over seas in the persons of opi ed francis sgt jim sargent pte geo greensward pjo jim emmerson fit sgt george walker and sgt bev moody all the boys arrived home friday or saturday and on saturday night downtown most ot hem could be seen greeting friends on every side it was a happy occasion to see them back with their families looking so fit and well cpl eddie francis one of the first men fsom town- to enlist has been a prisonerofwar in germany ever since dieppe according to those who saw him eddie was helping get the wound ed back to the boats when the ger mans took him prisoner opl francis la quite thin but otherwise in good health and very glad to be back in panada he repeated what he em phasised in mi letters that if the lied orosa hadnt provided food he would have starred as rations were so poor during the retreat of the ger mans before the russians the naatt arced the prisoners to march s or 4 sata trader terrftas coodruona aad opl francis was among these he said the prisoners became so weak l they couldnt carry their knapsacks i and had to confiscate them by the roadside and their feet became raw l from marching at night they were crowded into any shelter available and i most of the time had hardly room to sit down cpl francis was pleased with the treatment accorded them by the railways and various companies upon his arrival home before enlist ing with the rhxx sept 10 ibm eddie was a sergeant in the lorne scots reserve having been a member for nearly 12 ysars he has been over seas since july 1940 and prior to en listing was employe at provincial paper limited sgt jbn sargent is a member of she 1st cdn parauoop battalion and as such was thrilled with the omo rs- oeptlon accorded the v at ha lifax and the mx 3 section of the battalion in toronto jim was m the d day invasion in june and was wounded twice during the period from june to august mb on the latter date bis injuries wan arrere and be continued on page 4 gnr jim mills home from overseas the resignalon ot walter carpenter from the board of directors was ac cepted with regret mr carpenter had rendered invaluable service to the board during his stay in town and his removal to chatham will be felt by the society the directors decided to sponsor a boys swine club at the fair and the eaton special for bacon hogs wib again be a feature attraction considerable time was spent on iriftwng changes in the prise list prise money has been increased in the horse and cattle classes and a road race la to be an added highlight directors were appointed to ask for the usual donations to the fair and interview the various councils whan the canvasser calls on you make your donation as huge as possible writ ing from toronto a fab donor says enclosed please find donation cheque for ho00 the society is certainly to be congratulated on tbatr aoorta of last year the revival of interest ctta- played as well u the apleodld show put on no doubt lend encouragement to an concerned and i trust that 1mb will yet produce soma crop weather watch for further fair dotes aad keep abreast of fal fair doaoas 1 gnr jim mills has returned after 1 five years service overseas with the 1 rca i gnr mills who married a toronto 1 kirl shortly before going overseas de- j livered for browns bakery for a num- i ber of years he has seen action in italy and on the western front a i brother charles is still overseas gnr mills arrived home two weeks ago on i rotation leave he and his wife are visiting at the home of mrs a-mcgul- gan in town active service note congratulations to george obmer who has received his promotion with the rcap overseas to the rank of warrant officer class 1 laqjfbob msceenzle is returning to his station at goose bay labrador this week and after a furlough m town with his parents mr and mrs sid cava op thanks i wish to convey my ttiaaks aad appreciation to the friends sad orajan- isattons in georgetown for 12m tt i parcels received by me during aarvtoa grade xh toe following students have passed to the subjects following their names booth betty eng hist ajg geooi lat fr germ greek brill bernard eng hlsc fr brownrjdge doejb eng hist alg geom ohetn lat fr oousens pamela hist dawson darrell eng hist alg geom chem lat fr germ pevrirs henk eng hist alg geom chem germ devries joan hist alg gwm dickie jean eng hlat alg geom lat fr germ oresk farmer john alg oeoov fr xt kelly peggy eng hist alg ceom ohpm ialec hepburn marion alg geom it ktrkpatrick mary eng hist alg geom chem lat fr long norman eng hist alg geom chem lat fr main joanalg geom mcolure eslay eng hist alg geom ohero lat fr ostrander bill eng hist alg chem robinson brenda eng hist alg geom chem lat fr germ greek smith joyce eng hist alg geom chem lat fr van vliet dick eng hist alg geom chem lat fr grade xi the following students have been promoted to grade xii having to re peat those subjects in brackets after their names barnes violet clarke june oou- sens pamela harrison kenneth hunter reed mulholland doryne maths and lau norton pauline fr and lat peters ernest robin son patsy sargent walter maths and lat- grade x the following students have been promoted to grade xi having to re peat those subjects in brackets after their names addy bob alexander doughs boyle rkas burns clare burns jim chapman virginia chester jean oaf ell june oouseos george 0t and latjdiggms renee balnea john sc hauptmann ingeborg latimer douglas mcpul helen siuckart shirley lmt and fr preston shir ley grade ix the following students hare bean promoted to grade x having to repeat those sotdecu in brackets after their names anderson bay bedeil joyce b jack gfftv csstbattne j brown nancy oaatha and boj oatn1 bernfcw cleave ifahri oca jose phine dsvrtaa is rsurtoon i shirley hebblethwalte barbara his and be hill joyce huffman kettb fr lavole joan maths robert maths and frj douglas marcnington joan andrew palmer lena parrott ro bert peck ralph preaawood both ritchie marie robinson louisa uax and geog sargent margaret sfe stamp marlon sc syfcea boas thompson emery thompson kattk leen sc walters grace hlau willett peggy wood mary tumerfairbarn wedding in trafalgar a wedding of- local in place at munns united church tra falgar on saturady june 10th whan alice m falrbarn daughter of he and mrs ross falrbarn became tits bride of stanley d turner the brjda a graduate of the university of to on to was a member of the teaching staff of georgetown high school leak year given in marriage by her fatfcstv the bride was gowned in white mar quisette frosted with luy of the taaaf she wore a shoulder length veu and carried a bouquet of red roses gad lily of the valley her sister idbb ruth falrbarn was bridesmaid ed in pale blue sheer was mr arnold fish rev h h lof erinig officiated at the ceremony after a honeymoon trip east the couple will take up residence as sptucecrof t hornby airing ttuas from georgetown who attended ttaa ceremony were miss m tnman mrs charles watson mr and mrs watter carpenter mrs j l watson sbv paulene denny charles prjrchasjbs denny charles of ge on tario who is building up one of tbs good herds in halton count baa pur chased from the herd of maortoe gl beaty milton a junior jersey hard sire the bulls name is undale pft- nacle flash 110310 and be la a aost of brampton sfbua pbm uwifr who la a son of the stiver gold and superior sire pinnacle and froaa brampton sonera princess wttfe ftjaw lbs of milk 406 jba of fat vita aft average test at bjdb the dam at pinnacle flash u tinfli drsflotaa flashlight with fls of mfcst ol bm of fat and 0 jb to mb days as a junior 3 year old she la now da asst aa a thrajt year old and baa mokad op to so bmpsr day flbi a dsagbmr of r etasatned good ptas as a win year aftd