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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday october 10th 1945 j200 per annum 5c a copy sewage vote carres georgetown votes 71 for georgetown athletic association to be formed at a second meeting of a temporary committee last thursday night plans wre made for a father and son social to be held m toe oddfellow ball on friday october 38th at tola ban quet a tmt speaker familiar with pott organising will be present and bob qoldham georgetowns proboo key star has promised to bring along one or two of bis teammates from the maple leafs the reoekabs will serve light refreshments and accomo dation is limited to 900 so reader are advised to get their tickets early at the herald office or from a mem ber of the committee the admission charge of 75c is for adepts and school children win be admlttbd free during the evening nominations for a committee will be asked for and a rote taken to elect a permanent sports committee to be known as the geor getown athletic associstton r wimucns inhttxutk b71knu the october meeting of the george town womens institute was held on wednesday afternoon oct tod at s pjn at the home of mrs w o tie doweu with the officers mrs wm f and mrs h bailey occupying the chairs the meeting opened in the usual manner after which the minutes of the prerloas meeting were read and adop ted and the correspondence dealt with the sum of 91040 was voted to the canadian institute for the blind and several ladles volunteered to help with the national clothing collection means of raising money were die- cussed and it was decided to hold a euchre tn the loof hall on thurs day evening oct lgth the executive to be the committee responsible the oll cau was answered by naming some article made of ptastte the program committee for the day mrs amn mrtvmavl mrs a lewis and mrs r hobfaisan provided a most enjoyable yynt by the following piano solos mrs anderson of the scotch block vocal solos mrs mlehle also of the scotch block the numbers by these visitors were much appreciated miss appelbe gave a few interesting articles on current events and mrs a lewis contributed a help- ful paper on plastics after a vote of thanks to the pro gramme committee and all those tak ing part also to the hostess the meeting closed by singing the national anthem and a delicious cup of tea was served legion wa banquet returned men under the contvenership of the pre sident mrs fred bralsby the legion wa held a chicken supper for some 35 men who had returned from over seas and a number of world war x soldiers who bad served m this war with the veterans guard all members of the legion or sons legion members who had been on the wjl parcel list while away from home also present as honoured guests were six mothers whose sons had paid the supreme sacrifice and one war widow in the persons of mrs jim blah mrs adam kay mis john oliver james murphy mrs james dickinson mrs w wyue and mrs j w he bin during the evening gold brooches were presented to these ladles and mil to each of the men after the dinner dancing was enjoyed to music provided by mr and mrs mcpherson and mrs olassford arts and crafts meeting a meeting of the arts and crafts of georget was held thursday oct 4th at the home of mrs d w bax ter charles st the usual number of members lrom acton and georgetown were present the president mrs m h mover opened the meeting with a word of thanks to the committee for fall fairs special commendation was given for the attractive arrangement of the booths and the successful manner in which all arrangements were conduct ed both at brampton and george town the handicraft display was con sidered a real success and received much attention the minutes of previous meetings were read by mrs a o m bntyns secretary and a fl fw report given by mrs j b milne treasurer mrs milne also gave a report on informa tion she had obtained concerning the wptb which was most satisfactory otner matters of business were dis cussed and plans made for a display of handicraft to be held in george town in the near future several com- mlttees were appointed and the after noon ended pleasantly with tea served by the hostess assisted by mrs wal lace thompson does georgetown want a sewerage system the answer was emphatically yea when property owners and tenants went to the polls yester day to vote the vote was not a heavy one roughly half of those entitled to cast a ballot talcing advantage of their franchise but when tallied there was a seven to one majority in favour results by wards were yfc no ward 1 ward ii ward hi 122 25 237 25 183 26 542 76 welcome home robert english green gables proprietor buried in georgetown j his many friends in this district were shocked to hear of the death in