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public school fteld day last thursday weather was meal and competition keen at the public school field day held to the park last thursday a istmg tbe staff in supervising ttw ev- arts were messrs p b huxteoa h a newman merrin robb if warnes and anro todd obampfcons and rnhnerawp ware sr girls dojopea bexrington 18 ifur mcnemy 12 ha girls rutti monally 11 ett- ssbeth itofland u jj girls shfcrjey monally 6 dorothy bsusr 4 muriel bpence 4 st boys ivan huflman 18 frank anderson 11 1 mt soys boss moottl 0 bobcat mogul 9 floyd varey 9 jr boys lyn moneale 10 don ald cleave 6 senior girls 75 yd heaxington monally dor othea lane 160 yd bterrtngton monally lane 34egged monauy and hexrington jean tyler and jean bedefc jsessu barley aod kathleen oox bicycle tyler monauy herring- ton running br jump mcnally 11 11 herrington harley running high jump herrington 3 8 bedeh mabel shepherd int girls 80yd ireland mcnally joan dobbie 100 yd monauy june lusty dob bie 3legged herrington and dobbte joan harrison and lusty marilyn bell and owen conn running br jump ireland 13 mcnally june thompson running high jump mcnally 3 t ireland marina emmerson bicycle jane milne shirley case- ley ham grace jr girls 60 yd hlller mcnally spence 3 legged spence and mary mcdon ald leona conn and marilyn wanes joyce denham and kay williams running broad jump mcnally hw williams ha lex boot and shoe dorothy williams margaret brydon annie chalker sr boys 100 yds huffman anderson ri chard grace 320 yd huffman grace an- wednesday evening october 9th 1946 social and personal what council did i on monday october 7 hired j axnoti early aa assessor at a salary of 1600 yearly acfld ttoe old wading pool property to d w barrager tbe sale contingent whether the recreational council requires tbe property hired d larkin to paint the fire brigade room in the old town hob at his price of 60 granted the request of legion branch 120 to permit the branch to name the new street tato the wartime housing subdivision appointed a court of revision composed of mayor cleave reeve mc donald and crs mcgilvray gibbons and eason to sit at 730 on november 4th set friday november 22 as nomi nation day and monday december 9 as polling day for municipal elections passed a bylaw for a debenture issue up to 45000 to cover the cost of resurfacing queen street passed payment of 1918 for tbe extensive sidewalk repairs in george town this year to provide lumber for an pen air skating rink proposed by tlu recreational council heard a report from tbe town sol icitor that a title search revealed there was a roadway at the john street sub way before the subwaj was construc ted mi amd mm l s dana of fumon ny are vwtkng witlh thoir sister mm hughes and mr j s hughes main st n mr owen hughes has left town to work with the dept of highways with tbe engineering staff miss lois nielsen has returned to new york city to continue her studies at tbe school of jbterior decorating mr robert early is visiting with bends in boston mass and rhode island uvsa mrs ann perkins of toronto was a weekend visitor with mr aod mrs don baarager mr and mrs j b miller and mrs w j roe attended the funeral of mrs h bowman lnst catharines on wed nesday october 2nd mr and mrs david saxe and mr and mrs william mcnally spent the weekend at the saxe cottage at mary lake muskoka mr and mrs norman bessey tor onto and mr and mrs d amacnelll stratford were weekend guests with mr and mrs a h balrd w i gives 25 for soldiers gifts mr and mrs fred braisby have re- burned from two weeks in campbell- ford where mx braisby was on busi ness lor tihe dwyf oot shoe company mrs a mctviah of seal orth is visiting this week with mrs john mc- dermid mr and mrs v t cavanagh and daughter phyllis nave returned from a trip to the west ooast weekend visitors wttfa dr and mrs a moabieter included mr and mrs oedrtc shaw ejora mr and mrs o date guelpn mr and mrsr a hod- gens oakvule and mias jean mcallis ter of toronto mr and mrs harold cudmore of niagara spent the weekend in town with mr and mrs j f balrd mrs john oliver entertained a number of little folk at a party rec ently in honour of her daughter june who was celebrating her fifth birth day these present included marlene and mary hunter acton barbara mc donald brampton jackie cardinell huttonville carolyn biehm joan sickle danny golden carol hepburn mary mcdonald and patsy barrager the weather by h l hutt october started in with a cold and blustery monday but gradually war med up to give us a whole week of de lightful autumn weaither the trees are now taking on their red and yel low autumn colors making a trip out into the country now like a bit of fairy land it is almost too good to last and it is well to entfoy it while we may here is how it looks in figures max mm mr walter biehn was in london on saturday and attended the western- varsity football game bicycle grace huffman ander- xxi running hig jump h 43 anderson bob rogers running br jump huffman 16v anderson grace shot put huffman os rogers grace int 76 yd brock bradley r mcqih vmrey 440 yd donald white r mcoiu varey running high jump bob mcglll 3 r mogul varey running br jump frank carter 131 bob mcoiu varey bicycle bradley donald ford keith tost v 3legged bill wbumee and ger ald cox varey and bob mogill white and david bowman jr boys 60 yd cleave gerald scott mc- neale 3 legged mcneale and bob tracey ken langdon and mervm davidson bill hardman and paul prust running br jump scott 144 cleave mcneale running high jump mcneale 32 ronald breen cleave boot and shoe race bill thomp son mcneale teddy cox guis open relay 1st team dolores herrington eli sabeth ireland joyce herrington shirley double 2nd team jean tyler