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c v the georgetown herald wednes september 26 j 945 the georgetown herald nkw8 op obobgsfown nokvau glsn wtlxiams umkhoom tkwak1town abhqrove oalilnafad iioknby tejtsu cotta acton bkahpton mhtqn subscription rates united states and overseas 3 00 a ysar single copies 5c adtcrtlslng rates will be quoted on application telefhonf na 8 t c biehn publisher l ldcoilvray mary h bdehn editor harold davison r at the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec divlatoa of the cwj4a the editors corner used clothing can save lives more than 125 million people in liberated euro pean nations are in dire need of clothing and george town along with every other public spirited community in canada is preparing to do her bit by conducting a clothing collection next month as yet details as to where and when collection will be made have not been finally decided but it isnt too early for housewives to aort out their clothing and see what can be spared any serviceable used clothing mens wo mens or children a is acceptable 1 he late president roosevelt said last year that as many people have died from exposure due to lack of adequate clothing as have died from starvation if we can save ines by giving away our discarded suits and dresses and shoes we will have done a wonderful thint for humanity at the cost of only a little thought fulness on our parts a sports organization for georgetown a group of public spirited young men who are interested in fostering sports in georgetown have ar ranged an organization meeting in the old town hall next friday evening at 8 oclock when it is hoped to organize a committee to handle summer and winter sports among young people up to 18 years of age this summer we have seen a revival of softball and hardball in georgetown due to the good work of a few young men who have given generously of their time to organize good clean sport among the young sters it is the feeling that with the backing of a per manent organization with funds available for equip ment there is no limit to what can be done to encourage amateur sports we have one of the fines arenas in ontario and more use should be made of it to tram young hockey players we have a firstclass park with good ball diamonds some day we shall have an ath letic building where basketball swimming tumbling and other indoor sports can be participated in meanwhile such a sports organization as it is hoped to form on friday night will be laying the ground work for the future every citizen who is interested in the work is invited to be on hand and assist in the work of sports promotion welcome home it is a happy task these weeks to report the ar rivals home of so many of our men and women in uni form from service overseas particularly when we know they are home for keeps and not entraining for further clangers in the pacific we have tried as our small contribution to let ting them know we are glad to see them back to give each returning serviceman a personal item m our wel come home column a i lerald feature which will be continued until everyone of them is safe home again in this connection friends and relators can l of much assistance in advising us writi their ser icemen are re turning army public relations in toronto have been vtry obliging in sending lists of returning georgetown and gltii v ilhums soldiers but sometimes i name is missed no such strvict is provided by tht navy and air force and occasionally a man is home for some time before we hear of it ill you help out by notifying us immediately you have definite word of your map coming home an important meeting nt xt monday evening octolx r 1st should be marked on tht calendar of every george own ratepayer for it is the night of a public meeting in the gregory theatre to discuss the proposed sewage installation the ontario sanitary engi fer the survey engineer and the medical officer of health will be on hand to discuss all angies of the system answer questions and help ratepayers on any phase of the probh m with which they wish to become familiar dr williams in a series of letters to the press has covered most of the ground work for he discussion deriving his material from the engineer s report the sewage s stem vvill be one of the heaviest expenditures which has eer faced the tovwi being in the neighbourhood of two hundred thousand dollars plus carrying charges it is something which wc can not lightly enter into nor i i something which we can brush aside with the comment oo expensive it is a case where taxpayers muit balance the advantages a the cost decide whether cost is the minor or tnajor factor and act accordingly tbe meeting monday night should be of inter drumhead service celebrates victory here is a view of the drumhead service celebrated victory the morning alter y- j day attended this impressive service georgetown park which l large crowd of cdusens est to every resident taxpayers because a sewage system will be a direct expense to them tenants be cause though they have no vote on the bylaw the- are indirect taxpayers and as such have every right to make themselves heard we anticipate a full house and a lively dis cussion see you at the meeting main street brightens up this past year has seen a face lifting on geor getowns main street which makes the shopping dis trict much more attractive practically every building has been painted and all empty stores with one excep tion are now tenanted some merchants have install ed fluorescent lighting in their stores and display win dows an innovation which we feel will eventually dis place present methods of lighting both in stores and homes the new store front in blue and yellow on goodlet s economy hardware is a particularly bright spo on lower main street and catches the eye as one comes up the post office hill we hope that those rural subscribers who have not made it a practice to shop in georgetown will come to town some saturday night and enjoy shopping in our upto date s ores already christmas stocks are be ginning to arrive and this year it s the wise buyer who does his christmas shopping early how are your headlights we have sealed beam conversion umts for i older model cars take the strain off night driving see us first pattersons garage no 7 highway sihrercreek hffl ask for gutta percha tires if jout a tire purchase pe mil use it wisely more and more canadian motorists are asking for gotta perch urea bmlt for long lowcost mileage by the largest so canadian rubber company see scotts garage phone 161 georgetown ontario georgetown your shopping centre your georgetown butchers ask shoppers to co operate fullv during the period of meat rationing made necessary to help feed liberated europe bu wisely save meat georgetown board of trade retail division brigadier wallace new managingdirector an important addition to the offic ial family of smith fe stone was made recently with the appointment of brig adier fv c wallace dso m q aa man director brigadier wallace who served with the royal irish rifles during world war 1 and later joined the royal artillery was actively engaged in man ufacturing in northern ireland sgtne twenty years for several yean prior to the break of use pres war he was ire in training a new antltaut regiment in northern ireland regiment under tramgn to prance in 1939 brigadier wa had valuable experience wkh the eration of the new radar equip which was used for the first ti conjunction with antlalrormllt control he went through all campaign in flanders was serlo wounded at dunkirk but fortune was evacuated safely to england in september 1940 brigadier ace accompanied the british m3s sent to the u 8 to release the of radar to american officials he then attached to the general g ana was loaned to the search council where he was slble for the organisation and of the radio group with research enterprises the production of radar brigadier wallaces association this crown company was natural after his appointment as dent in charge of production h large share in the great work daot- tbls company when turbo beset limited was set up to carry on i connected wlthjet propulsion he appointed vicepresident and decs manager directory f r watson do ilda or clifford red hda dja nan 410 ow a p kaowaj and aued stniira iimmm phono uv or 1 mewmn monuments mtriamn and utmon pollock ingham halt inspect oar vork tn qrenraood leroy dale kc m sybil bennett ba bnun ml souctun 1clu street oeoraetovn ftjooo xt langdon aybwottfa nameten bebdtan aad netarlea pabbe oeorsetoaro r uaclntjre ajlrwurtn ai nn itetnn men to loan onmr theatre a mb at phone 88 qeoraetoam cooper bids phone 215 aetata j a willoughby head ofpioc koacsno im toon street ajxearea large end oldest in ojaida titihmtiorl fortj teem ooneolt onr aettae otty iejjali j moot lor that bone kl hat cat nielsen the chrohmctobv dnialea tkrtvfct bat tear af or s e magwo0o at hub and am oakvuxe monument worin radio repairing we specialize m this work yaare tn m j sanfordson eaxwarrowk frank fetch 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