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the g herald wcgnetday evening deccnrimr 24th 1947 soeblt holiday fcr mwchanfa tha week and mext with a two day closing this week and next for georgetown adores shoppers are reminded to stock op on food for an extra day each weak unless youre counting on the turkey to carry you for the next days meals december 26h has as usual been proclaimed as boxing day by the town council and next week the merchant through their betail division of the board of trade have decided to close on jt4 vary 2 the day after new sears store hours which have been ex tended to 10 pjn for christmas week revert to normal next week and will not be extended on new ears eve so do your shopping varly the weather mr editor this week records the first below xero day this winter it occurred eleven days earlier than the first tub zero day of lost year you might besnterested to know that the recorded temperature of 8 below of friday december 19th was two degrees lower than last winters lowest of 6 below however i guess this is the time of year to look for these tempera tares it u also the tune to say merry christmas em batkin max mm snow dec 15 40 28 dec 16 82 29 6 dec 17 31 18 2 dec 18 22 12 4 dec 19 19 3 dec 20 26 8 dec 21 40 20 average 30 13 to 11 intermediate hockey schedule dec 29 fergus at milton jan 2 orangeville at weston jan 5 georgetown at huton jan 6 acton at oakville army jan 6 fergus at orangeville jan 6 weston at oakville legion jan 8 oakville legion at acton jan orangeville at fergus jan 9 milton at georgetown jm 9 oakville army at weston jan 12 weston at milton jan 12 georgetown at fer gus i jan 12 oakville l at oakville a jan is acton at orangeville i jan is weston at acton jan 16 orangeville at george town j jan 16 milton at fergus jan 19 oakville a at oakville l jan 19 weston at fergus jan 20 acton at georgetown jan 20 milton at orangeville jan 22 orangeville at oakville a jan 22 fergus at acton jan 22 oakville l at milton jan 28 georgetown at wes ton jan 26 georgetown at oak ville l jan 27 weston at orangeville jan 27 milton at acton jan 28 oakville a at fergus jan 29 oakville legion at geor getown jan 30 acton at weston jan 30 orangeville at milton feb 2 milton at oakville a fob 3 acton at oakville l feb 3 georgetown at oran- gevitla feb oakville army at act feb 6 weston at georgetown feb 6 oakville legion at fergus fab 9georgetown at oak ville army feb9 acton at feigus b 9 orangevifte at oakville l 10 milton at weston at milton feb 12 orangeville at acton fab 18 fergus at oakville army feb 18 oakville l at weston fab 16 acton at milton fab 16 fergus at george town fab 17 oakville a at orangeville fab 19 georgetown at acton fab 19 oakville l at orangeville fb 20 oakvffle army at hilton ytab 20 fergus at weston fab 23 milton at oakville l fab 24 oakville a at george town fab 27 weston at oakvdu a mar 1 fergus at oakville l first and third second and fourth fc b class will play two games out h hree for group samlfjnals cwup finals to be decided later in a class second and third teams play two out of three games the winner to play lbs first team i a af 6 games for group finals ai1 postponed games to be played a or before mar 8 and the league standing will be taken as of that date with the convenor having tha a to order postponed gamas flayed now that the last present has been selected the last decoration hung and plans for the feast attended to the merchants of georgetown who supplied you with all the things to help make a merry christmas send their good wishes to all their friends for a joyous holiday season the herald staff joins in wishing subscribers the season s greetings and the merriest christmas ever georgetown intermediates in b group this year finalists in the intermediate a hockey playdowns last year when brantford defeated them for the championship georgetown interme diates will play in the b group ing this year fans are promised plenty of exciting hockey on the new artificial ice with the paper- makers grouped in a nine team in terlocking schedule in the inter mediate b group georgetown acton fergus orangeville and oakville army will battle for four play toff bertha oakville legion milton weston and brampton will play intermediate a the latter getting a bye into the finals geor- getown will have seven games at home and seven away but with oakville army playing their home games with the opposition team there will be eight league games on qeorgetown ice weston will play iwtoe games at bolton several important changes are on tap for the papermakers with the departure of jack shropshire for glace bay leigh bradbury will take over as playing coach at least three others will not be donning the georgetown uniform delly beaumont who is playing for sto- ney a art hurst who is playing se nior with kitchenerwaterloo