dorothea lane mary jane arnold kathleen oox 3rd team mary mcnally ruth mcnally shirley ooseley joan dob trie boys open relay 1st team frank anderson floyd varey ross mcglll dean thompson 2nd team richard grace robert mcglll wm hillier joseph louth 3rd team ivan huffman jack hil uer donald white paul barber bond drive reaches g thej2500maik a report from chairman leroy dale k c of the canvass committee re veals that donations for bonds for ser vicemen stand at 3500 the returns are far from complete and the cam- paign will continue for another two or three weeks mr dale says that av erage individual donations have been substantial and that every indication to a successful campaign oct 1 oct 2 oct 3 oct 4 oct 5 oct 6 oct 7 36 36 mrs hedley shaw and children have moved to toronto and mr and mrs james evans and baby daughter will soon be moving into the house at the mr and mrs e j oroweus and corner of main and guelph streets daughter patricia ann and mr and which they have purchased mrs shaw mrs h c crowells have returned to recently sold the feed mill which she detroit michigan after visiting in had operated during the absence of town with mrs a wrigiht and family her husband in the army and since during their visit in canada mrs his death in action and she will make wright accompanied them on a motor lit r home with her people in the city trip east nor a lime bblcl reid and alice cost1gan married at a quiet cerunonj in st andrew s presburlan church hillsburg on wedneadaj october 2nd alice eliza beth costigan and robert bruce reld were married by rev w d turner the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs james costigan and the groom the son of mr and mrs w h reld ail of georgetown the bride wore a 2pieoe blue wool ensemble with corsage of red rose her attendant was her sister viola who wore a fuchsia wool suit with yel low rose consage mr craig reld was his brothersbest man a reception for the immediate fam ilies was held at rycroft inn hamil ton after which the couple left on a northern honeymoon trip we see this week wnxcc tlie morning strvlct u knox presby- urian chinch on iht mutation of rev c c cochrane to hear his ser mon industrial unrest its cause nd cure that acton and streetsville had a perfect day for their fairs on saturday mid both drew record crowds that the new wartime housing dev elopment on the highway is a hive of activity and several foundations have been laid that jack woodley of lindsay is managing the dominion store this week and next while roy barker is on vacation that tom hewson has ererfjbd a handsome neon sign at his office on mill street that- edna aiken of acton has been added to the staff at carroll s j arnott early new georgetown assessor major j arnott early was chosen georgetowns assessor when the coun cil met on monday night wellknown locally major early is an overseas veteran of this war serving with the princess pats and 1st vicepresident of branch iso canadian legion he prominent in county pi oonservatlve groups and was nomina ted in the last federal election retir ing in favour of mr w a nicholson of burlington who unsuccessfully con tended the seat mr early takes office on november 1st at a salary of 1800 yearly and will start on the new county system adop ted by county council this year four applications were received for the position messrs early jack har rison and frank fetch tendering at 1800 and clarence benjham at 1500 the october meeting of the ottoogib town womaofe institute w held oo wednesday afternoon october at the home of mm geo oacnpbeu wife mr sinclair and mm bailey presid ing after tte usual opening wb- mes tbe mtautea of tbe prortow nyh vo were rend and adopted and cota- pondence dealt with delegates were appointed to attend the oonwwtton m ouelph to tfommber 5a0 waa voted to the beccemionrt council atoo ss00 to the soldiers re cognition committee the programme oomwwe for ttoe day were mrs geo oa mrs 7 cole and mm a livingstone mra harold cleave gave the current events and mrs c fseure gave some intaev eating facte about hatton county and some of tbe towns and villages there in the topic being historical reseeccb the roll call was answered by nam ing a historical place in georgetown mrs a uvingetone conducted an in teresting contest on dressing tbt thanksgiving dinner table misses jean tyler and joyce momh- lan gave a very pleasing piano dust and also rendered two vocal duets after a vote of thanks to the hostess the programme committee and those taking part the meeting closed by singing the national anthem after which a dainty lunch was served by the committee girls grotlp will organize under gic some forty young ladles met with director hal newman in the old town ftn last night to discuss formation of a girls club to foster the feminine side of recreational activities imder the g r c a committee was appoin ted to organise a club and me are margaret hoare toots mnrpby mary patterson isabel dob- son jane early betty hunter shirley muckmzt peggy kelly doris roberts and kattne thompson on tuesday at 4ja girls u and un der are estod earnest at tbe old town ehb to orgasbb a etonfler group among the yoonger gtrla in sown 5100 donation from lions for service bonds decision of the lions club to donate 100 to the current campaign for funds for a bond for each georgetown ser viceman was the main feature of the club meeting in the mcgibbon house on monday evening lion chief ab tost reported that the arena had been rented for the three- day cherokee rodeo in november and a contract is being signed wtth the ro deo company an election to fill two vacant offices resulted in doug egan and art scott taking office as 2nd and 3rd vice- preslderjts of the club lions len lam bert and kay