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r y the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday october 31 1946 52 00 per annum 5c a copy welcome home pte walter branj arriving home last week end stun overseas on the queen elizabeth was pte walter brandford son of mr and jin j brantford an employee of the alliance paper mills pte brand- ford enlisted and went overseas with the lome scota to june 1941 and has been in north africa italy and hol land overseas slnoe december 1940 pte thomas rayner came home on the quean elizabeth he was the second member of the family to return to the post week his brother bob having ar rived on the lie de france e bay- mr enlisted at ouelph with the art artillery in june 1940 and trained at london and petaywawa before gotog overseas he has been to sicily italy belgium and holland he is one of three brothers who have served oaar- itm his brother leonard being sull m holland his fattier pte qrvml bayner also served overseas fca ttaa war from june 1941 to july 1mb with the lome scots tom was mar ried overseas to an english gtrl cat h w tate teat another of the lome scota who went overseas to june 191 cpl har old pete tost came home on the queen euzabetb he is the son of mrs albert tost and the late mr toat and baa been in baly holland and germany with the canadian for est prior to enlistment he worked in town at the provincial paper mh1 and in hamilton pte glen brlttoa returning on the queen elizabeth pte glenn brltton la back in town again with his wile the former jennie fanner and their young son glenn jr pte brltton joined the army four years ago and went over seas with the ordnance corps in april 1942 he has been in holland and qtermany son of mr and mrs william brltton of nassagaweya be ranned until the war broke out and worked at the ouspensom company in hamilton prior to enlisting pte brltton s fattier is seriously ill at uresent and it is hoped the safe arri val home of his son will help to speed his recovery 8gt w j collier one of several local men returning dn the q een elizabeth sgt bui col lier u home in georgetown with bis mother mrs j collier having return ed on sunday night a veteran of sicily italy and holland he enlisted and went tmrsuaa with the lome scota in june 1941 bui was noted in district sport circles as a long dis tance runner and while overseas be participated to several track m and was presented on one occasion with a trophy by general orerar he worked at smith stone before en listing his brother pte godfrey collier is with the army of occupation in germany amateur show to be presented by lions club tyler ritchie wedding in knox cinjkcii a few years ago amateur were a popular attraction in ontario and the georgetown lions club is bringing them back to georgetown next month with threenight pro gramme planned a the gregory theatre entry forms for the contest can be obtained at any of the three drug stores at the herald office or from lions jack armstrong and charlie willson who are in charge of ar rangements for the contests two elimination contests will be held on monday nov 12th and monday nov 19th with a final contest on monday nov 26th to pick thtt winners there are two classes senior and junior 12 and onder and six contestants from each class will be chosen to appear to lhe finals prise money is a w6 10 and 10 and 10 s and 3 to the two classes the programme will offer worthwhile entertainment as well as giving a boost to local talent and chance to cash to on some of the prize money judging from the success of gertrude cains spring revue we an ticipate that the theatre will be pack ed on each of the three nights and you are advised to get your ticket early from one of the members all p- ceeda from the entertainment will be used for child welfare work baskets of pink and white chiysan ihemums formed an attractive setting shows inocnox presbyterian church on sat pte k w kb home from overseas on the queen euaabem pte k w jimmy ktog arrived to ge on sunday he is one of two sons of mrs clara ktog queen street who served in the army overseas his brother qms bui km came heme a month ago pte king ennsted in april 1942 with the lome soots went oversea in may 194 and joined the banc scottish shortly af terwards to prance where he parttcl- pated to some of the tough fig on that front before enlisting he was employed in the bakellte department at smith ac stoney lac lewis h arriving to toronto on monday from the queen eli wee lao ljwis humberatone who baa been overseas with the rgaf since aprt 1943 before enlisting to 1941 be was employed with the john inglls co to toronto and prior to that worked in town at smith 6c stone he has been engaged in radar work in ei and scotland since gotog overseas lewis is the son of mrs t a rurnberstone who moved to toronto from george town a couple of years ago pte joe narua pte joe norton son of mr and mia l j norton of glen williams arrlv- home on sunday after crossing from england on the queen elisabeth in the army since 1942 he trained at brantford petawawa and on the west coast and on proceeding overseas to 1944 was transferred to the irish re giment he has served to holland belgium and germany prior to en listment he was employed with glen textile industries ltd pte norton is married to the former delia