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the georgetown herald wednesday november 21st 1945 2 00 per annum 5c a copy train accident takes life of well known army man pick eight more winners at douglas woods and second lions amateur doris mclellan wed show in knox church it wis with heavy hearts that a folk learned last morning of the v9c death of one ol their bestknowncluiens obm- wlulam carney mr carneys body jn lotmd on the cnr tracks vest of the station at 335 ulby i thompson taakemancterpsbin freight train it lshbttcd thsthe had been kflled by a freight train ptiftig through sometkne earner duetji wiui instantaneous from severe head injuries and the loss of his left arm and leg adm m lancashire england fifty is ago mr carney came to george town from philadelphia some sixteen yean ago during the last war he fought wtth the imperials emlgrat- tag to the states after the war he tm mymfrt of the ttt sec tion of the local legion branch he enlisted with the 1st battalion lone soots at the outbreak of this war and when the legtanent wont overseas m 194l he was taken on tie a- t staff at georgetown armouries which position he held at the time of his when the tragedy was discovered on naliiulij nwndug local police ware immediately notified and chief w q m sod night constable mervyn boob hurried to the scana dr scoaillster local doctor for the rafl- toad was called but could do nothing asdeath had occurred some time pre- ttou an autopsy was performed on saturday by dr dcadman ptofinrial pathologist of hamilton and an in- gjuest win be held this week followed by am army court of inquiry invest aatlnne into the accident have been carried on by local police assisted by provincial constables mason and i was celebrated by his pastor ber ft t j morgan at hob oron roman catholic church latiulsj morning at 10 oclock ber fr j i mcbrtde of hamilton a for mer pastor preached the sermon it was a fan mltttary funeral att by a 4ir of the lome scots nndar lt j m mcdonald of acton a platoon of the high school cadets sad fallow members of the canadian legion a firing party of the lome scots gam the salute at the graveside ha greenwood cemetery and the last post was sounded by bandsman char les landsborough of acton pall bearers were she members of the lome boots a t staff bglmajors ed seal j timi sl island h wright and taylor and sgt wilkin son relatives from montreal and toronto attended the funeral surviving are his wife and two eons james and philip to whom communal sympathy is ext b tnetr shock ing bereavements be also leaves three sisters mrs phfflp lyons philadel phia pa mrs duncan buckles new port hi and mrs mary frost in bngitmt nd a brother daniel in the weather by h l hutt winter is gradually closing in on us that sero oow wave in the far west has now reached winnipeg and north and east of us winter has already set it keeps all on the alert to be ready for it farmers are trying bard to get that final furrow turned coal bins are being filled fly screens are being replaced with storm sash and double doors tender plants in the garden protected against severe trees lug then there comes to mtnd those touching lines of the unknown post or was it shakespeare who wrote the frosty nights have come again and at this tune of year those single guys who steep alone prance around upon their ear they turn the bedding quickly back and then they tumble in roll up into a little lump their knees op to their chin and then are heard to say just loud enough to hear by george this thing has got to stop before another year here are those ehluy figures- date eu1l ban nop ian turn not u 88 48 wed nov 14 i 48 38 hum not is 40 m mo not 18 48 m sat not it 48 41 w sun not 18 47 81 man nor u 43 80 school nurse speaks at womens group meeting mtss chant school nurse for george town acton and moton was gt speaker at the monthly mee of the local council of women held on fri day november 17th in the municipal buudmg she gave an tntereaung and detailed account of her work among the school children which have far- raactung results which cannot f ladles were present at the meeting which was opened by the president wtth silent prayer the treasurer reported s good lmly on hand and a donation of ib was voted to the poppy fund the pres reported that the recent national clothing collection had been a decided i an enthusiastic audience greeted the second lions amateur night in the gregory theatre on monday to see first rate variety show lkm j d kelly was chairman and jack thompson was masterof ceremonies while lren m may and alf sutton accompanied the musical num bers judges were gordon vivian manager of buttonvule park stan fay president of the lome soots d and cecil ohmn brampton photographer a pleasant interlude of entertainment was provided by ger trude cain and harry bale at the end of the show while the judges were making their decision winners of the second contest were junior jprancea caruso brampton song and dance kralonne tap donna burrows brampton tap skit ye nights of ye square table writ ten and produced by pupils of oja 8th grade lome mcbrlde hugo tapp alfred spence bfily macoormsck al bert carter and bill hewitt senior jean blair vocal joe mar tin bones hugo tapp piano sato eleanor smith sklping rope tap other entrants were junior basel held brampton tap george mcolure cornet solo doreen hornby tap leona conn tap betty orelg brampton softshoe tap pauline tyers