coulngwood hospital on tuesday oc tober 2nd of robert emmett english a resident of glen williams for the past seven years with his wife he was wellknown as the proprietor of green gables summer hotel at wasaga beach bom in brockville 73 years ago he was the son of the late john english hr was a veteran of the spanisham erican war and bad served m the philippines and in the boxer rebellion in china he was a member of holy cross church at which requiem mass was held an thursday with rev pr v j- morgan tn charge of the service interment was in greenwood ceme tery georgetown and pallbearers were mr bert rogers and three nep hews harold dan and fred camp- bell besides his wife who was formerly nellie campbell mr english i sur vived by one daughter mrs w h gillies of kjrkland lake a brother edward of lake worth florida and two sisters mrs p r porter orillla and sister everlsta st josephs con vent toronto cakd- of thanks i would uke to thank the legion lome soots wa the beaumont par cel fund and other organisations and friends for gifts received by me dur ing service orsrseas pte john eveiv stewarttown mr douglas fisher of boiirlamaoue quebec who is studying at upper canada college spent thanksgiving week end with mr and mrs walter lawson mr bob lawson of 0ac guelph was home for the week end lcfcpl- and mrs david hodge and daughter joan of acton have been visiting with mr and mrs walter hodge mr and mrs bob harris of geor getown were visitors with mr and mrs e hodge on sunday lac roy smith returned last week lrom calgary where he has been sta tioned for more than a year he spent the week end with his family mrs bally and her son mr p r bailey of hamilton motored to scotch plains new jersey to attend the fun eral of mrs 8 c hayward mrs bellys sister mr ed bally of toronto was horns on sunday mr and mrs cash were in the vil lage on sunday the service at st johns church was cancelled owing to the harvest thanksgiving services at st stephens hornby wo t george gamer overseas for 13 months with the rcap wo2 george gilmer son of mr and mrs fred ollmer came home last week on the new amsterojam george enlisted in the sir force tn july 1041 after taking a mechanics course at gait and was stationed for some time at no 8 repair depot winnipeg he reenlisted for air crew in ims trained at toronto calgary jarvis and malton before going over seas hla wife is the former ivy han cock prior to enlistment he was em ployed with smith de stone lm cbl a n carter returning on the lie de prance last week was cpl a n nick carter who has been overseas with no 4 can adian general hospital unit since may of but year a former employee of provincial paper ltd he joined the roamc and was stationed at camp borden for three years then at sher- brooke que for ave months cpl carter is married to the former dolly francis and they have two sons frank and albert a fixtt shop mr w o young a resident of glen williams for the past year and a former employee of victory aircraft has opened a unique business place in the glen known as the flxlt shop mr young is catering to all those little odd jobs which are hard tor the average hexneowrner do to am mower repairs axe and scissors shar pening plumbing woodwork- and fur niture mending his shop is located near the post csm k another stewarttown veteran arri ved home last week in the person of csm ken murray who came back to canada with the 48th highlanders on the new amsterdam enlisting in april 1042 with the lome boots he trained at brampton niagara mag enta que and nanalmo and vernon bc before going overseas in may 1943 he was an instructor at an of ficers training school in england lor some time and has since served in prance belgium holland and ger many sfctmajor murray was marri ed overseas to the former connie lo gan of aldershot and they have a threemonthold daughter marilyn carol mrs murray hopes to join her husband in canada by christmas time ken is the son of rsm and mrs john murray and his father also served in the present war receiving his discharge from the army several months ago pte john everson one of the lome scots who went overseas in june 1941 pte john t everson son of mr and mrs william bveison glen williams came home last week on the he de france be fore enlisting he was employed with the alliance paper milt since trans ferred to the rcamc pte everson has been in england with no 33 can adian general hospital unit pie jack noble pte jack noble son of mr and mrs james noble umehooss who enlist ed with the lome scots in 1041 and went overseas with them the same year arrived home on monday after crossing the atlantic on the new amsterdam having been tewjktfsxtsd to the princess pat regiment shortly after his arrival overseas jack par ticipated in the sicilian and italian