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eorgetown heralb wednwaty may 22nd 1946 service employees honoured by smith stone staff o o smith stone employees through their overseas active service fund committee tendered a dinner to com pony exservice personnel on wednes day may ihft at the oddfellows hall in georgetown the dinner was mil attended and proved to be a most en tertaining affair before adjourning to the upper ban the chairman of the evening gordon spence called upon h m ferguson to introduce the twea ker of the evening brigadier f o wallace brigadier wallace himself a veteran of the two great ware spoke briefly and pointedly to the assembled veterans sketching the anxiety of psychiatrists and psychologists as to the grave problems of rehabilitation end readjustment tha returned men would have to face the speaker asser ted emphatically most of those fears have proven groundless for this war ae did others brought out the very best in men and i say wttbouffear of con traduction that most veterans have re turned from overseas better equipped to do a real job than ever before the following group of exservice men were then pr with parker lifetime pea and pencil sets on behalf of smith stone employees the pre sentation being made by miss helen ritchie and brigadier wallace jim collier bui collier prank con nely carmen copland jim cummins jkn bmmerson frank golden tom oxdden joe hall bruce harley bay barley herb barlow bay harlow bd htu gordon james john ken- olar enoe kennedy jim king ales kor- bttck bob martin bruce mossop john macdonald don mcphall larry rit chie bui schuhb albert slmson kei th spence albert stapleton russell varey dave wood dick porster the following employees who also nr service and were unable to attend had ther gift forwarded to them jack bauy jack young dave bry den john wuson john emmerson bob mcmenemy the chairman then asked the gath ering to stand for one minutes suenoe in honour of two comrades who had failed to return namely fredd kldd and clarence beaumont the families of these two soldiers wu receive the gift as a token of esteem from their the weather by h ii butt last week we were la over the protracted drouth but this week the rame came at last nice gentle sho wers that totalled over an inch and what a difference it has made in one week leaf and flower buds that were standing stlu have fully opened out cattoed turned out on early pasture can now get a full bite of grass earth worms have come to the surface and hungry robins that had almost forgot ten the sight of an earth worm have had a generous feast how that a break has come in the weather we may look for more oonti nued showers and we could stand them every week till baying time to make up the spring shortage in rain fall following are the local records date h and l rain- temp fall toes may 14 63 35 06 wed may 16 76 50 thur may 16 s3 52 35 fri may 17 61 40 sat may ib 65 47 16 sun may 19 64 46 mon may 20 71 48 20 several of the gathering to amotion of thanks to th- tee mode by bob mmrttn spoke briefly of tam moon the cigarettes and par- 0la had meant to them ovorat be ouituiiwtoe composed of o aflat satan ritchto has martin mta moknery and miss yvonne adams wen aooorded a hearty round of applanm the meeting was then etnas over to the many co handed to shejdommlttee speaks highly for the ayoonartnl planning of the evening he8 whxiam halwn dies at a resident of often miasms and district for the past fifty years mrs william halpln passed away at her borne there en thursday may ieth in falling lmalth for two years she had been confined to bed for ten mrs halpln was bom elisabeth murphy m belfast ireland 80 years ago she came to canada with her family in in settling in ottawa where she married mr halpln in 1884 she was a member of the altarsodety of holy cross roman catholic church oeorgetown where requiem mass took place on saturday morning with rev pr v j morgan in charge paubear eta were ray and james beu james and trevor williams harvey garvin and em hill interment wasth green wood cemetery georgetown mrs halpln is survived by three chil dren mrs gordon robinson sarah of hulsburg mrs frank kay annie of sutton west and stephen of glen vyuuams ashgrove the ashgrove yju held their chrl atian culture meeting on sunday ev ening howard ruddeu was in charge the meeting opened with the call to worship douglas ourrie read the scripture and howson ruddeu led in prayer joy ruddeu was in charge of the topic during which the members were divided into groups for a discus elan the topic for discussion was jou rrw i and the influence of the news paper in the life of a community with special reference to our local paper and community t different groups offered sugges- tffc of ways in which our newspaper 1wjd be imp to more efficiently serve the community as a whole card of thanks we wfeh to aipteat our heartfelt niaa to mends and neighbo for enetr acts of kindness and floral trib utes m the death of a knrtng husband mrs j r bsb and famtty umehouse the rhythm rubes supplied music kith mr rl davidson floor mana ger for arwi sponsored euohre and dance on friday evening in llmebouse memorial hall mrs fred brown and mr a w ben ton were highest scorers at euchre and miss ines scott and mr joseph scott received consolations junior grace won the door prise mr heatherington again showed sound films m the hau last wednes day in the afternoon for the school children and in the evening for all ag es the one on the fight against dip- theria proved very timely ss the mo h is expected for administration of antitoxin any day now the others particularly newfoundland were very educational following the films on wednesday evening a committee of ladles with mrs smethurst ae chairman took charge mrs a- w benton accompa nied by mrs harvey norton