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iho go6rgetown herald wednca january 16th 1946 the burglars by stanley cor dei a rs rathburn was careful and scrupulous and genero is to a fa yit there were those who dfittibt hold to her ways at all there was mrs hughes for exam pie wh was the wife of the bank president in the village and was never happy unkbs she was worry ing about someone f but it s so dangerous my dear a lone woman living wny out hpre and y iu so much n ont y in the house so much money mrs ftath burn sn iled are you quite sure there s so much money mrs hughes mrs hughes flushed but spoke her mind one doesn t have to be the bank president s wife to know that you put no store in banks ev eryone in the village is aware that you haven t been in the bank since since since the bank holiday when all my savings went up tn smoke mrs hughes flushed again she gnawed at her lower lip every one knew it hadn t been her hus band s fault forgive me my dear the mo mentary bitterness went out of mrs rathbum s eyes that was un kind of me please don t worry thieves are cowards and stupid she spoke with confidence yet there had been times when qualms possessed her after all she was a lone woman living in isolation out on thetrunk highway where she served meals totourists she would not always serve meals to tourists hotkey features winter activities of church boys league near the top of ftejkrt of activities for st georges church boys league this winter is hockey and the boys have enjoyed several practices and games at the arena this year the league us appreciative of the faclh ties provided toy the board of parks management the club has two com ptete sets of sweaters as well as sticks and goalkeepers equipment all pur chafed from the funds and the prop erty of the club r two practices and games have been held on saturday mornings at the ax ernft and two weeks ago a match was played with ttie norval club on the open air rink at norval these boys really go fortheir hock ey starting each saturday morning at 8j5 at the arena which they nave done every saturday morning that there is ice for the past four yean as well as giving them great fun dr clifford reld ana alt sykes are coo chlng them in the finer points of the game last saturday morning was one of the best times yet when hockey was in progress from 8 15 till almost noon there were enough boys out to make two very even teams of bigger boys all about the samesize and four analler lads for each team as substitutes glv i lng e eryone an equal share of play ing bui bulllvants team won out ov er walter sargent s by a 74 score both teams went great guns enoour aged by watching georgetown s speedy intermediates on the previous nights the lineups ere bullivant bill hewitt goal byron bedell jim hamilton defence bui buluvant centre ross sykes bui mulr wings dan hewitt jack bettke george moclure paul barber alter nates goals 1 bullivant sykes mulr 2 buluvant sykes 3 sykes mulr sykes mulr 5 sykes bedell 6 sykes mulr sargent earl walters goal mau rice herbert walter sargent defence wes oliver ecntre red taylor cy i wilson wings john doherty brock bradley joe louth lawrence bous alternates j goals 1 herbert 2 ouver i 3 louth bedell and sargent 4 sargent ifouval eresbytemans vote to buy electric organ a unanimous decision of tic congie gallon to buy an electric prgan high lighted the annual meeting of norval presbyterian church which was held on monday january 7th cost of tne organ will be about 1200 members or the church sat down to a delicious dinner at the noon hour which was followed by a business meeting receipt of 279957 in 1046 were the largest in many a year ahd the church has a balance of 450 on uuid to start thcncw yar a larg it in the years expenditures was a paymen o 5u for a new rodl while 211 was collected and sent away for missions donald ismond reporting tor he sur day school showed receipts of 9982 and john mcclure treasurer of the young people s society presented their statement whlc i snowed 8121 in receipts for the yeir donations of 7 50 were made by uie yps to the china inland mission and the sjtun interior mission mrs hya t mcclure if treasurer ot the alexander auxiliary wms re ported that organization s fund raising as 127 70 and btllle dixon gave the misson band report of 1933 oollec ted during 1945 ohurci officers for 1946 are board of managers n a robinson j a eccles r w cunningham harold mcclure hyatt mcclure w a reld m mcnabb prank fendley craig mc clure taomas mogee elsworth ar nott and ouver hunter the session is composed of rev j l self r reld a glffen e townsend a mcclure l brown and a hunter auditors for 1046 are craig reld and w e townsend with wm finnamore church