poole and they have one son wayne rte ran kaas returning on the queen elizabeth with the toronto sootttfi regiment was pte perc kin one of two sons of mrs frank king who have served overseas his brother pte gordon king is still overseas he ennsted m april 1942 and after trsmtae at brantford niagara and to british co lumbia went overseas to june 1943 he has served in france belgium hol land and germany before enlisting he was employed with saxe motors pte king is married to the former elsie bullock ashgrove there was a large attendance at the watermelon social bald under the auspice of the ypu at the home of mrs george wtogneld on monday oct 22nd games and contests were enjoyed during the evening and a de licious lunoh was served at the close the regular meeting of the ypu was held sunday evening oct 27th in the sunday school room the pro gram was under the leadership of betty ruddell missionary convener and viola brlgden and jessie wmg- tteld had charge of the worship period mrs john hunter gave a timely read- ing on young peoples work and a very interesting topic the influence of missions down through the years was given by isabel coyne the presby- terlal yftj rally will be held to ac ton nov 9th the 86th anniversary of ashgrove church will be observed next sunday nov 4th witti services at 11 am and 730 p m with the new minister rev fred alnsworth to charge special music will be given by the choir with mr hartley anderson of milton as sisting an urday october 27th for the double ring wedding ceremony of margarc agnes ritchie and charles alfred ty- acton solemnized by the rev cochrane mr kenneth har rion played- the wedding music and edward whitty of toronto sang be cause during the signing of the regls- the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs john b ritchie and the groom son of the late mr and mrs e tyler acton given in marriage by her father the bride was gowned in white satin her fingertip veil fall ing from a coronet of red roses and bouvardla miss helen ritchie state of the bride was maid of honour dressed to rose faconne with match ing headdress and carried a colonial bouquet of roses another sister miss beta ritchie and miss doris gregory woodstock niece of the bride were bridesmaids dressed to nir gowns of pink nd blue taffeta with match ing colored headdresses and also car ried colonial bouquets of roses pri vate matt tyler brother of the groom was best man the ushers were staff sergeant bill ritchie brother of the bride arm private tony stapleton brotherinlaw of the groom the re ception was bald to the sunday sobool room with the brides mother recerr tog dressed to a violet crepe dress with black accessories and a corsage or cream roses mrs tony stapleton sister of the groom also received dressed in black crepe with matching accessories and a corsage of red roses later the bride and groom left on a motor trip the bride travelling in a lime green suit with brown accessories and brown top coat on their return mr and mra tyler will reside in georgetown victory loan sales total 220000 at halfwayjmark the weather by h l hutt it is nat only surprising but amus ing the variety of terms we call old dame weather according as she pleases or displeases us and this past week she has been called the whole bunch ol them when it was cold she was beastly awiulj tionible and when it warmed up yesterday mon day to an all time record of 06 here and 70 at toronto for that date she was caljedflne superitoe beau- iful lovely nevertheless she has changed the whole face of nature during the last couple of weeks from the beauttful leafy green of summer to the sere and yellow of autumn and the fallen leaf of winter and what a crime for us thoughtless humans to burn vb fallen leaves if composted they turn to mother earth in the form of leaf mould and reappear in luxuriant areen leaves or beautifully ooiored to weii well those are the facts here the figures that go with them for the past week date h and l rato- temp fau tues oct 21 41 9j wed oct 24 41 30 tratt thura oct xu bt 32 fri oct 20 40 38 jw sat oct 21 40 10 bun oct 26 40 mon at v 00 jl sales to the 9th victory loan total 120 000 according to figures released this morning from local headquarters objective in the campaign which a another week and a halt to ran is 385000 and georgetown is keeping np splendid record established to past loans all indications point to a heavy oversubscription salesmen for the loan are howard may george c brown freeman ker- w h clegg w a wilson j arnott early and russell flreatme- the loan committee is substanuad the same as in the last loan wrf bradley and l e fleck heading it mm joint chairmen with ralph robs hon orary chairman r b fouus payroll e v macoormack and leroy bala canvass clarence bain and sid silver publicity and thos bason jr secre tary mrs el duncan is again ax charge of the victory loan office a the wat bmums- thls will be the only victory loan t the next twelve months and special emphasis is being placed on instal ment buying to encourage yeaxroand savings bv instalment i umehouse little blllie sanford celebrated ms third birthday with a party at his home on thursday afternoon oct 20 guests included margaret eleanor and anna spltzer kathleen and doro thy kirkpatrick judith johnson marie laird patsy scott