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v the georgetown herald seventy seventh year of publication wednesday july 25 1945 2 00 per annum 5c a copy welcome home tac albert whitney pated i of pte and mrs jack whitney ions lao albert whitney arrived bom on market street last sunday morning he had returned on the 11b de prance from england where be waa stationed with the roaf since 1mb february lao whitney enlisted to the air force two and a half yean 00 just before his ibth birthday and m atatloned at toronto jarvia and brvera manitoba before going over- esas he will spend 30 days leave at home before reporting for training for the pacific his father who has ted for several yean in this war the veterans guard is at pree- ent a patient in camp borden mili tary hospital recuperating from an operation wk horace hurley returning to canada on the lie de france from a years service in b fend waa warrant offioer horace hur ley son of mr and mrs h hurley of georgetown at time of enlistment in the roaf tn april 1841 wfo hurley ma work in the mines op north be trained at qhetph and defoe beak aa a wireless operator and waa on coastal co patrol on the east coast prior to jotog over- eeas while to tne eaat be met and married the termer marie carrie of otoe bay mb who with their baby denghtor georgma baa baen lhtof in years another eon oapt kenneth daw son was liaison officer with the air force and gov gen a horse guards in england for three years he has been la canada for the paetyeor takingfa special course at the rjao and will be home in glen williams for a few days also home for the homeoom- 108 la pte allan damson who hat served with the queens york ran gers for the past two and one half years and barbara dawson until re cently a wireless operator with the hoap at malton and quebec for two and one half years sgmn harvey law following his brother dvr sheldon lawr home bj a few days sgmn harvey lawianived home last night and 1 spending thirty days leave with his parents mr and mrs matt lawr overseas three years he has been in prance belgium holland and ger many and is signed up for the pechv another brother spr archie lawr u serving with the canadian troops in holland wjo hurley was attached to the bomber command to maja but was gr because of ear trouble he enjoyed baa stay in england whe be ttatted ratattvea of both ma parents in bristol um only gawgeu men he mw were fltogt oeorge watker aod aol aim grieve both of whom vreeedsd bftn borne to canada a aobeduvd reunion with bg jtt valttien to london never occurred tat the two wjh baw a ohanoe to grt srtber aa both are now back to can ada wk hurley mw nd a months leave in toronto and geor- and expects to recetve his e- trom the sendee when he re al tna itotpr me jaekbem pte j brffl arrived toseday after two and one half years aswioa oversea with the toronto flcotush regiment jack was badly wounded on sept 18th while fighting hj besjtnm and after several montba m hospital he was sent back to me continent on v e day prior to en listing to the active army to the apring of 1843 jok waa a member of aba lome scota reaerve after today eew at home he wia train hv4hepaoalc lccpl j- c ben a glen williams boy lccpl j rett arrived home on the ixnns pas- tear yeaterday james has been overseme 8 years with the trans armd oar reg and la a veteran of the sicilian and italian campaign as weo aa the western front prior to enlisting lcopl bell was employed at hannswopths in brampton sgmn james mcniren sgmn james mcniven was among those returning yesterday jim hat a- many- aouvcnlrs from france holland and germany where he served with the let odn army signal corps he saw the german concentration camps and said the cruelty inflicted there lievable he has been overseas 1942 and before enlistment worfc- ed at provincial paper and in fort erie ts o r grant merrlam tel spec operator r grant mer rlam rcnvr son of mr and mrs meirjman balllnalad oeneral store has arrived home on 98 days leave following which he will leave for ier lce in the pacific grant has been at sea for two years on the hmos hum- beretone lieut donald k dawson youngest son of mr and mrs a e dawson toronto and glen wmiams lieut donald k dawson bis glen wllmams home yesterday af having croesed on the louis he has been overseas nesr- 7 three years with the odn armour- ad oorpa of the governor generals horse guards and will be home only