officer it was a choice of entrusting her money to a bank or to a loose brick in the fireplace one day the rou of buls and change that was hidden behind a loose stone in the fireplace would amount to the sum necessary to purchase the chicken farm on which she had her heart set the men came one night when the rain fell in sheets and the wind roared down the fireplace chimney they entered noiselessly and stood just inside the door of the small living room water dripping from hejr coats and the brims of their bats lady we don t aim to hurt you none just hand over the money an you ain t gpt nothhv to worry bout if i turned over the money id have everything to worry about she smiled but what makes you think there is any money the- tall man was impressed by mrs rathbum s composure look lady like i said i don t want to hurt you none but i am t fonna stand for no kiddm see everybody knows you don t have no truck with the bank an that you keep- the dough bid here mrs rathbum looked at the tall man brightly as a man of in tefflgence you can understand how such atones would get around about an old woman who lives alone and doesn t gossip about her business people do talkand it s rather fun hearing of the stones they conjure aw whang her over the melon n let s go through the joint snarled the man at the door we didn t come herelo argue i d appreciate it if you boys wouldn t ransack my home tt al ways makes such a mess she rose i can perhaps set your minds at rest about the money she crossed to a desk rummaged through it and presently returned with a bank book she held it open for the tau man to see you can see for yourself the entries as my milk man made them almost dat ly she laughed tm sure no bank would present me with such a book unless i deposited the money would they sir this last stroke of strategy was the tail man s undoing he swelled a bit with importance he glanced at the book then snarled an order t his companion the pair depart ed mrs rathbum bolted the door wten called constable colt in the vil lage then she backed out her ow sedan and drove to town she went at once to banker hughes house mrs rathbum opened her bag no i have the money here will you kindly open an account with it jot me tomorrow the bandits be ing mfcn were easy to jtancue ton mljftim w book for the new ac- oanfc ifa the one t haft before aab holiday i keput tor aentt hasjttlnamu i tolt that would srtfi ft- lfatlrtfabuhi ba- chokal society wiill not be ueok4an17ld this ear there ft as not a large attendance at the meeting in the municipal buud ing on friday night to discuss the re organization of the georgetown chor al society those present decided that it was somewhat late in the year to go ahead with any further plans and wiu delay further discussions untu the fall it is hoped however to arrange an other cantata at eastertune with the four church choirs participating as they did so successfuuy in 1045 fruneral slrvict held for john ob borne funeral services wt e held iam thursday from mcclure s funeral home georgetown for john david osborne w 10 cucd s ddei ly on tues day january 8 h mr osbornt ai preparing lis owi breakfast at his home n tl town lit c un he s if fered a fatal stroke born iti jiars go in gkn w ii lams he was tt c son of ht 1 ite j t n os bonc and mam ret mulll he was a member of one of ht original fimll ies in halton county his family hold lng a- crown deed to titir farm lot 20 concession 11 esquesing mr os borne had lived for some years in the states but returned to canada and was living with his sister miss mar garet osborne he was unmarried he was a member of union presbyterian church and of orion lodge i o oj georgetown a bricklayer by trade he was employed at the time of his death in construction work in town bev- j l self was in charge of the funeral service on ttnirsday and pall bearers were o c oook w j hut- ledge george h leslie sam macken zie comfort boezel and james eccles interment was m g ceme tery georgetown garage operators meet in milton tic first general meeting of the- garage operators association halton branch was held in the odd peuows hall milton on january 7th presi dent red waumsley was in the chair as the meeting was called for a thor ough discussion on three subjects tie entertainment part of the evening was eliminated the first matter discussed was the industrial stalfdards act after hearing everyone s opin ion on lais matter it was unanimous lydccldcd thrt the ope and only thing the branch desired from the act was to regulate the hours qf sale of gasoline not losing sight of the publics opinion and that of the motor le igut at d the oil companies a mo tlon was presented ahd adopted th it the hour be from 7 am to 7 pm weekdays 7 