sang two vocal solos and lam rougbky supplied a piano solo a three piece ereneeum of mies helen meredith messrs jack noble and emmanuel kama obliged with a couple of s and later for dancing mr mm mrs kenneth hamilton and children were called forward and mrs wright and mrs spitacr presented them with an end table and a picture for each of the children following a short address read by in smethurst ken thanked au their friends for the gifts and wood wishes and invited them to visit them in their new home ninth line erin township a sodsfl half hour was spent mr and mrs van gordon and fay of mntamore michigan spent the past few days with the wrights mr and mrs r b storey and fam ily of toronto spent sunday at her we welcome mr and mrs russell thompson to the village they have purchased mr ken hamilton s house mr and mrs wm copley and sons art sod don of toronto spent the weekend with the nobles mra cszopbeb and mrs nculs are visiting their cousin mrs r lane mr andrew mmo to on the sick list at present we hope he will soon be about again mr and mrs august spitser and famuy spent sunday with friends at breslau long glen resident j r bell dies a resident of often williams- for al most seventy years james richard bell passed away at ins home there on tuesday may 14th he had been in failing health since the first of the year and was confined to bed for the last two months mr bell was born in oil city penn aylvanla 76 years ago with his par ents mr and mrs walter bell be mo ved to the glen when a young lad he leaves besides his wife who was for merly teresa mlno a family of four sons william in vancouver bjo and alfred james and ray of glen wu hams also two grandaughters in bram- pton mr bell was a faithful member of glen united church where he was an elder he was a m of glen wil liams orange lodge and of the lof in georgetown he was for many years an employee of the alliance paper mffls in town the funeral service an thursday was conducted by his pastor rev f j dunlop pallbearers were clayton alien robert styth john tim robert rdd montague matryday and wta biaueieuu tlilenmui wae in olsn william hornby mr stanley and mrs leannont have been in windsor visiting relatives for a few days mr george and mrs yeates of van couver are visiting mr joseph and mrs houlngsworth the new bathroom has been instal led in the parsonage the minister took a hurried visit to shncoe to marry his niece frances neff to howard muler both of whom are in ithe office of the odd storage plant in simooe four babies were baptised and three adults were taken into our churches on mothers day mr ainsworth told the story of the chinese home with some additions from his oriental bkwiary experience congregations were 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 the winter and is now back again fn her home on the seventh line mr king has been with his son dr leslie king in gait during the winter months and is now back to his old home with his son and daughter in law mr russell and mrs king they are both well the ashgrove school baseball team were guests of the 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 beet plants in the garden being marked and later pulled dried sorted and put aw ay in neatly labelled packages de feat dtpuheria was a very timely pc ture as toxoid is being given now to the sohool children of the county and parents are urged to see that all pre school children have the treatment a scenes of newfoundland in ooffiu were most interesting showing as they did the life and industries in england s oldest colony a picture of the beaver showed some of theap animate being captured in al gonquin park and transferred to the waters of james bay in the film the cowboy a boys ideas of life in the wild west as depicted in western megarina were sadly though wisely shattered when he visited his uncle and saw the varied and useful tasks of the htsper on a western ranch snor ter fuma showed the uner queen elis abeth arriving in harbour with retur ning veterans the salmon run and canning of salmon and china broo ches being made from the clay of wee- tern ontario after the pictures a light lunch was served by the ladles of the hornby womens institute mrs laura poole of glen williams visited with her son and vfamtiy in lambeth and with friends in last week festival winners delight large local audffince knox presbyterian church was weu filled on monday evening when the high sohool students presented their pxlaewlnnlng selections from the peel music festival the event was spon sored by georgetown recreational council and proceeds which amounted to some 76 wul be added to the coun ells fund for recreational activities e v macconnack jwesldent of the oouncu was chairman ad introduced the musical numbers as well as calling on mayor harold cleave to extend civic congratulations to the students m h meyer sohool board chairman congratulated them on behalf of the board during the evening don parker took several flash photos of the performers and also snapped mayor cleave and emery thompson mayor of george- towns teentown musical numbers included vocal ac tios by mary moyer marion hepburn jjoype httl june clarke darryl daw son roy peck and kenneth harrison and a vocal duet by misses moyer and hepburn the dgta school choir was outstanding particularly in their final cumber william long played a cup honlum solo and piano solos and duets were played by june clarke darryl dawson islay mcclure and kenneth harrison the junior double trio also sang a selection several organ selections including chopin s polonaise were presented by mr harrison who also played piano a for some of the vocal somber as did june clarke and mar lon hepburn the latter conducted the choirs stewarttown the georgetown womans 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 