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the georgetown henld wednee december 19 1945 m u k a ever remembering our boys who have served with the armed forces and those who must still spend one more christmas in foreign we wish them and you a merry merry christmas five services represented at lesion initiation thursday tyers milk products phone 162 georgetown whitmees taxi prompt sehvice heated cabs 24jhojjb service ray whitmee phone 241 m more vmwim ma femfa luki of brueh 1m dance and enter tainment pnrue ony btenlng at ifla hah boosting the growing ranks of branch 120 canadian legion 30 new members were initiated unto the branch at a oexempny last thursday evening m the local legion hall t p grieve was in charge of the initi ation ceremony and acted as cergeant- atanou assisting him were deputy zone commander fred mccartney as acting president harry savings as past president and herb barlow 1st vicepresident charles davis and henry preston standardbearers alex taylor junes murphy and charles parton who explained the legion emblems to the initiate a unique feature of the ceremony was that the group of newcomers rep- presented five of the six canadian services in the past war and as rep resentative of these were lop jean tennnt owao wren sarah bllck csm fred tost army petty officer boy preston bcnvr and lac alva orieve roaf w e nodwell secre tary of the board of trade was on hand to take a ploture of this group with a view to incorporating it in a planned advertising booklet for geor getown the admittance of two flew lady members makes a total of four now in the brooch mrs t p orieve and mrs w mendbam already being members the grieve family also has tee dis tinction of being the only father mo ther and son combination in the branch mr and mrs orieve are both charter members of the branch miss tennant is the fourth of her fa mily to join the legion her father mr sam tennant and brothers bill and bernard all being members president s p chapman spoke a few words of welcome to tine new members and welcomed them to the irttfnrartitihjp n thebrnch col g b s cousens also had some an nouncements to make concerning plans for welcoming home the lome scots tills week and said arrangements had been made to provide transpor tation to brampton for the big day adding to newcomers to the 43 were initiated last month makes a grand total of 79 who have joined the legion in the last two months and applications are being received every day pointing to another large group l the near future following the official jpmoony wi ves and sweethearts pf oxyand new members were invited to a social and entertainment which had been ar ranged by entertainment committee chairman bam tennant joan blair jean barley and bam olsby favoured with vocal solos and bill young entertained an the violin and dancing was later enjoyed to mu se provided by mr john nickell and mrs morrow with jack mcquanie as floor manager linotype mixups new romantic attachments hand some bruce jordan and miss loretta hays pretity bl year old debutante daughter of dr and mrs d hays seem to be seeing quite a lot of each other santa anita sun youth must be served when the earthquake struck auto court guests fled to the highway glad in their pyjamas and night clothing wetwarth journal joy was unre- btraloed 73 and op ken hollywood park hotel singles doubles one week free rent on any lease of six months ctafl va 98 700 hollywood herald so this is honywoodl in fashion marts this fall season lovely jeweltinted pastel linens bor dered in fur laces draped over shim mering sinks are special favourites chicago dally news for the plum bers bahl at vesper service sunday evening a special musical number o master let me walk with miss higglns will be a feature clarence news by the light of tfietshjon become an apartment louse man- ager training school 121 west 7th tel west 515600 los angeles ad should be a busy profession yes we are itching to get started c a n a da unlimited 77t ortsws proclamation of confederation by jack martin os a cph president truman won bam 10000 ln of his elooto salary aftor pajtos es and eayan be ousbt to join the prevalent clamor for more pay and shorter hours l important changes in train service there will be certain changes in train service between dec 22nd and jan 1st consult your local cnr agent for full information canadian national rlys farm chairman orlo miller is the chairman of tle national farm forum broadcasts for the 1450 season and as such presides over the weekly pro grams that go out over the cbo transcanada network from dif ferent clues every monday at 830 pm est bom in london on tario mr miller has been farmer journalist and historian and has been active in the scientific search far better land conservaton meth ods punctuation at a dinner recently one of the toasts ran woman without her man is a brute but a newspaper a poeltot set it up as woman without her man is a brute when the story appeared the man who made the toast had a good deal of explaining to do but that s nothing compared to a com ma mistake which made a prominent non conformist minister declare that he wanted to wear no clothes to dis tinguish him from his fellow christ ians scrlbners commentator seasons greetings we would like to take this op portunity to wish the cltlaens of georgetown and vicinity a merry christmas and a happy and prosperous new year have us examine your childs eyes during the christmas holi days newest styles at city prices consult 0 t walker r0 co win be at bje ooee eiar tba ben telepbone oo main genet oeorotown be wednesday of each jou mar oonsolt p t at me office in braxopton phonx oeotxetowd heres hoping your first on santas list a merry christmas to all our friends in the district and thanks for your patronage in 1945 pensorisfish chip store fresh fish daily phone 293 georgetown 2 wacrrv 4 55rw the dominion of canada a fine highsounding title it was canada a nation from sea to sea and all the vastness of the west was to be opened up by the railroad to the pacific thered be land and work and for everyone a chance for a new life george brown john a macdonald cartaer mcgee and the rest had worked and fought for a united canada confederation some were for it some were against it but mostly folks felt a strange new pride canada no longer a straggling collection of isolated colonies but a unified people ready and willing to work side by side for the common good where would it lead there were some who talked of great cities on the wild prairies and great industries in the east great ships sailing the seas with canadian goods a population of ten fifteen twenty million people visionaries so were the first explorers visionaries and the first settlers and the first cfm 1846 one of a mrin produced by okcfc en throtxaetanoffrkftr iomi 1946 merchants yet they made a reality out of their vision but the building of a nation is not the work of a day or a year it has been and must continue to be the work of our native resourcefulness and enterprise that will sweep canada forward to an undreamed of greatness today by our purchase and holding of victory bonds and war savings certificates by the willingness of all to work for the common good we can prove our faith in the vision and efforts of the fathers of confederation toward a canada unlimited j o ro u s christmas each passing year has its quota of new friendships made and old ones more firjnly cement ed this contributes appreciably to the pleasure of doing business as we like to feel that goodwill is not merely a christmas thought but something that is a part of our every transaction during the year may your christmas and new year season be joyful and 1 946 blessed with proeperi bradley bros main street meats l groceries