piano solo senior john rackeu oldtime fid- ier dan joe and jim norton in- ctrumsntalr marlon hepburn and ken harrison piano duet vera moore brampton military tap bat skipping rope tap with eight winner plotted tn previous mondays contest the oessful acts will appear in the final show next monday night when prises totalling are offered by the lions club to the winning contestants it was moved that a letter be sent to the town oounofl- asking why the curfew ben was not being used mrs paul reminded the members of the provincial convention in toronto on nov 37th and 2tth and urged as many members as posrible to attend the nominating committee was ask ed to bring their report to the next meeting tn january druggists father dies saitlt ste marie podowmg an illness of several w j macoormsck died at his home in sault st marie last thursday november lth he was wellknown in georgetown where he had vlatted several times with his son b v mac- mack the lata mr meooonnaok who was in his 77th year was promin ent in masonic and dramatic onxtes in the soo he is survived by a fa mily of three sons and these daaah- ters mrs j p ritchie of ayr friends in town test week council to ask permission to issue sewage debenures monday november 16th the town council held a statutory meeting prior to nomination day to deal with any unfinished business they were informed that the neces sary papers had been sent to ottawa asking for permission to purchase s new half ton truck probably the most important matter dealt with was the passing of a mo tion requesting that a bylaw be pre pared asking permission of the board of municipal affairs to issue deben tures when necessary for the sewage system this motion followed the reading of the mandate order from the department of health instructing the corporation to proceed with the sew age system at the earliest possible date the bylaw wfll require first and second readings before lt is pre sented to the department for their approval and a third reading by the council after una has been done reeve macdonald reported that ar rangements were being made by the county council to welcome home the lome soots regiment when they ar rive as a unit at brampton early next month mayor cleave said be hoped that the council could attend in a body earlier m the evening a court of revision met but as there were no complaints against the ims assessment they merely met and adjourned winb ssm victory bond arable lewr recently discharged from the army after service overseas and e st provincial paper re- osfved s great thrill this mornmg when he received a letter informing bk ttat ha had m 8800 victory lattt tfekat on she bond when bo dapot lojrtsjpnhsa ft rev h leighpink appointed rector of hornby parish the rev h leighpink l th who far the past year has been rector of the anglican parish of shanty bay out on the north shore of lake slmcoe has accepted appointment rector of the parish of hornby com prising the anglican churches hornby norval and stewarttown and will commence his new duties on ad vent sunday december 2nd the new rector of hornby was two years 14844 editortoobief of the canadian churchman an ang lican church weekly newspaper hi has served previously as rector of em manuel church hanlana point to ronto and as curate of the church of the resurrection toronto in ipo at the request of the bishop of al- goma he founded from scratch a complete anglican mission parish at the wartime boom town of nobel then a munitions centre crowded with afioo war workers of the nobel dil pasnt a young man tn the thirties he is s licentiate of theology is married sod has one child th marriage of doris marporle mc lellan eldest daughter of mr and mrs herman mclellan of george town and douglas george woods son of mrs r woods and the late mr woods of westmount quebec was solemnized in knox presbyterian church on saturday november 17th rev o c cochrane performed the doublering ceremony and mr ken neth harrison played the wedding music given in marriage by her father the bride was attired in a floor length gown of white net- over satin with matching veil red roses formed her bouquet miss muriel melellan who attended her suiter as bridesmaid was dressed in a floor length blue sheer with matching fingertip veil and carried a bouquet of v pink car nations mr douglas thctfnpson was best man and the ushers were wesley mclellan and james dodds brother and cousin of the bride after the ceremony a reception was held in the oddfellows hall the brides mother was dressed in blue crepe with black accessories and the grooms mother wore grey crepe with black accessories tacti bad a corsage of pink loess the couple loft for in buffalo and other points the bride travelling in blue cthlffon velvet with brocaded top and a blue topcoat with black accessories on their return they will take up residence in george town fall fair board pays over 1200 in prized money csm david bowman thos j brownridge present- 1 ed with servicejltploma awarded lvjjlitary medal i the directors of the esqueslng agri- word has just cultural society met tn the municipal i as we go to reached us of the award of the mili tary medal to osm david bowman and we offer our congratulations to one of georgetown s distinguished sol- dters formeb district boy with us pacific forces november meeting lode the regent mrs i j ball presided at the november meeting of the lo del countess of tsxathmore chapter held in