a few days before leaving for vic toria bo to be married following us jo day leave he will train for the pacific front lieut donald is one of five children of mt and mrs dawson who have been to the s v their eldest son lieut harry dawaon was 2nd in oom- mead of the corvette oamrose dur- tog the mediterranean campaign and the corvette was widely acclaimed for eberfnkrngof a oerman snbnartot to stswjbeawe his shap si in to d day landing opera he baa bean in the navy four gordon james weds acton i gull the united church acton was the scene of a very pretty wedding satur day july 21st when kathleen may daughter ol mr and mrs j loutltt acton became the bride of gordon william son of mrs g james and the late mr g james georgetown officiating was rev a w fosbury ethel franklin played the wedding music given in marriage by her father the bride wore a floor length gown of em broidered chiffon with high neckline and tuilgflfclrt gathered at the waist her fingertip veil was held by a sweet heart headdress and she carried a bouquet of red roses and bouvardla her only attendant marjorle allen acton was gowned in a floorlength dress of salmon pink silk jersey with a floral headdress of talisman rosea and bouvardla mr lome masters acton was best man and the ushers were mr thom as hore brampton and mr dale jor dan acton doothy simmons acton sang because during the si of the register a buffet lunch was served later at the brides home where her mother received the guests dressed in a pur ple crepe dress and matching hat with fciack aocessotlea and corsage of mauve and white sweet peas the grooms mother assisted dressed in mauve flg- langdon and ayl8worth open ured auk jersey with picture hat and frickertyers wedding saturday a pretty wedding was solemnized at st joseph b rectory acton on sat urday afternoon at 3 30 o clock whea- margaret mary di ghtcr of mr and mrs edward b tyers became the bride of gordon raymond frlcker son of mrs clarence wlnfleld and the late mr frlcker rev pr v j morgan officiated the bride wore a white sheer street- length dress with white accessories and corsage of red roses the brides tister katharine tyevs was brides maid in a pale blue jersey drees with white accessories and corsage of tea roses mr robert beeney of lime- bouse was groomsman after the ceremony a reception was held at the brides home where mrs tyers wtaring a printed silk dress and corsage of mauve sweet peas as sisted by mrs wlnneld dressed pale blue crepe and corsage of pink 3weet peas received the gueste fol lowing the reception about thirty sat down to the wedding dinner for the wedding trip to niagara falls the bride changed to a blue suit with white accessories upon tbelr return mr and mrs frlcker wttt reside in glen williams guests were present at the wedd from ouelph toronto and campbell vine four offices entered in weekend robberies in town thi vtather acton office under the fa name of tjhtvmi and aylaworth k m langdon of georgetown and flying officer r m aylswortb of- trenton have opened a law office to acton to the cooper block mr aylaworth is a brother of mrs langdon the new partnership will embrace both georgetown and acton law offices with mr langdon looking after the georgetown office and mr aylaworth the acton one white accessories and corsage of mauve sweet peas later the bride changed to a brown tailored suit brown hat and white accessories for tavelllng they will reside to acton on their return active service notes lac lloyd boyd of goose bay la- brador is home on furlough with hla wife and family op peter bessey of mil h n roaf station la on furlough with his parent mr and mrs h r bee- bdr l q james la to town for a weeks leave from petawawa oamtv wren ethel kemsbead la home on i days furlough with her parent mr and mrs j kemahead she la stationed in halifax at hmos pere grine and juat missed the halifax ex plosions having left the eny about five hours before they ououtiad f to jim ruddell overseas with the roaf la now on transport com mand from mrsrtand to calcutta pjo ruddeh had expected to arrive noma this week but now that the new job has come along be does not expect to be home for a leave for several mon- son of dr and mrs r b aylaworth of trenton after graduating from osgoode hall be practiced law to owen sound and meaford joined the roaf in 1m9 and waft overseas as a navigator in march of this year he was shot down over germany