and jack birtwistle whose brampton reshidence makes him unavailable for b competition here georgetowns first appearance is scheduled for milton on january 5th with the first home game here on the 9th again with milton social and personal tpr and mrs bruce collins of angus are spending two weeks in town with his parents mr and mrs alf collins tpr collins is on fur lough from camp borden where he is stationed with the canadian arm bill armstrong who- is studying engineering at the university ofi oklahoma is home from tulsa for the christmas holidays mr and mrs roy vandosen of tara are spending christmas m town with tha egibeons umehouse in spite of the snow storm the an nual christmas concert was held wednesday evening at s s no 16 as scheduled santa arrived to dl tribute gifts and the usual treats after a concert of dialogues songs etc in absence of music instructress clement mrs o mulder as listed mrs barber with musical number special vocal numbers at lime house presbyterian church on sun da were provided by mr clark ly ons and missis k kirkpstrick and kay norton we wish the editor his staff and the readers of the georgetown he aid a er merry christmas bereft to erf second brother i riends of mrs alec mccaig m urdock street will be rorry to hear of the death of her youngest brother edwin welsh marshall who died of pneumonia at guelph gen cral hospital on tuesday decern ner 1 6th intertnen took place in the family plot at crown cemetery only fie weeks ago mrs mc aig suffered the iocs of her eld- st brother robert marshall of stcttler alberta he was one f the pioneers of the west oine out in the spring of 18k nearly mxu years ago with his brother william aged 19 and 1 respective nnd having farmed tht rt ever since christmas co at s s no wilfred hurren wins grand prize at lions draw wilfred hurren victoria street holding ticket numbe 5063 won the doll dressed m ten one dollar bills offered as the major prize in the lions club christmas draw on main street saturday afternoon the draw was made by little linda whitmee daughter of mr and mrs prank whitmee the draw was the climax of the annual visit of santa clans which the club sponsors and whkh is eag erly awaited by the liule and not- bo little folk of the town this year the event was run with clock like smoothness by a committee headed by lion dick lkata and promptly on the stroke of three santa clans arrived by truck accompanied by several members of the town band whose carols lent a real christmas atmosphere torthe day after sanwhad distributed some nine hundred bags each containing candies nuts and an orange to the throngs of children he drficiated at the lucky draw with lion chief harold mcclure calling out the lucky names twenty chickens two turkeys and two geese were given away in adoption to the grand pnxe the lions club this year had made an extra effort at ticket sel ling to help pay for sanitary facil ities which are being installed by the club at teen town hau and public support was gratifying from total receipts of 482 05 the sum of 251 29 was left after paying for prizes candy ticket printing etc and this will be used as part payment on the estimated 400 ex i pnditure for the balance and further lions projects a minstrel show u being planned early in the new year prize winners in the order drawn were 6187 miss k given turkey 4610 john collier goose 4g98 ken horton 612 l devries r r 8 1762 mike lorusao 3263 art booth 4s71 stan lyon goose 4571 mrs albert tennant acton 1717 betty dickenson 5382 wm inglis glen williams 2643 william tennant 177 maurice hillock 1966 flo mcveigh r r 1 2434 brenda robinson 4697 lcn tennant 563 viola herndge curksoa 2042 tom mcbeth v 5583 bob mcgul 2165 charles brown 4220 jacqueline harlow 24g2 w n brownridge r r 2 521 jim russell 5395 ed martin glen williams 1797 mazy dobson turkey 5063 wilfred hurren doo and ten 1 hills contributed ostponed from the previous ev ening because of poor weather and road conditions the annual christ- mu concert of s s 16 esquesing as held on the evening of thurs- i i december 18th this was a red letter night in the life of this community it marked the first ir ilit i erformance since the ln- ui nation of hydro some time ear- litr m the ear and a crowd that u id all aailable seating accommo lution and emii made standing i oom at a premium was on hand ihui the programme opened rrom the time the curtain rolled up until santa made his appearance tl is 2 hour programme of choruses dulls plays and recitations rolled along smooth without a break one thing very noticeable was the complete lack of prompting neces sary the joungstera only a couplt of whom had yet reached their teens performed like professionals and were certainly due the hearty ipplauae from the large and appre- kiatne audience they certainly reflected the training and planning of