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r i xsiksocamsfen 0 vk wednesday may 22nd 1946 service employees honour d by smith stone staff 0 o fimtth stone employees through their overseas active service fund committee tendered a dinner to com pany exservice personnel on wednesi day may 1mb at the oddfellows hall m georgetown tbe dinner was well attended and proved to be a inost- enj tertaintog affair before adjourning to the upper nan tbe chairman of the evening gordon spence called upon h m ferguson to mtroduce the spea- 1cer of the evening brigadier jt o wallace brigadier wallace himself a veteran of tbe two great wars spoke briefly and pointedly to tbe assembled veterans sketching the anxiety psychiatrist and peyobojoglsts as to tbe grave problems of rehabilitation and readjustment that returned men would have to face tbe speaker asser ted emphatically most of those fears nave proven groundless fox this war as did others brought out the very best in men and i say wttboutfear of eon- tradlotton that most veterans have re turned from overseas better equipped to do a real job than ever before the following group of exservice men ware then presented with farter lifetime psn and pencil sets on behalf of smith fc stone employees tbe pre sentation being made by miss helen ritchie and brigadier wallace jim collier bui collier frank con- nely carmen copland jim cummins jftn bknmerson frank golden tom golden joe hall bruce barley bay barley herb harlow ray harlow btu gordon james john ken- clar ence kennedy jim king alex kor- aack bob martin bruce mossop john iffannonald don vophail larry rit chie bui stfaumz albert simeon kei th spence albert stapleton russell tarey dave wood dfck fonrter the following employees who also saw service and were unable to attend bad ttaer gift forwarded to them jack bahy jack young dave bry den john wilson john bnmerson tbe chairman then asked tbe gath ering to stand for one minutes silence in honour of two comrades who had failed to return namely fredd kldd and cqarsnoe beaumont the families of these two soldiers wll receive the gift as a token of esteem from their several of tbe gathering tflfftf if to tbe oommhv ea mads by bob amrttn spoke hrleoy ac bow much tbe nt and per- wsle toad meant to tfasm ovessaes and vie cominittee isiiii d of o spwdce miss baton bttcttfs mkw martin miss moanery and miss yvonne adams wen ooorded a hearty round then gsvsn over to the many tbe comttitttes speaks highly for the of tbe evening mrs whxiam bavhn dibs at hofskin guoc a resident of hai wuhams i district for tbe past fifty years lbs william hatpin pair ft away at ber borne there on thursday may 186b in falling heattfa for two years she bad been confined to bed for ten ma born i murphy to belfast ireland sco she came to canada with her 4 jwmlly tn 1881 settling tn ottawa where she married mr hatpin tn 1884 jbbe was a member of the altar society of holy cross roman owttocbc obnroh qeotfptown where requiem mass took place on saturday morning with rev jttj morgan in charge pall-bear- end trevor wllnsme harvey oarvta and bd h11l interment was in green wood cemetery oeorgetown mrs batpm is survived by three chil dren mrs gordon robinson sarah of hulsburg mrs prank kay annie of sutton west and stephen of glen ashgrove the asbgrove ypu held their chri stian culture meeting on sunday ev ening howard buddell was in charge tbe meeting opened wrh the call to worship douglas ourrte read the scripture and howson ruddell led in gvayer joy ruddell was in charge of the topic daring which tbe members were divided into groups ror a dtsous- aton tbe topic for discussion was jou- i and tbe influence of the news- r mtfte hfe of a community wttb apfrffl reference to our local paper dtftenmt groups offered sugges- i of ways in which our nerapaper i be imp to more efficiently re tbe oornmanity as a whole card of thanks we wish to i to i of i id tbe death of a tortag husband ins j b bsk end famsy theweathek by h ivhutt last week we ere i orer tbe protracted drouth but this week the rams came at last nice gentle sho wers that totalled over an inch and what difference it has made in one week leaf and flower buds that were standing still have fully opened out cattued turned outon early pasture can now get a full bite of grass earth worms have come to the surface end hungry robins that had almost fotgot- ten the sight of an earth worm have had a generous feast now that a break be come in the weather we may look for more conti nued showers and we could stand them every week tin haying time to make up the spring shortage in ram- fall following are the looal records date h and i rain- temp fall tues may 14 s3 35 06 wed may