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the georgetown herald wednesday june 1 2th 1946 legion notes bylmo there aeero to be a good many dif ferent opinions around the branch as to the advisability of following the us ual practice of cancelling meetings during july and august while the fininrif1- holiday at first thought teems quite a good idea it is also true that a terrific backlog of business has accumulated therefore it seems rea sonable that if meetings are cancelled during july and august the pressure of business when resumed in septem ber will not easily be handled a good many of the members and some of the executive have intimated that in their opinions meetings should be held during the summer months and we cannot help but feel that serious consideration should be given to this point on sunday afternoon june 9th a zone meeting was held in milton a report was given on dominion confer ence held recently in quebec com rades shearer and drew were the zone representatives and comrade shearer of port credit gave a very comprehen sive report on the legislation passed and alms and objects discussed at the convention several representatives of branch 120 were on hand headed by president jim murphy and including comrades tom and alva grieve basil hadley jack ounnlneham david bow man and ed francis the georgetown delegates reported a well attended meeting and found it extremely inter esting the muchtalkedof visit of george town s initiation team to oakville was a huge success about thirty mem bers from here went along with the team some twenty five members of oakville legion were initiated by our team headed by tom grieve and fred mccartney the visitors on their re turn report that there as in george town the growth of the legion has been exceptional the evening was concluded with an excellent social and refreshments fl meeting held on tuesday even- i june 11th final arrangement were made for the grave decoration day to be held on sunday afternoon jane 23rd at 230 o clock one of the important points was the decision to ask all comrades and anyone else who would care to do so to bring flow ers for the decoration of the graves atid in memory of all those who have fallen we are sorry to learn that comrade jack smith has been under the wea ther and trust that he will soon be out and around again we hear that two of our members have been doing a little bit of steeple- work comrades jack tost and bob early just discharged from the army incidentally undertook to paint the steeple of holy cross ohurch with the aid of one of comrade dean hartey s fire escapes made a fine job of it too it just proves anything can happen when exnavy and army carry out combined operations congratulation to sms henry shepherd mj3js who received the canadian efficiency decoration a veteran of two wars he is stationed with m d 2 headquarters staff at long branch congratulations transferred to god erich alex lewis a resident of town for several years has been transferred to a new position as operator with the canadian national railways at goder- ich and leaves within a few days for his new position mr lewis has been in the district for many years serving as operator at georgetown then at malton for five years and lately at acton but continuing all this time to make his hdme here he is a member of the local orange lodge mrs lewis is the former eva mcnal- ly of terra cotta and has been night operator in the bell telephone office for the last no years they tuwe obtained an apartment in godeiich and are selling their house- on george street here people imetimes get tired of their home town and wish they could go elsewhere and have what they call a broader life if the go away from the the home town for a time they are al most always mighty glad to get back it still holds good that import ant discount on our entire stocic still offers you tremendous savings jacks watch repair main street phone3io if you need anything fixed or made to order phone the fix it sh0p442r2 plumbing sheet metal eaves- troughs furnaces stoves repair to alt make of lowing and washing m si ji in or what hare you woodworking of all sorts ab work tu wo cb for and w g young glen williams dont waste feed f u scarce this season dont waste it i make the most of what you have here ore two way to do that first make sure you buy chick with a real reputation for irving thriving grow ings rayigig economical use of their feed second raise them on short tender green pasture that cuts your feed costs and raises you better stronger chicks we have the chicks with the reputation for living hun dred yes thousands of farm poultry raisers will tall yon mat bray chicks have what it takes if you have the feed to raise them thats the kind of chicks to start i t infill to t jijhj 120 join st m hamilton oat fhf ft w bray limited tit c brown norval agent note the friendly smile on ttie face of his excellency field marshal vis count alexander of tunis governor general of canada as he shakes hands with lcpl fred harrison of george town after presenting him with the military medal at the may 24th inves titure ashgrove it is the month of june the month of leaves and roses when pleasant sights salute the eyes and pleasant scents the noses the june wms meeting was held last tuesday afternoon at the home of mrs c b dick with belhel wms as guests the spirta bushes were at their best and the lulips and lilacs all made a loely matting outof doors the ashgrove group opened in ihe us ual way and after a short business per iod mrs emmerson ford of belhel took charge opening with the hymn for the beauty of the earth mrs caanagh read the scripture and mrs fred ainsviorlh led in praer mrs ford spoke briefly on dr agnen s ad dress which he gave at the presbyterial held at acton may 9th mrs clarence ford sang i shall not pass this waj again mrs george brownridge gae the study chapter miss annie clifton sang my task and ms ellison sail gae some splen did thoughts on stewardship hymn 388 closed the meeting after which everyone enjoyed a delicious luncheon served b the hostess and her committee with the president mrs thos giffen pouring tea congratulations to the bride of the eighth line who was married on sat urday there s nothing like being a fanner s wife lsabeue it s a great life if you dont weaken we are very glad to be able to report that carolann baby daughter of mr and mrs chester de forest is home from the sick