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wedmmky ermine november aft 1946 kiddies enjoy halloween party at old town hall an impromptu halloween party in the old town hall saw most of the public sobool pupils on hand to en- joy ttttrteetoeo prises were donated by dick illoata georgetown dairy longs silvers mcotoreh fnelts7 brill oafatweffls maple loaf dairy ib and bruce maokensfe and she latter presented toe prises to the following winners most beantuttl barbara boyle shirley dobue char acter illy bettke joan tuck ori ginal brock bradley anne bedell there were so many entries in the pic eating contest that it bad to be m off in two stages ptoyd varey bui hewitt and bill hlllier won ttie first contest and ross mcgiu mar- sjeret golden and don lorusso the second final winners were bui he witt floyd varey and bffl hhuer in another contest bui hewn and mabel shepherd were winner m journg an orange with their noses toe cracker eating co saw bill hewitt bill hllller ivan huffman pal barber and bruce norton winners a special contestant rev o o coch rane was far outshadowed in the con test another feature was ducking for apples and oranges in three tubs of water harold moohire and mac mobrldedld a good job of keeping the floor swept clean prises for the brownrtdge essay oontest were given out to the public school winners dur ing ttie evening ashgrove the short november days are here the saddest of the year v the national flkn board pictures will be shown in the school house on friday evening tt loth we are sorry to report that mrs dan wright and mr w j alexander are hospital and hope they soon be feeling better in spite of the damp misty anniversary services were held last sunday with large congregations rev n truax of carlisle gave splendid ad dresses and the choir under the lea dership of mrs a j ruddeuxanmli sang special numbers the lovely solo by mte vlota brlgden in the and the duets by mr and mrs hart- ly anderson both nvmjng and evening were much appreciated a little white church at aahgrove c g i t the regular weekly meeting of the canadian girls in training was held on tuesday evening october 29th in the united church basement miss jean tyler presiding the meeu opened with a short period of games the worship service was conducted by miss atm ombtoee the first chapter of the mission study book tales from india was reviewed after which the story oofs highwayman was told by miss frances deans the meeting dosed with taps the canadian chris hi training a o osserulejfjft tuesday night october si to assist in the initiation ceremony atm new c a i t gtroup at st- johns vktttsd church mrs o 8 jeffery oftenf work counsellor for hattox presby led the service and presen ted lanyards to the senior girls of the oakvote group what did on monday november 4th jwointod otootton autciau and ettpoutosijlmesibr the december 8tti rtsmmbraim pay a holiday is tswn mo i lorne scots banquet and presentation to auxiliary remembrance day next monday win not be a pubuo holiday in georgetown there has been much mtejest m the question and many calls haw been received at the herald offi s about the day- mo government press release has been issued to one weekly newspapers and tne best authority we can quote is the viuestiona and am era oosumn of a toronto nswspa which declared that november 11th would toe observed by banks and some arivma but that it is not a general holiday the questkm was brought up mondays ooundl meeting and it was dttildtd that as plans had been made for a sunday remembrance service by the legion and town there was no particular mas cor a monday holi day and the day would be observed as in the past when at eleven am fac tory whistles were blown and every citiaen paused for one minutes sil ence in memory of those who gave their lives in the war if s been there over eighty years it has given comfort in life and death has shared to amfles and tears grey fence around a grassy yard with trees grown tall and old planted by band in the long ago toilworn hands that have long grown cold in memory i see the altar rail where we knelt on ccmmunlon day i hear the echo of dear old hymns hear the wellloved minister pray once again i sit in the family pew wlth my parents and kindred dear the incense of sabbath peace steals found and heaven seems very near tnough all is changed fa the little white church and those loved of old are gone others have risen to take their place the white church sail carries on it gave of its best this little white church showered blessings on all who came to humbly kneel in the dear dim past and today