womans auxiliary mrs h jenkinson mr and mrs r standiah edward rosemarj and ri chard of thorold mr and mrs prank jenkinson 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 hodge on sunday donald lawson spent the week end with friends in toronto mr and mrs w humphreys and fa mily visited in toronto sunday mis eleanor g of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs l greenwood mr a watson or toronto is visit ing in town this week with the misses batrd mr and mrs bruce glknore of tor onto were weekend visitors with mr and mrs walter blehn we are sorry to hear that mrs tho mas ebon has been quite hi for the last few weeks and hope she will soon be able to be around again as usual rev and mrs a b cameron of kingston are making an extended vtok m town with their daughter and son in law 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 life of branch 120 a word of praise to our genial social convenor charlie parton and the la dles of the auxiliary who assisted him in providing such a splendid social ev enlng after the initiation held last friday evening there were a large group of mem bers on hand to see the initiation of many new members among them three ladles margaret mccuntock ethel kemehead and barbara oousena although membership has grown tre mendously in recent nmnths there are still several yet woe initiated we urge them to do so at their earliest convenience what about it com rades the 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 orchestra consisting of mrs mary morrow and messrs jim hul roy wiggins and johnny oliver provided the music a word to all members interested in softball brampton and acton bran ones have both chall us to pro duce a softbftll team to play exhlbl tlon 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 the same class scotty patterson who besides being an ace puck chaser also rates tops as a softball pitcher has offered his servtoe on the mound we feel that we could quite eaefly accept these ohgflangaa and get a team to gether good enough to trounce both of them how about au the legion softbab kinge contadtlng executive lu bui collier and get the team m shape an invitation has been extended from the oakviue branch to attend an initiation on friday june 7th our team will be in charge of the initiation there and it is urged that any mem ber wishing to go along should express his desire to do so in the near future if the comrades would contact com rade tonvgrieve he wfll let the oak vlue branch knowbow many to expect from georg we feel that this is a very worthwhile trip and would be of mutual interest to both the oakviue boys are a grand crowd and you are assured of a fine evening the proposed alterations to the local legion building are now weu 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 au members please note and make a special effort to attend there are various business matters to be dis 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 jbis shoulder to the wheel and take his full share in the work and responslb- ulues carried on many of the executive and members feel that they would like to say a word in appreciation for the splendid way glen williams is recognising their re- turned veterans it is felt that no where in canada has a community the bus of the glen paid tribute to their returned men to such a way and now with the proposed old boya reunion and presentations members would like to aay to the oommuee m charge and the people of the olen in general well dome taxi business sold will operate as georgetown taxi college principal to visit limeuouse church the visit to the ltmehouse presby terian church of the rev professor w w bryden ma dx principal of knox college toronto on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of that con gregation is already creating wide spread interest fn presbyterian circles for more than twenty years profes sor of church history and of the his tory and philosophy of rlgioh in knox college dr bryden was elevated to the principalship fey the general assembly of 1945 he is the author of three books the spirit of jesus in st paul why i am a presbyterian the christians knowledge of god and a booklet entitled the stgnlfl canoe of the westminister confession of faith professor bryden has long been recognized on the campus as a teacher of exceptional ability and un usual insight services marking the 66th anntver sary of the umehouse church will be held on sunday june 10th at 11 o clock in the morning and at 730 in the ev ening a public address system will carry the service onto the grounds terracotta mr charles price has arrived heme from toronto general hospital but we are sorry to learn that he is not making ae rapid progress towards re covery as was expected visitors to then- summer homes here incjjml mtos l laughton of toron to jx and mrs j w vanderfllet and daughter wlumtina of toronto mrs fetch of toronto who is having a new cistern installed and other decided un provements mr and mrs zimmerman of niagara fans ny weu real estate according to latest reports has been booming in our ham let during the past week we under stand some gentlemen from tjkramia have purchased a hundred acre farm from mr clarence lyons along the river view flats and purpose erecting 200 houses on it and we u then watch terra gotta grow as we mentioned some time ago terra cotta is fast becoming a village mr lorriman of georgetown has purchased 60 acres on the town line formerly known as the nobbs state purposes making a tourist es tate of it and is making some decided improvements he is making a large trout fish pond on tt and in addition is going to erect a number of summer cottages on n and also decided im provements we all join in wishing mr lorriman every success in his new now for a flab storyl mr abue de forest one of our