ajn to 10 pm saturdays and a day pre eding a holiday and 7 am to 10 pjn on sundays these hours to be jie maximum it was felt that this would work no hardship on anyone the communities now alter nating on sundays could still do so and the outof town operators could cpen or close as they saw fit a mo tion was then brought forward that the secretary contact head office and request that thafr field mar cover the county with a petition to this effect upon completion of tiie circulation of his petition if favorable we would contact the industry board for a hear ing the second discussion re cutprloes on gasoline was quickly dispensed with aue to the fact that it was tne attitude of everyone that there was not a thing that could be done about lying sfor pfoneerbigz laym mash it tne third discussion re the tire dis count problem broujrht out some inter estlng points and it was felt that this situation could bt directly attributed to aomt tire firms setting up their dealers as distributors and in turn giving them special discounts the st r uir was therefore authorized to not which was c tn d in i i it t ly to write lie major tire com i di i and complain about this con dition and ask if they could not do jintuiit ibo it barring tl is wc v id trv i i group to get one com pany to set up as a distrbitor and any extra discounts woi d be given out at the end of the year on a pro rata basis- the auditors report was then read and the books turned over to the new rtasurer the branch is in sound i financial position with the serving of coffee and sandwiches the meeting came to a close fitonbefc biwiayinm mmhm i advantages mash heftef o 1 mora palatable 2 greater feed consumption increased egg production 4 less deterioration n feed quality 5 lower mortality pioneertis georgetown feed mill georgetown ontario send the oeorgetown herald to ab sent friends alexander sinclair dies in alton alton lost one of its ohest citizens ii the perso i of alexander sinclair who passed away on monday dec 17 his 84ui ycir f how n- i lengthy illness mr binciair last survivor of one of the oldest fa mil es in erin townshp had been a resident of al ton for forty years he w i a stone mason bv trade and was j f rst cl workman priding himself on il quality of his workmanship he was i quiet honest and industrious ma i and had a host of friends in alton and district he was a presbyterian and a liberal predeceased by his wife the former prances reld he is survived by a family of two sons and four dan ghters wufrid in london albert in teeswater margaret at home mrs kenneui johnson of kitchener mrs lillian mathews of toronto and mrs wm hall of toronto and alton and one grandchild heather hall the funeral service was held at the sin clair residence on thursday afternoon dec 20 to the famuy plot in alton cemc ery rev donald sinclair of hirrow a former pastor of alton bap it church conducted the services at tne lome and graveside beautiful floral trio tes were tokens of the sym- pi h to te family in their bereave- ment card of thanks cf n erw m leu is would like thank the soldiers comforts town fire brigade and st george church for parcels and cigarettes re ceived while he was serving overseas card of thanks i would like to thank as those who sent me cigarettes and parcels while x was serving overseas timber baaed upon a picture sainted for cartwtfm hy jmok bua o s a this is ons of a amrim of icuatjatkm on th abfect of conservation ef canada natural a fall colour teproduchon sis 9 z u without adrerustng na suitable for onuna will be to each number of the carhaa coaeexrquon upon xwnimt to rewexies lllfd each winter the warning cry of timber echoes throughout the canadian forests as mighty trees fall this yi 5lcall that reechoes into every canadian home for of all our natural sroducte wood is the most versatile s diversified uses have provided a livelihood for approximately 250 000 canadians and wood products have been since the earliest days among our most important exports and yet for every twen1y logs that are cut in canadian forests seven are still destroyed by fire insect depredations and disease tfilstsroin on a vital natural resource can be lessened only by an awareness on the irt of each one of us of the ways by which our forest igealth can be protected and conserved to maintain a continued prosperity as a contribution to this national need carling s have formed the carling conservation club through which you may gain knowledge on the subect of conservation join this club today simply by writing to dept cl3 the carling breweries limited waterloo ontario and current authentic information on conservation will be sent to you now and in the future as it becomes available at no cost to you o o