gloria lati mer kay norton and bert benton mrs smethurst is visiting friends in toronto for a few days mr and mrs w i newton and mrs sutherland of barrie visited over the week end with mr and mrs j n newton pte jack fox of the irish regt of canada arrived home from overseas on sunday after seeing service in italy and western europe n mrs r lane mrs harvey norton landmark has disappeared j and kay spent the week end in to- pte j e rax hornby among recent visitors to our com munlty and homes were rev a o w and mrs foreman of ballinarad mr william and mrs kent mrs and mss munn of toronto and mr horatio and mr john brain of buffalo who visited with their cousins mr arth tr ahd mr foster brain rev mr lowe of brantford is to be the guest minister at the morning service l st stephen s angllia nov ath you 11 among the many georgetown men who returned home on the queen eltaabeth was pte jack pox who has been overseas since september 1943 pte fox enlisted in january 1941 and was on the staff of newmarket camp church on sunday before going overseas with the irish i be in time for this service if you sr- reglment he has been in italy bel- riv before eleven o clock there t glum and holland during a furlough ln no regular minister of this chur h lano solos sgt major john murray he was able to visit his parents mr i al present supplies are being arrange interviewed the guests of honour who and mrs william fox in mullavllly f e sundaj i were cpl jean tennant pte flta ireland before enlisting he was em- i ttie bethel united church young i dcvrles fit sgt gilbert hunt c3m ployed with the alliance paper i peoples union held a croklnole paity i kenneth murray acs roy smith pte pte fox is married to the former to the basement of their ohurcb on donald taylor pte bernard tennant bertha anthony and they have one friday october 26th with flftj young and pte win tennant after the po from ashgrove corner stoce davidson has taken down his old ser vice station however he is to be congratulated on the new building he has put up to take its place stewarttown a social evening was held to the stewarttown school house on friday evening oct 26th for the boys and girls who have returned from active service the programme consisted of tap dances by misses eleanor smith bvalonne smith and norma murray mrs cromar gave two interesting rea dings and donald lawson played two son billy sft james schofleld sgt james schofleld son of mr and mrs ellis schofleld returned heme on the queen elizabeth last week end overseas since 1941 he has served in sicily italy france germany bel gium and holland as a member of the saskatchewan light infantry sgt schofleld was married last summer to miss joyce frost of denehurst patcham who will be coming to can- ad to join her husband as soon as arranged csm c p davtes peoph present prizes were gten ard refreshments served at the close on thjb same eening the hornby youog people s association held a dance to the orange hall with fishers orenes- tra in attendance the hornby young peoples union of the united church is planning a reorganization meeting for november 9th at the parsonage the time is set for 830 pn and all young people of the community are imlted to attend and help make it a success the womans auxiliary of st step hen s anglican church met at the home of mrs poster brain on tues day october 23rd with the president mrs wilfred thompson in the chair the secretarytreasurer mrs mark bussell read the minutes of thenre- vtous meeting after which various gramme lunch was served by the lad ies of the committee a good time v as had by all rooto mr and mrs leslie campbell and blllie of hamilton mr and mrs stan ley norton and barbara of acton visi ted mr and mrs a w norton ot sunday lc cpl walter nobjtinoton weds in belgium a wevldlng of interest to his friends in georgetown took place in the par iih church at waarschoot belgium at 10 a m last thursday otoober 23th v en lc cpl walter norrington was married to miss marguerite putman of that town the groom is a son of mr ind mrs arthur norrington ol dun- das vho operated what is now longs confectionery before moving to dun- das a few years ago at time of enlistment with the ar gle and southern highlanders lc cpl norrington was working in milton he was stationed with canadian troops in jamaica for sometime before going to europe returning to canada on the he de m fpr ltd fa njwl in tb lom 1 h bcoto in 1041 nd tnuned t u tast t s cout ounp bontan ml the m noru ontario the clodng n- and a social half hour the next meet ing will be held at the home 3l mrs frank chlsholm on tuesday novem ber 6th the ashgrove united church anni versary is to be held next sunday nov 4th with the minister rev fred alnsworu as speaker for both mom- tog and evening ser alf and gordon brtgdent mother is sertooab sl 1943 transferred own rifles he went to prance wttfa the black watch regiment shortly af ter d day and was wounded tn holland on october lath re to england and spent several months to hospital obm davie is married to ffae former isarjorle hqta and they have tbrev ctdldran beverley charles and paul remembrance day november 11th never allow busy everyday affairs dim for a moment the memory of those who suffered and sacrificed tor us give generously for your poppy social and personal vlsl irs