rt is doing the same a candle lighting service in which georgetowns president jean tyler as sisted made a lovely conclusion for the initiation oeremony a reception was held in the ladles parlour of the church and the george town girls were happy to renew ac quaintances with many friend whom they had met at camp this summer social and personal aafcedie hydro to install a 2way flasher and floodlight at the dangerous john street highway intersection accepted ken mcmillans offer to use the property fronting the highway beside hlsoulkhng for a parkng and turned it over to the recreational council as a means of fund raising decided to make the northwest side of weslayan street a nopark ing area passed a bylaw appointing j ar- nott early as the new town assessor granted 35 to the poppy fund and planned the usual remembrance service for sunday morning decided to paint angle parking and pedestrian crossing lines on main street decided to purchase winter coats for the police force heard a delegation from the le gion protesting appointment of a new man to run the arena refreshment booth in place of the previous conces sionaire and asked the parks board and the delegation to meet with coun cil next monday night to discuss the situation in answer to a letter from the re creational ooundl turned over the wa ding pool property to their jurisdiction if the local council of women desired to do this received a letter from the board of railway commissioners saying that a hearing would be held on the towns request for widening the john street subway and that the town would be notified of the date agreed that a waterworks map of the town proposed by the c r him engineering ikm was a good thing to have but that it should be left to next years council to deckle planned to make the new street into the wartime housing ptop a boulevard on the suggestion by the hydro that this would considerably re duce hydro installation costs took notice of complaint of cltl sens at the lack of sidewalk in front of the new mackenzie biioding and i in lknehouse memorial hell- for mr will try to have the sidewalk laid be- and mrs edgar beeney jr on friday evening those taking prt m the pro- the weather by h lhutt we get plenty of calling down for not sticking bo our text and glvtng facts and figures only in these wea ther records instead of- wandering off into personalities and other things the figures for the whole month of octobr are so interesting we u1 sttcfc to them tthis time for they have bro- ken all records the mean max for the month was 682 or ii above normal- the mean min was 419 or 46 above normal th average for the 31 days was 65 degrees just 70 above normal the rainfall 391 114 above normal and the country just now shows it we took a drive to kitchener yesterday never saw finer fields of fan wheat and most of the fall plowing done for spring crops following are the local records mra florence ourus to vision with w motxex of onto were visitors on sunday miss jessie b wilson mrs alex lewis of qoderich i a few cays last week vlsting with ttoes in town mr and mrs dark mebachern boo of orfllla spent the weekend lj1 j c wltti bou quet of lilacs from a bush to ber den last week av pat cubcn is returning borne this week after being confined by ul- obss in guelph hier for five weeks idas nora essery of london spent the weekend in town with her friend mass brown mr and mrs e l palmer lo firt mr and mra d ryan toronto ejere weekend visitors with mr and cecil dantdson we are pleased to near that mrs per- r wagstaffe of the glen who has tnen on the sick list u making a satis factory recovery mr a k sham la recuperating after a foot operation which he underwent in st josephs hospital guelph last saturday mr sd mrs morley pearce and fatfmr marilyn of toront were sunday visitors with mr and mrs c h barber mr ben young has returned from a trip to the west coast during which he attpndfd the wedding in calgary of bis daughter helen to mr d a tnompson of bergen alt mr and mrs w r watson former georgetown residents who now live in if this week to spend the months in st petersburg ftar- ard dolspn and mr john r campbell have returned from a motor trip to the canadian side during the trip out and returned through the states miss jessie noble has been visiting with relatives hi the district tnrturh her uncle mr ben young just dis charged from the roaf ihe is route to her home in sk bosweus sasfc mr and mrs arthur nssisiwsit were fore the cold weather comes received a letter from the county clerk advising that as georgetown 1ms 1032 m townis en- tttled to a