is 76 so thur may 16 68 52 35 fri may 17 61 40 sat may 18 65 47 as sun may 19 64 46 mon may 20 71 48 hornby msr umehouse the rhythm rubes supplied music with mr r l davidson floor mana ger for a wx sponsored euchre and dance on friday evening in umebouse m wnh mrs fred brown and mr a w ben ton were highest scorers at euchre and miss jnes scott and mr joseph scott received consolations junior grace won the door prise mr heatherington again showed sound dims in the hall last wednes day in the afternoon for the school children and in the evening for ail ag es tbe one on the fight against 41p- tberia proved very timely as the mo h is expected for administration of antitoxin any day now tbe others particularly newfoundland were very etturatlonal following tbe films on wednesday evening a committee of ladles wttb mrs smethurst as chairman took charge mrs a w benton socompa- atod by mrs harvey norton sang two vocal solos and mrs roughley suppbod antanoeolo a three piece ofehesta of mfs helen meredith messrs jack noble and jkomanuel karns obliged with a couple of sel and later for danotng mr and mrs kenneth w and chttdren were caued forward and mrs wright and mrs bpttoor presented them with an end table and a picture for each of the children robowlng a short address read by mm smethurst kan thanked all their friends for tbe gifts and good wishes sad invited them to vtsft them in their new boms ninth has erin township a soetsl half boor was spent mr and mrs van gordon and fay of m michigan spent the past few days wttb tbe wrights mr and mrs r b storey and fam sy of toronto spent su at ber oktbemehere we welcome mr and mrs russell thompson to the village they have purchased mr ken hamiltons bouse mr and mrs wm copley and sons art and doniof toronto spent the weekend with the nobles mrs osmpbex and mw nellls are visiting their coustn mrs r lane mr andrew mmo is on the skfe list at present we hope be will soon be about again mr and mrs august spitser and famlry spent sunday with friends at breslau long glen resident j r bell debs a resident of qten williams for al most seftnenty yeeks jamas richard bell passed away at bis home there on tuesday may 14tb he had been in falling health since the first of the year and was confined to bed for the last two months ah- bell was born in oil city penn sylvania 76 years ago with bis par ents mr and mis walter bell he mo ved to the olen when a young lad- he leaves besides his wife who was for merly teresa mino a family of four sons william in vancouver bjo and alfred james and ray of olen wil liams also two grand aughters in bram pton mr bell was a faithful member of osen united church where he was an elder he was a member of olen wfl- lisms orange lodge and of the lof in oeor he was for many years an employes of the anim paper mffls tn town the funeral service on thursday was conducted by bis pastor rev f j dunlop fsabsarers were csayton allen stobest btyth john vmsjeffn robert rew montague marrydsy and vjm iwuui interment was m alan wiluems osnihiaij and mrs leermont have vmung relatives for afewdays 1 mr gem and mrs yeates of van- ooorer aiwvwating mf joseph and mrs bolungsworth tbe new bathroom has bejsn instal led in th parsonage- the minister took ft hurried visit simcoe to marry his 8oe fran neff to howard miller both of are m b office of tbe fant in simcoe four babies were baptised and three adults were taken into our churches on mothers day mr ainsworth toldv the story of the chinese home with some additions from bis oriental mis sionary experiencecongregatlons went good under the supervision of mrs ar chie king the women s institute have planted some shrubs at the hornby triangle mr harold learmont is keeping the grass in condition our two oldest residents are mrs bella mcintosh and mr john king both of whom are in their eighties mrs mcintosh has been staying with mr and mrs fred huffman for tbe winter and is now back again in her home on the seventh line mr king has been with his son ut leslie king in oatt during tbe whiter months and is now back to bis old borne with bis son and daughter in law mr russell and mrs king they are both well the asbgrove school baseball team were guests of tbe hornby school rec ently following a game between the two teams sides were chosen and an other game was played on friday evening may 17th the regular showing of national film board pictures were given in the hor nby school to a very appreciative aud ience the film saving your own garden seed showed the best plants in tbe garden being marked and later pulled dried sorted and put aw ay in neatly labelled packages de feat dtptheria was a very timely pic ture as toxoid is being given now to the