the legion hall on monday night following the minutes and the secretarys and treasurers reports a report was given on the bridge party books were sent to the library of the northern school and each pupil will receive a pair of mittens and a game for christmas donations were made to the high school for a prise of k and 5j00 to each of the following lucy mor rison fund national m sec ond war fund and the bursary fund two new members were welcomed into the chapter mrs r jones and mrs calvin clark hostesses for the evening were mrs r salter mrs ivan bay and miss helen macdonald welcome home igcsl clifford davfawn arriving in toronto tonight aftar canasmg from tngund on the quean elisabeth is ljopl clifford davison son of mr and mrs wm h davison of glen williams cliff enlisted with the lome scots tn 1041 and trained at brentford and terrace bj3 be fore going overseas in may um3 he was transferred to the essex scottish and later to the signal corps with which he has served in prance bel gium holland and germany he was formrly employed at glen textile industries ltd mr john nlckell of limehouse has brought us word of tus grandson jack wno is a quartermaster with the am erican farces in the pacific jack whose father mr james nlckell lives pontiac michigan lived in ballln- afad and geeorgetown until he was fifteen and attended high school here in town in a letter written on sep tember aoth he was at sea and ex pected to dock in the philippines the next day he says we left san diego california on january 9th and sailed for pearl har bour hawaii where we stayed for shr weeks then we sailed to entwetok atou in the marshall islands and from there to satpan then we went and arrived at okinawa on in vasion day for the next 78 days we carried cargo into the beaches were at general quarters most of the thne many of those days were ra ther hectic but we were lucky enough to com through without any of our crew getting hurt or snip damaged alter oar job at okinawa was fin we went to the phmppmes to san pedro bay leyte there we had a lot of work done to our whip and were rerovlslonedj for a long ses trip we sailed southeast across the equator past the north shore of new guinea new britain and down to guadalcanal in the solomon is- we were at tulagl guadal canal the russell islands and on our way back with our load we stopped in at manus island in the admiralty group from there we went back to the philippines thence to ajpan and to morrow we will be back m the philip pines if this tub can stand the beat ing the sea is giving ft today maybe this is a birthday spanking for it was a year ago today we commissioned her in charleston no building on saturday evening presi dent orals held presided a number of item arising since the 1946 show resulted in the meeting be ing called first on the agenda was the matter of partly reimbursing mr w wright for three pigs which wen overcome by the intense heat of falc days while the society held no re sponsibility in the incident the dir ectors felt it would be a fine gesture on the part of the society to at least partially help mr wright hi his loss the pigs were valued at kbsjdo and the society agreed to donate half of this amount 30 to mr wright while this years fair was one of the best ever staged in townt trie gats receipt were not increased over the 1944 gate sufficiently to take care of the large prise money paid and other 1 expenses to give the society a eetsyw over on the years business however lt was felt that while the society broke about even financially dap could be wen proud of the show and it would gam ha popularity another year over twelve hundred dollars was expended in prise money and for taw benefit of the public a breakdown at the classes is reported there were over one hundred exbsbttors not in cluding the many fine exbjmgs from nine rural and local schools cattle poultry grain and vegetables etc ladles work etc school children 470s aua 10810 tsr ray barley arriving home monday night after crossing on the aircraft carrier pun cher was tpr ray barley one of four brothers who have served with the army overseas son of mr and mrs dean barley be enusted tn 194s trained at yarmouth njb brampton and camp borden before going over seas with the tank corps in august 1944 he has been in france belgium and hol an employee of smith it stone he is married to the fanner mary arnold and they have a daugh ter sharon his brother brock srrtr- ed in lindsay tonight from the queen elisabeth and two other brothers gordon and bruce returned some tm ago and are both now discharged from the henry barrsrv bwmftoff nonagenerian dos one of peel oountrs oldest da wns psssed away on november mh in the person of henry barrett at bjs home first line west o in his 97th year he was born tn horn by and bad ured practically an his ef e on the family homestead 8or- ttvtog are four sons walter barry and david of fe and saabsrt of vsmomr and ctoitfxtvldes gar brs returning home to lindsay after crossing from england on the queen elisabeth was a former georgetown boy gnr brock hsrley son of mr and mrs dean barley john street an e of the undsay orsssn- ery he enlbrted wtth the 46th m battery roa tn the summer of 19ez and went o the following year his daughter judy was born tn sep tember ims just a week after he dsd landed m gtftd mrs harlej is the former diane perrott who nred in brsmptonsome years ago when her father was bandmaster of the lome