campaign as well as action on the western front in holland and ger many re is an mfajitryman prior to enlistment jack helped his father on their farm at cheltenham he was only 16 pte taylor has been overseas since june 1041 and served with the cameron highlanders prior to joining the 4fith he has been in belgium holland and germany as a despatch rider he was in two serious motorbike accidents one in england and one on the continent when he suffered injuries to both hands was formerly employed in town with the barber floral co and was work ing in port dover at time of enlist ment pte robert andrews pte robert s andrews son of mr and mrs robert andrews main st returned home with the 48th high landers on the new amsterdam he went overseas with the lome scots in june 1041 and his battle experiences extended from the campaign in sicfly to italy france belgium germany and holland met in toronto by his parents brothers sisters and several relatives a fowl dinner was served that evening st his parents borne among those present were mr and mrs gordon price and sons mr mai tin alton fred andrews and john etchells aubtton mr and mn james andrews and son georgetown mr and mrs e vout norval bars leslie robinson olen williams and mrs robert tully and son james canning- china missionary speaks at w m s thankofferins meeting the weather by h l hutt this being the week of tnanfcogtvlng we are not going to do any grouching about the excess of rain or the severi ty of our first fall frosts instead we are ready to join all and sundry to the singing of something more befit ting the occasion praise god from whom all btessinga flow following are the records for the week date h and l rain- temp fall tues oct 2 u 43 jot wed oct 3 4b thunv oct 4 6ft 27 fri oct 5 66 46 sat oct 6 82 ft sun oct 7 i 63 42 mon oct g fig 44 90 umehouse the october wx meeting was held at mrs spltaers last week with four teen attending the roll call was an swered by a way to make the pro grams more interesting more yarn was distributed far the garments for the ditty bags an appeal was made for used rwiyitpn for europe parcels to be left at the store a few articles of red cross sewing were distributed for making up mrs wright offered to hold a euchre to raise funds for overseas christmas parcels members were asked to save salvage for a col lection in the near future the motto a year to live in to gain to give in was taken by airs mrs harry brown current events were taken by mrs sanford items of interest were heard from convenors of standing committees the pubucrtj convenor mrs miller had charge of the program and read an artiol on clothing collections a contest on olrrs names was conducted which made the members do ssbbb fbesssv ing following the national anthem mrs spitxer served lunch week end and holiday visitors in cluded mr and mrs c a grant of to ronto with mra a j smethurst mrs engleby with mr and mrs cyril engleby and sgt jack watson manager of the dominion store when he enlisted and went overseas with the lome scots in 1041 sgtjj ana y mmi jack watson returned to canada with famqy with the mhueres a draft oi the hastings and prince ed- j gnner and mrs angus mcdonald ward regiment on the he de france i wltll the gisbys and mukra last week and is back in town with mr ano i arthur lane and dau- hls wife and fouryearold daughter gbters mr and mrs ted morrow and paulene who was bom after her dad went overseas sgt watson is the son of mrs watson and the late charles watson and la a member of the geor getown lions club he was through the campaign in north africa sicily and italy and has also served in prance belgium holland and ger many csm david bowman csm david bowman was among a group of local soldiers who returned home last week aboard the new am sterdam overseas since june 1041 he was originally with the lome scots and was later transferred to the saskatoon light infantry he has served in sicily italy france bel- glum germany and holland at time of enlistment he was employed with the barleykay firm in town he is married to the former edith francis and they have two children barbara and david pte donald taylor son of mr and mrs wuliain taylor water street pte donald taylor re turned home last week with the 48th highlanders on the new amsterdam rihfthg with the lome scots when pte herbert robinson returning to canada with the 4gth highlanders on the new amsterdam pte herbert robinson got home to the glen a week ago monday enlisting in april 1044 with the artillery he has been overseas since july 1044 and has served in italy france holland and belgium with the winnipeg gren adiers the western nova scots regi ment and the 48th pte robinson is the son of mr and mrs leslie ro binson of the glen and is married to the former doreen wlllett