whltmeetperechosen as the program committee for the next meeting iownsend apfletard wedding at st aiban6 st albans church glen williams decorated with baskets of ploardy gladioli and blue delphinium was tbe setting for the lovely wedding on sat urday october 5 when mary euee on ly daughter of mr and mrs f g ap- pleyard of georgetown became the bride of douglas harry youngest son of mr h townsend and the late mrs towneend of brampton venerable woo thompson per formed the ceremony and mr lmdley beaumont played the wedding music during the signing of the register mrs reg williams sang 0 perfect love given in marriage by her father the bride was lovely in a gown of white slipper satin her finger tip eil was arranged from a halo shaped headdress and her bouquet was red oses bouvardia and white baby nnuns jacqueline mowhlnney of toronto was maid of honour gowned in dusty rose with matching hat and shoulder veil marie roe and betty dickenson were bridesmaids hi romance blue and mauve gowns and matching hats joan townsend niece of the bridegroom was flower girl wealing a long gown similar to the maid of honour they carried nosegays of gladioli petals and baby mums norman townsend of downsview was groomsman and the ushers were charles crawford cousin of the brde nelson cooke dies after lengthy illness in ill health since last february william george nelson cooke passed away on tuesday october 1st at his home on main street bonn in the scotch block 61 years ago he was the only son of the late mr and mrs george cooke he attended school in nerval where he studied under the late robert shortlll and dr joe mc- andrew married in 1015 to margaret ellen ross hall the couple resided in georgetown and district all his life a farmer for most of his life he had worked for three years at smith and stone ltd until his illness last winter mr cooke was a faithful member of tlu church of england and in polltlai a staunch conservative he was a member of the orange order and the oddfellows lodge the funeral service on thursday took place from the moclure funeral home where ven w g o thompson was in charge of the service inter ment was made in greenwood ceme tery pallbearers were joseph and fred armstrong fred mcnally har vey dewhurst john long and thomas j lovely floral tributes were rece from mr and mrs joe armstrong and family mr and mrs- wm monafly smith and stone employees harvey dewhurst and elsie stigger mr anet mrs thomas parry mrs harold tost mrs jourdaln and luilan and jack watson lettle and cicely boomer when d c coleman c m o chair man and president of the canadian pacific railway and mrs coleman met field marshal montgomery at wind sor station montreal before he boar ded the special cpr train for otta wa the djsttngulshed soldier autogra phed one of her most prised poeseas- slona it was a picture of their son lt col rowan c coleman dj3 o mc being decorated with the mill tary cross by monty during the ital ian campaign col coleman was sec ond in command of the famous prin cess pats and was wounded shortly af ter the italian campaign was laun coed later he was put in command of the loal edmonton regiment and when transferred to northwest europe took over command of the lincoln and welland regiment left to right mr and mrs coleman brig w j home m c doc military district no 4 viscount montgomcrj and an rcmj oohstahle will build dry gleaning plant on wading fool properts d w barrager who recently bough mr l raokllne cleaning and innelin business is planning to erect a dry cleaning plant in town an offer of 85 which he made to council for tbe former wading pool p at tbe foot of george street wee accepted by council at their monday meeting ttw sale conditional on whether the rec reational council will be mftft use of the pro if all goes well bit barrager anticipates having his plant built and in operation by the spring only dissenting vote aganst the sale was or goodlet who explained that be thought any town land sold should first be advertised and give anyone a chance to put in a bid returns from serving with st john ambulance support the war recognition drive by sending in your donation now mrs audrey sharpe returned bonks last weekend after a years service la england with the st john ambu lance brigade going overseas in sep tember ims she has risen to tbe rank of alady cadet officer which cor responds to an army rank of 2nd lleo- and melville townsend brother of the tenant being one of four of the orlgt- groom nal detachment of 27 to win her pro- tne reception was held in the odd- motion tellows hall gorgetown where the jn e mrs sharpe was st- 75 guests were received by the brides tioned at the wmcord ortnopaedss mother wearing a pale mauve ensem ble with a corsage of yellow roses she was assisted by itrt norman townsend wearing a rose dress and her corsage was white baby mums for a honeymoon trip the bride changed to- red wool suit with black accessories they will reside in geor getown on then- return guests were present rom toronto kitchener oshawa kingston acton downsview brampton and ouelph mrs a duncan bee returned bom after visiting for a month m brant- ford and ssncoe mr end mrs j campbell of weston spent tuesday wh the uooqvryv ooesjb street hospital near bristol she was the only canadian member of tbe staff tbe patients were mainly british with a small scat tering of poles italians and germans mrs sharpe reports that tbe food sit uation in britain is grim even worse than during the war but m sptte of this she gained a few pounds and is looking extremely fit and healthy sb returned from england on tbe seyttria caxd op thanks mrs netasn cooke wonldiks to thank archdeacon r stoeorgesc for igtabr uxsftasw 1 aod dee of herl i thaa rli tllitsiit fli hi