j- itortn town last week end mrs h mcnally mrs e mcfarland ard daughters norma and ruth of g telph were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs fred mcnally mr and mra fred green of to ronto spent the week end with mr ard mrs robert jones charles st rev c c cochrane was the preach er for anniversary services at claude presbyterian church last sunday rev a m boyle preached at knox and llmehouse churches in his ab sence harold gilmer has returned home after undergoing an operation for ap pendicitis in guelph general hospttai mrs j h wilson of ohlppawa has been visiting for a week with her par ents mr and mrs j l godfrey mr wilson was a week end visitor at the same home au revout mr and mrs c b daytoc who laft recently to make their home to vic toria bc arrived safely at their des tination october 17th they wish to send greetings to all their friends to georgetown and express regret that to many of these they were unable to say goodbye in person thy hope to keep in touch with the progress of their old hometown through the pages of the herald and they trust that any georgetown trends who may in future visit vic toria will look them up mr and mrs dayfoots friends will al so knov doubt be interested to know that they hear regularly from their sen re arthur dayfoot from chung king china where he is busy with lan guage study and getting acquainted with methods of mission work sport news nest we owe an apology to our reporter joe stamp and to the i who have followed his toterestms oot- umn this summer for falling to pub lish an excellent article be haa obs- trlbutal for this week limumtoos flf both time and space are things wiriest sometimes cannot be overcome j has gone to a lot of trouble to mat batting averages of all players an tb four softball teams as well as selaf lag the most valuable player on eada team and other interesting lufmilai hon were holding over the artfcaa till next week and know that all sport fans win be looking forward to it bishop of niagara at st georges confirmation the congregations of st georgarfe church georgetown and st albany church glen williams were honomai last sunday by the annual vtek off rt rev l w b brougbab djx bishop of niagara a class of m adults and children were confirmed of the bishop at the mommg serviob mm st georges and a class from the obsjt in the afternoon at st albania engagement notice mr and mrs h mclellan wish to announce the engagement of their eldest daughter doris marjorte to douglas george woods son of miat woods and the late mr t woods of westmounu quebec marriage to take place shortly former georgetown ministk ktautltai at annxvkbtuaiuf capacity congregations were preaaat at both services in the united chureh last sunday to hear rev s m road- house who was minister for the than methodist osturch here from 1911 to 1915 the services marked the 106 anniversary of the founding of tm church the choir under the direction of miss lynda stewart bad prepared special music for the occasion atm howard wrlgglesworth and mrs frao- ds thompson were aiwasts lion of the tribe of judasu cfa of oa ttory 1 1 of us j e wilson and muriel webster wed at st georges church in st georges church of england on saturday oct 27th ven woo thompson united to marriage mmial enid webster daughter of mis m webster and the late robert webster and evcett arthur wqson son of mrs wilson and the late arthur wil son the bride given in marriage by her uncle raymond webster wore white faconne over taffeta with heart shaped headdress and fingertip vefl she carried orchids and roses the attendants were the brides twin sister nadtoe in fuschia crepe and the grooms sister helena to olue crepe they wore matching feather hats and muffs john wuson brother of the groom was best man and the ushers were charles hid and omer wilson the reception was held to he le gion hall for travelling t he bride wore a brown suit with a short coat lime green blouse and scarf nnd brown accessories and a corsage of orchids you ave your life for but by your death won glory and still you are in reach in all your heavenly glory you leadeth us along gods way or righteousness so fair oh son of god forever stay and hear our earnest prayer chorus youll end all strife all storms at as for you are lord and king ro thee the world shall bend the knew to thee their homage bring though storms still rage on land 4 sea yjut might and light give cfaaar oh lord oer us thy presence be we pray that you stay near give us not foaming seas nor ttosav but living waters pure oir souls refreshed our faith through prayers our sick you in sunny lands your angels midst thieves and selfish foes such harvests rare and ltvtog our up of joyvotarflows upon your tovtoa ones you send the spirits anointing oo o lord we fmnt convrahand we pogrlnu of the son there is no secret thought nor aav tat any man can hide you see as all without within oh lord be thou our guide teach us the laws of god and thns not earthly wealth we crave t sxpose the cant of pfaarbwa oh save us from their grava youve freed as from the lrtr f death that dark mjaaarfons ns we fear no death nor fleeting bcaaaa tis darkness thence to hajbl wtth yon to manstam far the mat with angels of oor qod we there shall find both jew mma raa forever more pralsa god q0n oorwas wallecbxrw da