school children of tbe county and parents are urged to see that all pre school children have the treatment scenes of menrfoundland tn colour were most interesting showing as they did the life and industries in england oldest colony a picture of the beaver showed some of these animals being captured to al- gorxurn park and transferred to tbe waters of james bay in the flkn tbe cowboy a boys ideas of life to the wild west ss depicted in western m were sadly though wisely shattered when be vtaued his ttneje and saw tbe varied and useful tasks of tbe b oh a western ranch shor ter films showed the liner queen bht- shetb arriving tn harbour with retur ning veterans the salmon run and canning of salmon and cfama broo ches being made from tbe day of wee- after the pictures a hgfat lunch was served by the ladles of tbe hornby womens mrs laura poole of chen wuuams visited with ber son and family tn lambeth and with friends in dataware fxbtival winners delight largs local auddsnce knox presbyterian church was wellt filled on monday evening when the high school students presented their prisewinning selections from the peel muslo festival the event was spon- sorsd tff oeorge recreational council and proceeds which amounted 76 will be- added to the coun- ffellw fund for recreational activities 1 vi maooortnacfc president of the nm was ehstrmant ana introduced rouslcsnumbetb as well as calling mayor f harold cleave to extend drto congratulations to the students ml h moyef school board chairman congratulated ihenvorr behalf of the f fjutmg tbe evening don parker took several flash photos of thevperiormers and also snapped mayor cleave and fsnery thompson mayor of george- towns teentown musical numbers included vocal so los by mary moyer marion hepburn joyce hill june clarice dairy daw son roy peck and kenneth harrison and a vocal duet by misses moyer and hepburn the htgh school choir wis outstanding particularly to their final number william long played a eup honium solo and piano solos and duets were played by june clarke darryl dawson islay mcdlure and kenneth harrison the junior double trio also sang a selection several organ selections including chopins polonaise were presented by mr hsstsson who also played pjano a for some of the vocal enmbsnv u did june clarke and mar fan hepburn the latter conducted tbe choirs college principal to visit i umehouse church the visit to tbe limehouae presby terian church of tbe rev professor w w bryden ma djd principal of knox college toronto on the- occasion of the 86th anniversary of that con gregation is already creating wide spread interest presbyterian circles for more than twenty yean profes sor of church history andof itac hts- tory and philosophy of religion in iknox oofiege dr bryden was elevated to tbe princlpalstup by the general assembly of 1b4s he is the author of three books the spirit ox jesus in ot aul why i am a presbyterian the christians knowledge of ood and a booklet entitled tbe stgnlfl- oance of the westminister confession of faith professor bryden has long been recognised on the campus as a teacher of exceptional ability and un usual insight services marking theesth anniver sary of tbe umebouse church wul be held on sunday june 16th at 11 oclock m the morning and at 730 to the ev ening a pubho address system win cany the service onto the grounds stewarttown the georgetown womana auxiliary of st georges church joined with stewarttown w a sunday afternoon in a wa service rev leigh pink in his address spoke on the first woman s auxiliary mrs h jenttnaon mr m1 mrs r standlsh edward rosemary and hi- chard of thorold mr and mrs frank jenktoson herble and maralyn and mr jack jenkinson were all home for sunday mr and mrs david hodge and joan were visitors with mr and mrs w bodge on sunday donald lawson spent the week end wrm friends tn toronto mr and mrs w humphreys andfa- muy wlsfjtod- in toronto sunday mrs eleanor qreanwood of toronto sttant the week end with mr and mrs l greenwood mrs a watson of toronto is visit ing in town this week with the misses batrd mr and mrs bruce oiknore of tor onto were weekend visitors with mr and mrs walter blehn we are sorry to bear that mrs tho mas esson has been quite u tor the last few weeks and nope she will soon be able to be around again as usual rev and mrs a s cameron of kingston are making en extended vsstt tn town with their w and son- inlaw rev and mrs o c cochrane legion notes by l m c apologies for the lack of legion no tes in the last issue but last week was an unusually quiet one in the hfe of branch 130 a word of praise to our genial social convenor charlie parton and the la dies of tbe auxiliary who assisted bkn m providing such