local nknrods re ports having caught a brown trout last week m the credit which we un derstand measured 18m inches who m beat thtst our county road men have been ou- ing our main street through here which should be a great help in keep ing down the dust nuisance mr m t zilio is having hydro in stalled in his residence here which shoum add considerably to lfr pr f a number from here attended mr jas mobrides sale near stewarttown on thursday afternoon notwithstand ing it was a wet day there was a bum per crowd and the sale was a- splendid success frank fetch gtsorgetowns hustling auctioneer wielded the stick in his usual good natured style and good prices were realised we regret to team of the passing of mrs alfred pearce of toronto decea sed had at one time been a hlghay-re- spected resident of terra ootta prior to her removal to toronto her re mains were interred in union ceme tery her many friends here join in extending their deepest sympathy to he bereaved husband and family in their sad loss find 100000 stolen bonds on roadside georgetown folk were especially in terested in mondays headline story in the dallies about a motorist and his wife who found 100000 in stolen bonds while driving in north york township the couple were mr and mrs john s mackensie and mrs mac- kenale is the former bemice whit- mee daughter of mr and mrs walter whitmee of town before her mar riage she worked in the georgetown bell telephone office the bonds all registered had been cached by the robbers of the bank of commerce at mlnden who made off wflh other thousands- in bonds and cash from safety deposit boxes when the bank was entered on sunday another business change on main street occurred last week when mr russell thompson aou his taxi and auto supply business to messrs jamef- ross and thomas olapham of toroo- the new owners took poesessloti on may 14th and will operate the bbtw ness under the name of georgetown taxi the business which was established so successfully last fail by mr thom pson consists of three cabs and en auto supply shop which js located la the oneill block the present drivers albert and stewart simpson and stan alien are being retained by the new management and hey wul continue to operate the bus servtoe to gjennwsv hams which has proved so popular mr ross is no stranger to george town where he spent his boyhood and attended public and high sohool he is the son of mrs c p w rose of to ronto and the late dr rosa he ser ved as a corporal with the rcaf in nova scotia for three yean and since his discharge last october has worked for the united farmers cooperative in the city mr clapham is a native of sunder land and has been working for the ci vil service in toronto since his army discharge last january he overseas with the 1st canadian 1 chute battalion fong num wedding in toronto on thursday afternoon may 16th the wedding was quietly solemnized in the chapel of holy trinity church of england toronto of mhdred roae x9um and sam pong p of the goldengtuto cafe in georgetown rev c j frank performed the ceremony and the attendants were mrs frank and mr c o aoott the bride wore a regal blue suit with white accessories and a corsage of pink and white carnations following the ceremony the couple returned to georgetown where a wed ding supper was served to sane forty guests mr harold mcclure was chair man and after a toast to the bride enel groom called on several of the gueefci for a few words the couple were pre anted with wesoot sewing cabinet and a crystal table lamp among the guests wwre mayor har old cleave reefe- k r macoanam or and mrs garfield mcoasfroy mr and mrs w g marshall mr g w molsntock mr and ma harold he ctare mr and mrs mervyn bobb mr r h ireland mr and mrs wetter btettn mr end mr b ltoata ma henry tost mr and mrs jfcn olarjabi mr and mr oharies brown mr raey brethour mr jkn ounwimev mr r a carlisle mr bob rfatmudaon mr m held mr wm huggms mr herb- lunan and mr frank oummmgs arts and crafts will at acton fair on thursday may lflth a meetanej the arts a oreffa nf r engagement mr and mrs john alexander an nounce the engagement of their dau ghter isabeoe oreraon to harold fran- els mocbure eon of mr arthur mc clure and the late mr mcclure of mpton the qr take pi at i pm june a fat knox presbyterian church georgetown wae held at the home of mrs l w damn mrs anne laweon wen tri the chair and welcomed the tueste and members the minute of the met meeting were read and mka j a griay gave the treasurer- statement mr lawson read a short paper about thw different handlorafts being done and told of others that might be underta ken in the future then introduced tthe guest speaker mrs harry bewell who gave most interesting and informal ad dress about gardening which everyone enjoyed to the uttermost prise money for the work in the schools to be exhibited at the fall fair was discussed and a committee appoin ted to look after this matter mrs wolfe reported that the acton fair board would like the group to have an exhibit at their fair and it was decided to do this a discussion then took place on the advlsabiuty of eetan- hsbing a permanent exhibit and it was finally decided to ask each mem ber to donate some money toward tt mrs m h moyer invited the ladtae to kttlglrt for the july meeting which will take the form of a shower for the permanent exhibit a very pleasant tea hour then fol lowed mrs cyril brandford marina a vote of thanks for mrs danas de lightful hospitality presentation to orange lodge meeting at the home of w bra fred mcneuy recently members and friend of royal oak lodge lom entertai ned three memben who bed eenod with the army oversea in the person of w french joe baa end david anted to the three men end game end refreenmente were enjoyed wtaewen iot wo arranged by w bros john long and alex lewi r