and was a prisoner of war until he make his escape to england his wife is the former patricia mcfayden of port frances improvements to limehouhe chufichpboper considerable interest has been taken in the gradual improvements being made to the grounds of the lime house presbyterian church within recent weeks the old drlveehed has been torn down the grounds levelled by ploughing and fill weeds and waste have been disposed of a circular gravel driveway installed and a dry walk of flat stbne has been erected as occasion permits and labour is available considerable landscaping of the grounds is planned bultngton and oakville lions plan gala carnivals lions clubs hi burlington and oak- vlue have planned carnivals for thla week end and from advance pub- ejust about in entertainment the burlington carnival will go on for three days thursday friday and saturday in the lions park with two dlfiet ent variety programs for the first two nights saturday night the grand jraw takes place feature prize being 8 tons of coal games and a midway add to the attractions oakvllle lions advertise 500 tn lucky draw prizes at their carnival which will be held on friday and- sat urday at central school grounds bands games bingo refresjhment booths merrygo round and a variety ing thfimany fea tures with proceede ear marked for the lions temporary hospital ashqbqt wa dub in nebraska a native of aabgrove mrs walter eslfrlts succumbed to a heart attack at her home in edgar nebraska on june 28th born in ashgrove on mar 1881 she went to nebraska with her mother in the spring of ibm on march 37 1001 she was united in mar riage with walter eufrltc of edgar and to this union was born one daugh ter mrs dora moss of madras ore gon mrs eufrltz was a faithful member edgar methodist church in 1900 she joined the rebekah lodge and in 1843 was elected praaktont of the state rebekah assembly funeral ser- vioes were held on monday jury 3 from edgar methodist cfauroh eon- ducted by her pastor rev 8 w longacre mrs b j mort and e m auhlng sang jesus is oaomg bbetc of agest and tjhder bha wings- mrs lydla phelps at the piano pallbearers were wade ba ben jom ratten irvln branstltre earl baeey v w oaasell and lorn shipley interment was made in edgar cemetery survivmg besides her husband and daughter are a granddaughter mar ine salser of nyassa grandson jlmtnle moss oregon and a greatgrandson bv h l hutt there is nothing tl at so intimately affects mankind as the weather it determines what he shall wear and what he shall eat having heard so much about the shortagaf fruit this year due to weather conditions we took a walk down to the old farm yesterday to look over the prospects for apples we have been told there are more apples there than in any other orchard in the neighborhood friend mover has on excellent crop of the early apples duchess and wealthy but of the winter varieties there is not a quarter of a crop and as there wjl be no cherries plums nor pears this year our advice to housekeepers is to fill those empty fruit jars with early apples and there are none bet ter for applesauce the story of how this was brought about by the bees being kept idle by rain and cold weather when the tees were in boom la a sad one for the beekeeper as well as for au the rest of us now we are getting the weather that will determine what we are to get in the way of corn tomatoes and grapes it looks more promising here is what we had last week dau h and bala- t4mp lull tue july 17 tt wed july la 77 e tciurs july 19 80 0 job fyi july 30 a n sat july 21 81 eo jo sun july 23 si 83 mod july 23 80 m baseball news don brill well your rambling baseball report er finally caught up with the three games played during the past week and prepared them to relate to you a double bill was held on sunday afternoon with the local boys team tacking first glen winiamo and then smith and stone the game with the qlenras a rather long affair with georgetown winning 36 to 7 the batteries were hepburnx and glbba pitching to thompeonx and haines x relieved for the visitors and harrington and norton don harr ington besides pitching a lovely game made from five times at bat five well earned runs on four walks and a hit bui bulllvant 3b fielded weu and 1hievks steal 300 and ruls in first robbery in george town this year local police investigating a series of sunday night robberies in georgetown was first reported on monday