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the georgetown herald wednesday august 28 1944 build better with blocks from eds concrete products mill road and 9th line ask your builder he knows theiruality georgetown phqne 423w dance stanley park erin every wednesday and friday modern mires band upwells limited if you need anything fixed or made to order phone the f i x i t s h 0 p 442r 21 plumbing sheet metal eaves- troughs furnaces stoves repairs to all makes of 9ewing and washing machines bicycles or what have you woodworking of all sorts ad work guaranteed we call for and deliver w g young glen williams recreational this and that by h j n the cool days and cooler nlghta are beginning to make the young and old think of things to do as tine daylight gets shorten- hobby talk is in the air a number of boya and girls have brought their stamp collections around to the dlrectoorb office i hare also seen jack maclaren a special collection of ujs and canadian stamps which he has mounted in a most attractive way it is hoped to show some of these at the georgetown fall pair on sept 6 7 as a start for the stamp collec tion club it is hoped thai an adult club will be formed sometime in bep- tebex and a junior club for boys and girls early in the fall members of the adult club will help the juniors with advice and talks during the winter months we have another big event schc duled for september an event which will thrill all dance lovers young and old on september 24 the lifebuoy debonalrs of radio fame will come to the old town hall dancing will commence at 9 and close off at 1 p m if vou like to see a radio band in action reserve september 24th its open to the public more details la ter but keep that date open 9 the lome scots band and the geor getown fire brigade have put jhe open tug of war on their programme for labour day at the park remem ber on the civic holiday the veterans from the local canadian legion chal lenged the smith stone team who had just won the herald trophy but smith and stone team weren t having any at that time no comes the challenge from s s the veterans think that the maccormack trophy would look nice on their fire place mantel for the rest of the year maybe so but s 5 think otherwise should be a good exhibition of rope tugging teen towners are still going strong on friday nights the crowd was bigger than ever last week and the swing kids hope to jam the old town hall when the school reopens bill mllliere has a new record player that gives off with twelve numbers without the usual fumbling and is as happy as a idd with a chocolate bar inciden tally bill where do you feet all those chocolate bars there are two bare foot addicts at the dances these past few friday nights reminds me of colored folks on the mississippi mud flats the sure can patter out a rhythm the teeners had a guest from the west end ym ca friday night teen club and an invitation was extended to the locals to visit toronto some time this year our thanks bhls week goes to bill monally and paul barber for a quan tity of wood which they donated to the recreational council the wood will eventually be turned into bird- rouses boats and whathave you by the young boys of the town at the mojnent we are very short of small tools such as hammers saws chisels ec we can t buy the cheaper variety and the good ones are too cxpenive if you have some old tools which you can spare for boys work we oertalnly would appreciate them cold weatheb ccts attendance at st georges fair various groups in st george s church combined to present a church fair on the lovely grounds at the church last saturday afternoon and ev ening an extremely cold day made- attendanoe much smaller than anticl pated but it is estimated that about 150 will be realized for the fund be ing raised to pay for the renovations in the church basement in the afternoon the daughters of the ohuroh had a sale of home madt baking and served afternoon tea while the ladies of the wa were busy in the hot dog and hamburg booth the sunday school was in charge of the soft drinks and the tennis club held an open tumament and served ice cream there was a fish pond for the kiddies st george s club arranged the ev ening garden party of local talent which included tenor soloist tom wames marlene bludd and diane hillock tap dancing and songs ken neth harrison piano selections and fred warnes tap dancing iri t mitchell may of brampton was ac- campaist and ven w g o thomp son acted as masteroferemonles also on the program was mr dyer of hillsburgh who won the old time fiddlers contest at stanley park erin last week during the intermission paul barber conducted contests mrs may won the ladies nail driving with seven hits and jack england who tied with bill mc nally at five for the men won in th uebreaker kathleen coxe excelled at throwing the rollmg pin with mrs torn warnes close second a dutch auction provided novelty with marilyn warnes being the lucky winner monday next i labor day a public holiday ubofuwtowrt bantams win from weston hsln nearly sunk the gjto mm baseball teams second attempt with gord atoohs weston kids last wed nesday night before game time the field was liberally sprayed and the last two innings kept the spectators on ttie nop between the field and grandstand but the kids played on the game was a dandy errors were few and hits were as scarce as soap flakes don herrlngton was on the mound for the locals and a little saw- edoff kid by the name of jaga baffled the home towners with his south paw slants herrlngton fanned seven of the westonltes and issued two free passes jaga whiffed nine of the locals but gave five trips to first one of which was eventually good for oount that was in the lucky fifth for georgetown keith king took a base and stole second when andy anderson struck out pee wee huff man smacked out a nice single for the first hit of the game and keith crossed the pan with the first run don herrlngton made sure of his own game by smacking out another single on the first ball pitched and pee wee slid over home plate making the count two to nothing that s the way the game ended af ber another inning of play prevented the usual seven innings a little halfpint by the name of hurren played a stellar game at short for the visitors while walters at first and mofarland who took over the receivers position for the night looked good for the locals all in all the players for both teams put on a heads up game the teams weston head grant mooonnel b morris hurren anderson grain ger jaga mccartney georgetown k king anderson i huffman d herrlngton bill ar nold jim klrkwood jim golden earl walters bui mcfarland the score r h e weston p00000052 georgetown 00002x22 1 gruen watches ine d lamonds l akeuleman jeweler phone 436 brampton foot ailments treated miss allan ttaats foot ailments for both ladles and gentlemen open mon unas and th erenmes till 8 oclock ah by appointment rune 1s8m aruiar bl guelph shoe repairing your shoes are as good as you keep them let us help with a firstclass repair job h j sienko main street georgetown georgetown fall fair friday saturday september 6 7 georgetown park entertainment you cant afford to miss in front of the grandstand light horse show road races high jumping lady drivers agricultural teams harness racing a fair day feature outstanding livestock exhibit fair night dance georgetown arena friday evening september 6 modern aires orchestra craig reid president fair officially opened and dedica tion of pylon and flagpole hon t l kennedy ontario minister of agriculture other speakers j a carroll supt ontario fairs association hughes cleaver stan hall stanger show including trained monkey act 3 rides 3 bi hall display georgetown girls pipe band lorne scots band admission adults 35c cars 25c children 15c garfield l mcgilvray secretary w in the big tent ladies program demonstration by mrs eleanor brown graduate carson school of interior decorating sponsored by the robert simpson co baby show two classes under 9 months and under 1 8 months judging at 3 30 p m motion pictures sponsored by the halton federation of agriculture childrens and agricultural films admission free p w- cleaversevnt i