their daughter elaine was bom after he went overseas and celebrated her first birthday last week prior to enlist ment he was employed at glen tex tile industries and was a member of the lome scots reserve the tankofferlng meeting of the womans missionary society of oeot getown united church met in the au ditorium on tuesday oct 2nd at 300 pm in spite of heavy rain and high winds there was a good attendance including members of the wms from acton ashgrove norval and the gear getown bapustthureh the devotional period was taken by the ashgrove wmb mrs bellboddy read portions of scripture from isaiah miss viola brigden gsosf bless this house and mrs frank ruddell read a fine study on the then of highways mrs walter btowiuidg offered prayer a letter of appreci ation was read from mrs norm- bums acknowledging a life member ship in wms mary mover sans ttur lovely solo thongs be to god mrs a r speight announced that the op pcrtunlty sale arranged by the it on bud mission band 7080 was the sat isfactory result the guest speaker was mrs rogar self president of the dominion bosam of the wms mrs self was introduc ed by the president mrs a m niel sen her theme was 4vmg and lo- lng as tho we were one big christie family she reminded the gsiherbrdr of the mottos for the four past yean leading up to 1049 with us motto a crusade for christ missions are needed mote than aw and for that work there is great need of an in creased number of workers do we witness to young people for iiusstaaarf work do we take time td read of missions d to tell something of what we read spread the news ssv w go mr and mrs self served ast missionaries in china for several yesggc she spok of sitting in on the vari ous committees connected with th dominion board and of how one real ises what large work the wjfjs em braces and over what vast areas it in the missions tn africa about which the study book tett tbts year they are in very great need at young people to assist and be prepared for leadership in the work a ust wsst read of types of work for which teechv ers are needed covering a wide field of study missionaries expect smnto return to japan their first aim win be to live out the good sacoarltan to that country mrs self stressed the need of kindness being shown to jap anese children bom in canada they must realize that they are in a ouim tian country bach single ufe mustaa judged on its own qualifications we are a free people why cant we lows like a tree people the vote of thanks was moved by miss h a 3taunton seconded b mrs houston the meeting was dos ed by two verses of hymn 216 lord dismiss us with thy blessing read m unison a social hour and elane of toronto mr and mrs bob lane and carole and mr and mrs cedrlc cross all with mrs r lane mr and mrs w i newton of barrle with his parents messrs wm summers archie and o enjoyed hy all ken mcdonald returned home from north dakota on monday farmers there are handicapped by too much rain as they are here mr louis de groot conducted ser vices at lhnehouse fresbyteiian church on sunday seven wi ladles attended the rally held in knox church acton on thursday mr and mrs a w benton and children visited relatives in ouelph on sunday mr lane and mrs roe visited at streetsvwe on sunday tn memoeiam tracey in loving memory of driver herbert james tracey who died october 2nd 1918 some day we hope to meet again some day e know not when to clasp his hand- in the better land never to part again brer remembered by mother and brothers olen williams card of thanks csm david bowman wishes to tibsmk friends and organisations for parcels and cigarettes sent to htm while over seas also rev c c cochrane for providing transportation home from toronto upon his arrival there l glen williams r mrs leslie robinson spent the week end with relatives in vankooghnsk mustek mr and mrs william bennett spa the holiday week end in peterboro visitors at the home of mr at mrs w h beaumont over the ww end included dick beaumont ml vera beaumont mr george mont robert and brock all of toronto margot williams rn spent tba week end at her home msxgot bat recently returned from rocky moun tain house alts and is now enrolled as 1st year hon science student at university college toronto a memorial service was held on sunday afternoon in st alhaha church to honour the memory of flight sergeant lawrence beatsuat rcap who died in action over ger many in february last this j0s9f man had taken a very prominent part in both church and sunday sobool m ties and is sadly missed words of consolation sspnsssn la the- bereaved relatives by van w oj o thompson rector of st asbanx were much appreciated a large number of friends and relatives of this man attended tj erous flora tributes c e the high esteem in which deceased vm held