deputytveve mra ruth brow has returned home to wayne v after an exten ded vast with ber unce and aunt mr and mrs a e sham at their farm on he norral road vwters at the home of mr and mrs i dorb fahrts lsary oarweh jo- asjciide xjx end mr itonskj jones of 7mw toronto 9fe end mts iv xaeeenee of ondon sbe eeat afte ev tests i beaumont attended the annual meet ing of the canadian woollen and knit goods manufacturer asaoclsttou at the mount royal hotel mr and mrs russell krby and son allan moved to brampton last week where they will make their home resi dents of town for the past s years they formerly operated a ladles shop in the premises now occupied by pen- sons fish and chip and last spring opened a similar business on queen st in brampton- mr and mr bruce mc- nlven have moved into their former residence here on emery street a week ago monday night a number of friends gathered at the home of mr and mrs orval raynor to tender a m shower to mrs bob raynor one of georgetowns british war brides games were played and re freshments served it was a complete surprise and a pleasant one for mrs raynor and she received many beau tiful gifts an alex wilson eva parton was honoured by fellow hunts of the daughters of the church with the pre sentation of a hammered aluminum tray as a wedding gift the presenta tion was made on monday night when the group met at the home of elsie stlgger who as vicepresident presen ted it to mrs wuson mrs w o o thompson spoke of the good work mrs whson bed done aa the group and as teacher at st oeorgvs after she bu siness meeting refreshments were ser ved ur w amsbeurne their daoglste dorosby lssy to wil fred rossweq brown son of 1st and mra m j we see this week that sam walkers car had the wiring burned out when j caught fire outside the arena during the tennis club dance that famells store is being remo delled and new shelves and counters installed by mcnally wood products that the carpentry work is prac tically finished on several of the new wartime houses on the highway that mr e b tyers is building a house on his cedarvale farm property that no damage was reported to town oh halloweien night that mrs bob mcmenemy anne buluvant is working at the bell tele phone office after being in nm1ttm for the past few years that a remembrance service the dead of two wars will be held sun day morning at 1030 at the oenotaph that election talk is in the air with nomination meeting slated for friday november 23 in the municipal building oat 2 oct 30 oct 31 nov 1 nov 2 nov 3 nov 4 umehouse mrs lane and mr and mrs harvey norton attended the rfardllsne wed ding in battmrst st united church on friday evening last a large number attended the shower sport shorts after advancing right through to the finals milton juveniles lost the 03a b ctwmpionshlp to stmcoe hi a threegame series the final game was played in waterloo and muton was whitewashed 19 1 after splitting the first two gimrn there was no hockey practice at ravma rink for the hockey team on sunday well have some hockey news in a week or two which is yet too in definite for publication rumour has it that fergus and el- ora are combining efforts for an in termediate b hockey entry this year gram included mrs frank smith mrs roughley mrs e kam harding and mr geoc n wasrchsirmsiir mr jbs soott and ml ines boost stssnded the funeral of the late mrs robert wood in toronto on monday mrs gale and miss ivans motored from toronto on sunday to visit mr and mrs newton l mrs gisby held explorers group meeting previous to the regular church services last sunday mr and mrs ffniali n mr miss june knudsen of toronto vsdted the euerbys a week ago the wloours in needlecrmft eon- ducted by aw a spencer last week m the hall was wellattended throughout the week italian and plain hemstitch ing smocking cross stitching buttna- holes applique shell f sltchery on buck were among the work studied a social hour wi joyed at the close of fridays good news for hockey fane a time miss doris armstrong of brantford clock is being installed in the arena a mr bill armstrong of toronto netx week by oourtesy of british con- the weekend with their parent sols cigarettes mi aij mis fted armstrong max 70 rain 42 church news st georges church ven w o o thompson rector twentyfirst sunday after trinity holy communion sun school 10 am matins 11 rev albert e ongley youth chap lain of niagara diocese will be the preacher at evensong young people and all interested in work among the young are urged to be present st albaars cfanrch glen wuliams twentyfirst sunday after trinity holy eotnmumon 9j0 am idle8of