their teacher miss mildred eas- on to whom the credit for the sue cess of the evening must go this is merely another illustration of the influence for good teachers may ha e in a community u would be difficult to pick out any item that stood above the rest they were all definitely above the average the predicament of three brave grannies and a fa mily squabble that threatened to come to blows over a case of mlsta ken identity really brought down the house what stays in the mind of this observer however is a dra- matued christmas carol good king wenceslas eomplete with king with crown and ermine robe and page boy the theme was carried by four choristers again credit goes to miss eaaoa for the aassbar and variety of coetumea vssd the musical parts were handled by miss marion hepburn the music teacher and they also showed the benefit of regular musical instruc tion at the end of the eason was called to tha platform and presentation wsatmada of small gift from tha board of ams- w j aleumbr wat prominent showman william j alexander esqueeins township native and a prominent stock showman passed away oa monday december 16th in gpelpa general hospital he had beea in atejjing health for the past two years mr alexander was the son of the late john alexander and catherine cantelon and was born at ashgrove seventysix years ago as a youth he learned the carpentry trade and for several years was a commercial traveller for the lundy fence com pany in partnership with alex wrigglesworih he conducted an im plement business in georgetown located in what is now the brew ers warehouse in 1912 13 in 1917 he bought a farm property at lot 12 7th line from ed hoffman cleared the bush and built his own house and barn as a farmer hs specialized ms how stock and had won many prizes at district fairs the c n e and royal winter fair for horses tamworth hogs and jersey cattle and in biter years for poultry he served at various time as a selling agent for different lines of farm supplies mr alexanders interest in fall fairs led htm to devote much time to assisting with the work of es quesing agricultural society and hi had served in many capacities- in cluding the vicepresidency last year he was made one of two life members of the society re had of ten judged at fall fairs and poultry in 1912 he married karen m neilsen of new york city a native of copenhagen denmark who sur- ives alone with an only sister mrs walter wngglesworth of guelph a brother john franklin alexander predeceased him in 1929 friends who attended the funeral service at the mcciure funeral home on wednesday included many from hamilton milton brampton streeteville and toronto pallbear ers were two nephews jack and grant alexander and four neigh bours arthur ruddeu fred morri son clayton dick and fred wrhj- gleswortfc rev r c todd conduc ted the service assisted by her fred ainworth interment waa made in ashgrove cemetery baptist church christmas concert last friday a fiveact play angels at peace was included in the program at the christmas party hut friday night in georgetown baptist church the play was directed by miss norman thompson and tha large cast of characters included ralph and douglas peck emery thompson samuel stevenett irena fogg richard sienko john win- field paul msckenzie barbara thompson donna thompson ted- d hewitt terry harley jean har- le bob mackie dorothy rqta scott ingeborg hauptmann doug las cole dean thompson ronald hreen allan teeter elsie fey margaret rose brydon patsy day and bill thompson the christmas partj began with supper served at six o clock rev c r gower was chairman for tha program and watson winfleld sunday school superintendent wel comed those present pianists for the evening were misses marioa hepburn and norma thompson miss thompsons class also pre sented a playlette christmas me mories with a cast composed of donna thompson irene fogg pat sy day barbara thompson and margaret rose brydon among the younger children wba recited werf carolyn reeve sharoa harley teddy hewitt karen shor- till david jack and harold hamil ton barry hayward gail bralsby norman and richard verdec terry harley paul mackenzie bob mac kie and dorothy scott smith and stone dance in rose room last friday night about thraa hundred dancers enjoyed a c mast danea in the rose room joint ly planned try tha anion and maa- agement of smith sad stona ltd representatrres of all plant depart ments and of local nbtb8 ibew attended and enjoyed dancing to tba music of doris hulls orchestra tees in appreciation of her work santa clam in the person of boas gdes then appeared and whs tax help of archie eccles and c a bonn proceeded to distribute the presents c barm was the eaahnaa ah in all a very enjoyable evening so remember folks while the md clay hill school may not exactly be ott the highway it definitely is on tfce map