a splendid social ev ening after the initiation held last friday evening then were a large group of mem bers on hand jo see tbe initiation of many newjnembere among them three ladles margaret mccllntock ethel cemaneads and barbara oousens although membership has grown tre- aendously in recent months there are still several yet to be initiated we urge them to do so at their earliest venience what about it com rades tbe initiation team made a splendid job of the work and an unusual feature was an invitation extended to ladles of the auxiliary to witness it following the closing of the meeting a social was held which was very well attended and dancing and refresh ments were enjoyed the orche consisting of mrs mary marrow and messrs jkn hill roy wiggins and johnny oliver provided the music a word to all members interested tn softball brampton and acton bran ches have both challenged us to pro duce a softball team to play exhibi tion games with them we understand the brampton boys feel that they have a world beater of a team and insist that we cannot produce anything in tbe same class scotty patterson who besides being an ace puck chaser also rates tops as a softbad pitcher has offered tab serrtoes on the mound we feel that we could quite sestty accept these swal and get a team to gether good enough to trounce both of them how about all tbe legions softtab kings oontadting executive i bui collier and get the team tn shape an invitation has been extended from tbe oawvule branch to attend an initiation on friday june 7th our team will be in charge of the initiation i there and it is urged that any msm- jber wishing to go along should express his desire to do so in the near future if the comrades would contact com rade tom grieve he will let the oak- viue branch know how many to expect from oeorgetown we feel that this is a very worthwhile trip and would be of mutual interest to both the oakvlue boys are a grand crowd and you are assured of a fine evening the proposed alterations to the local legion building are now well under way we are sure that all members have noticed the vast improvement however there is still a great deal of work to be done and any member de siring to give a hand when possible is urged to do so next thursday evening may 23rd there is a regular meeting of the branch all members please note and make a special effort to attend there are various business matters to be ns- cussed that call for a large attendance we also feel that with the new execu tive buckling down to what may well be the biggest year in the history of branch 120 every member should put ba shoulder to the wheel and take his full share tn the work and responsib ilities carried on many of tbe executive and members feel that they would like to say a word tn a for tbe splendid way olen wmiams is recognising their re- j turned veterans it is felt that no where in canada has a community the ot the olen paid tribute to tbelr xeturned men tn such a way andnow wttb the proposed old boys reunion and presentations members would like to say to tbe commttesln obatge and th peo of tbe olen in general wbll dome taxi business sold will operate as georgetown taxi terracotta mr charles price has arrived borne from toronto general tuepsal we are sorry to lesrn that be is not niafctof as xapas p towards re covery as was expected vutors to thejr summer homes here tnotbh isles li ta of toron- totjerand mrs j w vanderfuet and daughter whltmtoa of toronto fetch of toronto who la having a new eastern installed and other decided- im provements mr and mrs of niagara fads ny well real estate according to latest reports has been booming in our ham let during the past week we under stand some gentlemen from tjkratnis have purchased a hundred acre farm from mr clarence lyons river view flats and purpose ereeting 200 bouses on it and well then watch terra ootta grow as we mentioned some time ago terra ootta is fast becoming a village mr bwrknah of oe has puithaseit 00 seres onjhtown line formerly known atflhtnobbs mete purposes tnaktog a tourist l fate of m and is mf some deckm irnpfovernents bs is making a large trout flab pond oh it and tn addition is going to erect a number of su cottages on it and also decided ptovetnente we all join tn wtsntng mr lorriman every success in his new another business change on mala street occ last week when mr russell thompson som his taxi and auto supply business to messrs jems ross and thomas olapham of toron to the new owners took poeseoston on may 14th and will operate the bue- ness under the name of georgetown text the business which was iwtehbenert so successfully last fall by mr thom pson consists of throe cabs and an auto