the wa to the lome eoabj were honoured by insmbors ot the re giment who had been on aottve ser vice at a banquet and n the oddfellows hall ttot friday twen tyfour members est down to s deli cious ohlcken atrpper with harold mc- clure as toaetnijaator the toast to tfta king was followed by on to the aux iliary which was responded to bf mm president mrs ast collins mr mo- cqure proposed a toast to tte scots active wltti mr henry herd responding after dinner the group proceede upstairs where other membesj of tta regiment and friends bad gathered si welcoming the guests mr mccnan spoke of the wonderful work done by the auxiliary during the war and ex pressed the hope that some sort of permanent club could be formed for the future messrs henry hhf and alf collins presented each lady with a beautiful handbag as a token of regard the eve concluded with nenranf to the music of tw rhythm rubes the committee which arranged ttm affair was composed of henry shep herd roy wiggins jim collier don mcpbail harvey allen ed h1u and auooutns they would late to thank those whose generous donations made the evening possible fbst baptist cherca rev j b ostrom organist miss m cook sunday nove 1011 am wor ship 3 pm bible school 7 pjn gos pel service rev j t burkwood of toronto win speak the young people meet on jry at 8 pa the prayer service on wednesday at a pm qnn patted charofa rev r o todd ba minister miss lynda stewart atom lr0u musts director 10 ofekcfa scteo 11 ml public worship remembrance day ser vice 7 pjn song ser vice and sermon to become according to the gos pel balunafad anniversary services at ball nailed united church were held sunday no vember 3rd with a splendid attendance at both services the pastor rev o- r fundau conducted the morning service preaching his sermon from the parable of the prodigal son miss blanche mckkinon of ospringe guest soloist sang two lovely solos the lords prayer and vthe king of love my shepherd is the minister in the evening was the rev e g dale of banie hill who based his remarks on the 18th verse of 14th chapter of luke and ttasjr all with one consent began to mak esv b the hlllsburg qusjqa sbt dered three very fine musical contribution service the wms mission circle and 1 sion band held their annual ttinrttt eng on october 27 the circle had the devo tional exercises lydia snow gave the scripture study jean sinclair led la prayer after which joanna shorttft sang ood understands the band gave two choruses sad were a credit to the huts rev o r flmdeu attdes from the literature bent on the as well as tnstructi mrs ptaadeff the generous offer which was re ceived was drrtded among the three roups the society aoprecletob the to st shown by the other rnom of the ooogreeation pentecostal ooapel services will con tinue each sunday to the oddfellows hall georgetown at 3 pm come end brinsf a framd v bring a friend minds of their own here are johnny wayne and frank sinister hi that sponsible for the irresponsible huarlty on the wayne atanarsdmy eve yo pr on the csbo at 8b0 pxm est the two boys waoe thatr ove are old hands at couabdrattag for eoth team abaceenertog ugh jcnocj assr tlawe show are oeocfla dey vooabst and on order whoare re run on a track ad kmx rasbyteiian cberek rev ones c cochrane bjl bjj 10 ul sunday school 11 am pub lic worship the liberty of the cnrta- oan the proper use of christian llber 7 pa public worship unsehoem presbyterian charoh 3 pjn pubuc wcratup nerval uattad cttanh charge mmaater rev f j dumop ms t 1 11 ajn public worship 140 pjn sunday sohool 2j0 pm public worship glen 2j sunday sohool 7j pm pub lic worship nerval and union presbyteraaii rev j l self ba- bd mhneter nobtal 10 sun sunday school u in pobllc worship union 2 pm sunday stxtool pa pabuc worship oax wom v op t amihiwstmb coubflat among the 108 graduate of the cer tificate course to bustness tor i an only who lecetvt at a- convocation at the unrersmy of toronto recently was prankhn cleave son of mrs xsobel cleave mensto 8l frank who saw asrvlce with the navy secured third caaas honours in tta course his mother graduation ceremony bjull bcce wbdotko last saturday rev r c todd performed the mar riage ceremony on saturday november 2nd of miss ahce braes and mr john brill son of mr and mrs david bsfd of toronto the couple were atten ded by mrs catharine leslie george town and mr leonard welch toron to after a honeymoon trto they will take up residence to georgetown mbrntog prayer 1st sunday in monen at 020 anv hot coonimion 2nd sunday in month at 2 pa other sundays evening prayer at 2 pea i day sobool 2 pm every i