morniiiig when william mu1- lere of the o n r staff went to work at 6 30 and found that the expreaa office had been entered entry had been made by breaking two windows two pieces of express were tampered with and a cosh box belonging to scobts cartage and containing a was opened and contents stolen an attempt had been made to remove the safe from the office and a flat torry had been put on the tracks out side the office with the apparent in dent of hauling it away a paeaina train had hit bhe lorry and demolish- ed it later in the morning three further rooberles were reported batertoaj through a window the office of feder al sales 8b eng neering was rifled and about 80 to cash stolen at the do minion seed house the thieves got into the bujdlng through the cellar broke open the safe and stole 19d 1b cash and 75 in money orders and postal notes a third entry waa aa the lumber office of j b mncfcends ac son where the safe had been mow ed but was unopened about 3 ajn mrs george herrtnajw ton who was sleeping on the auo pouch a her home on guelph st heard suspicious noieea near tbatr garage she came downstairs to in vestigate and the intruders hurried away the robberies are being investigated by chief w g marshall night obn- stale mervyn robb and provincial constables r mason and engagement mr and mrs kenneth maccaakiu of gen sandneld ont announce the engagement of their eldest daughter botty isobel to mr john euwood snow son or mr and mrs john w snow or georgetown ont the mar rlage to take place in kirkhlll united church on august 4th as we go to press georgetown and brampton fire brigades are in norval wl ere they were called at 1 p m to fight a tire in norvat generat store x d post office flying officer leslie clark weds walkerton girl in london eng lawn will be seeded down in grass and blue spruce cedar and shrubs will be planted uptime to benefit from the fall rains with its natural advan tage of location and view it is hoped that the site of the llmehouse church will become one of the beauty apota of the township the marriage of flying officer les lie m dark elder son of mr and mrs mark clark of georgetown to beatrice anderson owac daughter much of the 0 mj and m w anderson of card of thanks wish to extend sincere thanks to all my friends for their kindness to sending me cards and fruit during my innw in toronto general hospttal mrs fred harrison card of thanks warrant officer horace would like to express his appreciation for parcels and cigarettes recetved during his service ov from st georges church soldiers oomforta and the legion and legion wx i aa to frtenda woo re him wltb letters and ftfto walkerton ont was solemnized at 3 30 p m saturday afternoon june 30 in one of london england s oldest and loveliest churches the chapel of the savoy the vicar of the chapel dr m bromley deny officiated at the doublering ceremony the church was beautifully decorated with flowers for the occasion the bride given in marriage by an old friend jim ross of winnipeg wore a pink suit with corsage of gardenias and larkspur and blue hat her bridesmaid was kathleen kat- tanack owac from north lancaster ontario who was in uniform squa dron leader john t mccutcheon dfc montreal pjo clark s pilot was groomsman all men of the wed ding party were in uniform following the ceremony the happy xouple held a reception for forty friends to their suite t the park lane hotel piccadilly london they left the next day for a wedding trip to scotland in his letter home to hla parents to clark mentions some of the brought home five runs out of six madras tlmea at bat by virtue of four walks uiu au- also one error jhn haines to my two brothers will and alex warren eaumation was the best all round play- in ontario and a sister mra violet for the losers john brought in one runandnsktof occasion arose aianwnilana tbompsjon o ton ib beaumont c2b glbbs sb norton 3b davison rf haines cf hilts if hepburn p boys bulllvant 2b muir lb norton c king cf brydon as sargent rf hoare 3to tennant if herrington p the secona game played with ss was a defeat for the boys to the tune of 7 to fl the game was highly con- urted and very close thrilling the crowd which numbered about 75 wu son was the winning pitcher sargent the los wilson pitched a good game besides batting out two home runs out of three times at bat jack king did fine fielding and brought in two runs on a double and