supply shop wbdcb is located tn the oneill block the present drivers aobert and stewart simpson and stan allen are being retained by the new management and tttsp wfll contlnos to operate the bos servsos to gten vtt- uams which has proved so popular mr ross is no stranger to george town where be spent his boyhood and attended public and toh school b is tbe son of mrs c f w ross of to ronto and tbe late dr ross he ser ved as a corporal with tbe roaf la nova scotia for three years and sinos fate discharge last october has worked for the united farmers oooperath in the city mr clapham is a native of sunder land and has been working for the ci vil service tn toronto since his army discharge last january he awed overseas with tbe 1st canadian para chute battalion now for a fleb story mr abbie be f one of our local mmtods re ports having j a brown trout last week tn the credit which we derstand measured ism mcbes who in beet txust our county road men bare been oil ing our main atrept through here which should be a great help in keep ing down tbe duet oujsanoe mr m t zfuo is having hydro in stalled tn us residence here which fong ntjm wedding in toronto m on thursday afternoon may lottu the wedding was quietly solemnised tn the chapel of holy trinity church of stnglarwl toronto of mbdred boas ttaa and sam fong p of the golden gme cafe in oeorgetown bar o j prank performed the o and tbe attendants were mrs frank and mr c o aoott the bride wore a regal blue su win white sooessories and a corsage of ptok and wfatto cbsnatjona pooowfag the ceremony tbe ooupst returned to oeorgetown where a wsov ding supper was served to some forty guests mr harold mcctare was ehak num and sfter a toast to the bride an feratew words the u wet i or aadlo and wta w t ttugdmb i 6 w a numfcer iran ben rttmrted ii jaa mdbrtdee nemr otowai on tbuntey afternoon notwuhatand- tae it na a wot dar tboioipaa a bum per orovtd and the aale w a splandhf sees sank fetch ooonjotownal hurtling auouoneer wielded tbe rtk in bla taual goodnatured atyle i good prloes were nallaed we- regret to learn of tbe pasting of ad alfred pearoe of toronto deoea- hadat one tkne bean a hlgbir-ia- apected reeldent of terra ootta prlor to ber removal to toronto her re mains were interred in tjnton ceme tery her many friends here join in extending their deepest aympatby to the bereaved husband and family m their aad loss find i1m0o0 stoun bonds on boad8d3c georgetown folk were especially in terested in mondays headline story in tbe dallies about a motorist and bis wife who found 1100000 in stolen bonds while driving in north york township the couple were afr and mrs john s mjaokentle and lira mae- kenzle is the former barak whk- mee daughter of mr and mrs walter tohltmee of town before ber mar riage she worked in the oeorgetown bell telephone offloa the bonds ad registered had bean cached by the robbers of the bank- of commerce at minden who made off wttb other thousands in bonds and cash from safety deposit boxes when tbe bank was entered on sunday engagement mr and mrs john imeranrtor an nounce the engagement of their dau ghter isabede orarson to harold wren- els measure son ot mr arthur isfe- otare and tbe ms mrs ihonre ot brampton tbs bmbibsj ste tan paw at i pjn am t bi xnojc cboroh osorsstown s bho mr apcv henry tost acr socf htsxdlsnaonsflssv breohour mr jss oarllala mr bob m bald mr wm mf frank abt8 and ckaft8 whj axsutbit at acton patjt on thursday may loth a mssttoa or arf a rfclt f n l was held at the borne othnlw cm anns lawsow 1st was chair and welcomed tbs iasr iaswson read a snort paper about tbsr different h being done an told of others that aright be underts- ksn in the coiase she then introduced ttbe guest speaker mrs harry bowell vino gaflw a moat tnterestsoc and infonnsl d- dress about gardening wbjoh u enjoyed to tbe utusii prtae money tor the work tn ox sobools to bs exhibited af lbs ran fat ted to look- attar this matter mrs wotte reported tbs tbe j fair board would axe tbs group i have an exhibit at their our and it i decided to do this a dhwsalon tt took ptaoe on the adrlsahuttsr ot i hshlng a oermanent eilunt i was finally decided to ask each i ber to donate some money iuwat j mrs m h moyer invited tbe to hillgtrt tor tbe july meeting i will take the f onm ot a shower tor t permanent exatat a very pleasant tea hour then ftsv lowed mrs oyffl brandford rootsnl a vote ot thanks tor mrs dams da llghtful hospltautj rtb fsbmantatiok to ostamoc lodos meeting at tbs boms ot w boo ms tt up jsrustli nuns in tun filnsl of boyal oak lodwi to in hed sbcee wswsssheisijilfcor issa awflfwa wttb wm sssfly oewswsss id was patsoog of miiis wir ti i mi i awjm ki tar r kjstsf