children s hospital where she had been for some weeks mrs maurice dixon of kapuskasing has been vidtlng her parrnt mr and mrs r j graham for two weeks mr and mrs william millgate of aurora spent the weekend with mr and mrs leslie giffen visitors on sunday with mr and mrs a j rudtfell were dr and mrs e c wuford and daughter dr patricia from chengtu west china who are home on furlough and mrs h j veals and daughters marlon and catherine of toronto mr veals is a missionary and has returned to china mr and mrs c b dick were on a trip witti mr and mrs george ken nedy of hornby over the weekend the ashgtovey p u held tiieir last regular meeting in the form of a social evening on friday evening june 7th the recreation committee had charge of the evening musical selections were rendered by colin anderson and mrs t j brownridge for the remainder of the evening slides were shown from the new projection lantern the slides showed the progress being made in home missions throughout canada a delicious lunch brought a very enjoy evening to a close mr walter brownridge our local trucker delivered a tumworqi sow to canada packers ltd on tuesday june 4th the pig weighed 670 lbs on the hoof and dressed 634 lbs it was bred and raised by his brother thomas the path of duty lies in what is near and men seek for it in what is remote the work of duty lies in what is easy and men seek for it in what is diffi cult menclus hornby on monday june 3rd mr john king reached his eightyseventh birthday and in honour of the event the family had a dinner party at burlington on sunday june 2nd mr king keeps his age well and goes about like a man much younger than he he plans on attaining the one hundred mark weekend guests at the home of mr and mrs wellington strirner were mr and mrs stephen jones of chelten ham mrs ralph pierson and mrs ruby orr of toronto miss lois orr and mr calvan vanzant of george town mr lloyd and mrs slmpson as far as chicago on their honeymoon trip and were back in time for the shower at the simpson home given in their honour by their friends of the bethel united church on friday ev ening june 7th following the shower they returned to maple where they will reside the hornby united church woman s association met at mr archie kings home on the base line on thursday afternoon for business and quilting final plans were made for the lawn social to be held at the parsonage dur ing june the friends of mrs william bailey were glad to see her out again mrs joseph hililngsworth was present for the first time the ladles of the bethel united church held thex wmj3 annual blos som tea in the church with over one hundred ladies present mrs maxwell loveys dominion secretary of home missions for the woman s missionary society of the united church gave a very inspiring address telling of some of the things she had seen in wjus wark of the canadian west luncheon was served in the basement the com mittee in charge of the decorating had done a very fine piece of work and the church where the meeting was held as well as the basement and the tables looked lery fine the theme of the decorations was gold since this year is the 50th anniversary of wmjs work in the united church mrs john lister s mother mrs bap uste passed away on sunday morning after a lingering illness the funeral was held in st thomas on tuesday afternoon the spanish touch alys rcbl french english and spanisu sp aldng songstress on latin american serenade is ex pected to put her spanish o flu ent use with the arrival of ghicho valle cuban singer now costar ring with mile bobi the two latin experts sing with don mi guel and his orchea ra over the cbc dominion network sundays at 10 30 p edt 11 30 pjn adt lawn bowlers underway for season last friday night the 1946 season at the lawn bowling club on edltb street got underway with some two dozen ladies and gentlemen enjoying a friendly evenings bowling the club reports a few new members al ready signed up with most of the old crowd back at the sport too this year as always the bowling green i one of the showplaces of town and a popular spot for young and old to try their luck with the bowls men s doubles commenced on man- day night and will continue on mon day wednesday and friday nights for the season the ladies have the greens on tuesdays and thursday rugfate wql be taken up with the usual mixed doubles blue bottle fly lifecycle the w fh lays up to 600 rks in buch place m manure garbage or human farces in warm weather the eggs rna hatch within 24 hours and the larvae pupate in less than a week the flies emerging a few da b later a million flies may cvelop from ton of horse manure the bluebottle blow flvhua similar lifeeycle and breeds m meat garbage human faeces and id wounds and aorta of lmng habits and disease i the bouse fly passes directly from filth to human food carrying bacteria and other organisms it is supreme as a simple earner of diseases including typhoid dysentry diarrhoea tuber culosis etc blow fly larvae is wounds cause myiasis control clean up possible breeding places auch as garbage dumps and manure piles manure should be kept in fly proof receptacles and removed twice weekly spread manure thinly in fields to dry or place in compact piles with cleanrut edges to produce beat by fermenta tion spray top lay er with one pound of borax to six gallons of water keep garbage in fly proof receptacles and destroy by burning prevent flies from bavins access to human faeces screen foodstuffs and use sprays aerosols poisoned baits etc dispose of carcasses and offal by burial or incineration ci lair presentation and iilen williams 6ld boys- reunion saturday june 22 saturday 1 pm grand military parade to athletic field with lorne scots band friday june 21 variety show 9 pm friday at athletic field rtattahat sun f stop a go- dlrsot trass iks sjl alsssa tbsairs tsrsats dorothy bromby musicianstar of many army show units three modernettes top dance stars pat mcintosh versatile character comedian don sinclair the surprise of the evening cavell co baffling magician sgt hal shaw director and masterofceremonies v and the glens own marion hepburn gold medal soloist lorne scots bank admission 35c an 20c presentation to returned boys and girls by brigadier h a sparling dso officer commanding m d 2 field day races ball games sports sponsored by glen recreational centre admission 25c and 1 0c street dandns saturday night modern aires everybody- wssj