a singl the line ups were boys b ulvant 2b mulr lb norton c king cf brydon p rogers ss hoare 3b tennant if w sargei t rf subs jim sargent john tyers s s herrington c presswood 2b wilson p chaplin cf clarke rf allen 3b preston ib glbbs as haines if on monday the boys again engaged s s only to beat them 27 to 4 the boys only once were trailing and at the end of the second inning the score was tied 44 after that the boys got 23 more runs and s jb 8 got none jack king starred for the boya with his neat fielding and the wielding of a mean bat which manipulated two tii pies and 1 double he got on bases s other times by 3 walks and cliff norton the catcher for the fioys caught well besides ggulng four runs on two errors and two hits cliff by the way has been appointed captain of the team george ohaplux played well on second base and pitching the latter part of the game george is an old timer at the game and is fw a real comeback the lineups were s herrington c presswood if wilson p ohaplin 3b spence 3b clark rf hill ss hilts cf boys buelvant 2b mulr lb nor ton c king cf tennant rf bry don ss herrington p hoare lb sargent rf guests at the wedding including sqdn ldr frankle bell dp c buenos aires ruth webber niagara falls helen thome ruby shaeffer from ontario dorothy russel and penny heath toronto lt jeanne o brice portland oregon and his wife mar jorle of london lt rr o bereaford san francisco formerly of the eagle squadron mr and mrs j biggs managing director of the rltz carlton hotels london and paris f0 ed traynor montreal and gnielph f o ed callander montreal fflt basil hall winnipeg f fut frank cunningham melbourne aus tralia filt lome mcbumey ed monton fjlt dick mundy man treal sqdn ildr peter loato d pc london england sgt h brayham l schriber gordon alton all of to ronto pio jack lapben long branch ont plt wylie dallen to ronto ffo howard krammp wal kerton ont f ilt ait waters p lt harry jones f lt bob thompaon all of saskatoon f0 jack daltroy montreal and mr j gtenny friend of the groom and former adjutant of s3s squadron london england prior to enlisting to the roap filt let clark was a membar of tba herald staff st georges s s picnic dawsons farm glen williams ax georges sunday school pionas was held last saturday afternoon at dawsons farm glen williams abota fifty attended to enjoy the fine i er picnic lunch and a prograi races swimming and baseball committee in charge included carpenter sunday school supertntssv dent r w prust t eaeon and h dewhurst fallowing were priaswtozwra to tea races 12 3 years margaret wlantm buss walker 4 5 yrs f harrison raw wiggins 5 6 7 yrs diane hatts- son lorraine given s qyra nhjrlaf monally marilyn warnes 8 0 yra sidney james bulie hardmao 10 ftf yrs joan harrison eileen prust it man 12 18 yrsmary monatty jbest ohaplm 15 13 yrs bulle hewitt ladles m haael arnold euasb schrag mens r prust h da consolation under 7 barbara bow man patsy given under 8 dorotfcw hlller muriel york 8 9 10 auasb ditchneld joan fldler aktb a crafts at hillgerx farm r an open meeting of the arte d crafts was held at the home mrs laj h moyer hillglit farm recently large attendance of membera at aa early date arrangementb had bead made with mr galtsklll director ol art ontario department of educatlob to speak at this meeting on hanov craft in the schools due to increased responsibility in the department mr galtsklll was unable to keep this ffs gagement and a last moment chsksja of plan was necessary mrs moyer presidents therefore opened the meeting with a greeting tq all and then read a report of tttt years work and a review of the aim of the organisation which is to rarrrf and encourage the native crafbj and arts types of weaving were pot on dsf play toys were shown later and a demonstration on the spinning given among the guests were i hers from local schools who wan pleased to tell of the worst dona to their classes a dehghtftd pwrgiyi of n by afsw mary moyer and mlaa barbara param pianist the meeting as weu aa bstos to- struotira was a most nnj ijatfiii social gathering retreahmena wm ssktad on the lawn by mary and olive moyer assisted by barbara farama and joan devries a vote of thanks waa given the hos tess from acton georgetown and stewaretown there were 13 i prerni and 18 guests the yoaasjeat guest being master peter wbfcfa ot acton age one month and itooe ii wee hla fin fttttoeppaaraime w fast k should be leea