scots jjand lao lloyd boyd who has been sta tionad for some time wtth the bo in labrador baa bean lisialsiiail to lions plan tor annual christmas tree with the christmas season coming near ge lions club st their dinner meeting on monday night made plans for the anntial christmas tree which will be held this year on sat urday december 23nd a committee composed of lions r llcata ab tost g l mcouvray and d brill are to charge of arrangements it was also proposed that a scholar ship be given yearly to the outstand ing entrance class graduate at the public school the education com mittee will look into this and at the same time make a survey of awards at the high school to see if any ad ditional prizes might be offered there the club is also interested in en tering a contestant in a high school oratorical contest being sponsored in the zone by the lions clubs and the education committee win deal with this matter following the meeting the members adjourned to the oregary theatre to attend the second night of the ama teur shows being s by lbs club card of thanks it is with deepest appreciation that we express our thanks for the many many kindnesses extended to us m our sudden bereavemwnt the mass cards flowers and cards of sympathy from neighbours and friends officers njo os and men of the lome scots high school oadets and the legion were sincerely appreciated many thunkw also to ft morgan fr mcbrtde and the choir of holy oro mrs william carney and family rev asthtjr maooujcm rubsachkr at kt ububmsbta anniversary services capacity congregations attended the 9srd anniversary services of bv geor- i church of tgiaii jut ff a ge old boy rev arthur moooilum bjx of york mhu wis special preacher for boa and he was ssststed by 1 rector ven w o o thompson rev mccaqum recalled the days when he worshipped ss a boy in st and spoke of former rectors who had influenced htm and enc him to follow the can of the i special choral music nndar the di rection of w f bradley wtth mrs bradley at the organ lent bsaoty to the service pjsgt oeorge walker who served in canada and sssi wtth the boat we are pleased to learn that mrs samtennant is pr favour ably from an illness and wul soon be able to be around again s1x1196 the above statement does not lav elude prfase money paid for race bones or to the boys swine club or oof competition it was reported at the wanung that the results of the husking corn com petition would soon be i on behalf of the society g mcouvray presented mr thos jl browmidge with a certificate of merit for valuable service i the society down through the yet mr brownridge la a past and present director of the this certificate is given by the dept of agriculture ah branch and mr brownrldae is to hs congratulated on receiving thai ss tiflcste and for ms many years of fcv terest in georgetown fair borne centred around tb 1948 fair which wm be the one boa dredth snnlverssry of the bsonesbsb agricultural society it is hoped tbsj a nigger and better show can be stag ed next year on this tmrasjffiy anl the directors ask the cooperation at any one interested m the fair to lead then- help to plan for tttts treat evaafc tn the history of the society plans are being considered to hold n dance in the near future gps principal vicepresident of halton teachers federation c wrigglesworth principal of georgetown public school wa elect vicepresident of the halton pub- school teachers at the nfi convention of the group which was held in the court house milton last month other officers are honorary president j m denyes xvjronto inspector l l skuce ba b paed mbton president r a hopkins bronte secretary miss m s gemmeuv milton tressurerf v brown moton executive miss n jardtne esques ing mrs e mcdoweu nasssgaweya i f meares nelson mns m wil lis trafalgar and the principals of graded schools a full days program included such highlights ss the inspectors period which welcomed back mr l l skuce who has returned after s years change at ottawa normal school the showing of visual aid films by b 8 heathetington projectionist and field man for jh t agriculture snd an explanation of the rural health service by miss r sut- euffe rjt at the noonhour banquet a tation was made to miss oeorgma young who retired from the george town staff this year a moment of sflsnee was ofaosuiid in memory of plying ofbosr donald mecnabb who paid the supreme sacri floe hrthe war during toe period williams elwood smythe s a u vera meares womens division nasssgaweya 8 s 3 nrfm alas nabb 8 a 3 terrance burt 8 n john honinger 8 8 6 ortariea bbs- ers s s s martin ttssseij trafalgar a s 3 marlon brand acton francis dqls division oarot s- burlington- claude mlgtrw muton anan mcoadum oskyffle ohnrad ctawfojd neth prueter arthur v wellknown it is with deep regret that bar maay friends tn george leaned of lbs passing of ltrnan eqeen betd as bgf to servtos sad ii back noma in oeoraa wednesday november itth foaswln an mnees of three jftw dmsjbba of mr and mrs walter at bssd of thw town she was bom ta wagers fa yean ago and had resided cava safe of her we a nfsoe of dr and lata gaaaaas raid of oeorrsown aba bad apsaa considerable tana beta ta the peg few years and bad been wtth them tn boys of st oeorges oaaxob b bar parents eba aw sister mrs james leoaon of on the lake and three amttswaae nou of 6s orthethiav omtatf aaal george of stjaaaxa on om labs item ws ware ban fnai too 1 on bettoron fa bt saarka f was