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i the georgetown herald wednesday dec 19th 1951 v have answered your christmas seal letter fight tuberculosis halton tdbeixulosis and hia your donation to noncetocedrrors william bird norval native retires from paper company bank of commerce georgetown in the estate of arthnr grabtree gcntlcmtn deceased all persons having claims again the estate of james arthur crab- tree late of the towm of george town gentleman who died on or about the 15th day of august 1951 are hereby notified to send particu lars of same to the undersigned on or before the 12h day of january aj 1952 after which date the es tate will be distributed with regard only to the claims of which the un dersigned shall then have notice and the undersigned will not be liable to any person of whose claim he shall not then have notice dated at georgetown this 10th day of december ad 1951 a ivan young crabtree executor of the estate of james ajrthur crabtree by his solicitors dale bennett georgetown ont 1226 back in 1765 when canadian horses numbered 13488 or one to every five inhabitants the gover nor vaudreuil became alarmed and said there were so many hor ses that young men were losing the art of walking a far cry from this day and age xmmrtnii christmas at st georges houoay pouttm sirloin roasts round steak v allat pork products specially priced for christmas all grades 45 c to 5j x x x x x x eggs first grade poultry specially priced turkeys 6qc geese chickens fowl i 1 to 67c 55c 55c 50c i x x x x x x x x x x x x x x wishing everyone the seasons greetings georgetown meat market at the creamery guelph st phone 174w lilllillbl x wishing one and all merry merry isyous woe christmas jim hewson and oliver brownridge real estate in a recent issue of abitibi a monthly magazine for employees of units of abitlbi power and paper company limited a nbrval native william bird was the subject of a nice story at the time of his retire ment from the company by permission of the editor of abitibi the story is reprinted be low as well as a picture of mr and mrs bird which appeared wjth it mr bird has two brothers thom as bird who moved to town from the farm this year and lives in the tyd nixon house on maple avenue and john bird sr of stewarttown william bird steam plant superin tendent retired oct 1 after giving almost 25 years service to manitoba paper company but unfortunately four months short of the time re quired to qualify for membership in the quarter century club bill was born in tforval ont september 6th 1880 and received his early education there later at- tndmk guelpn kni ulturul col lege where he became rinterestid in the art of making cholese on leaving college he worked at this trade a couple of yeurs then mig rated to sault ste marie where he spent the winter of 18981899 in the woods camps of spanish river in 1902 he landed back in toronto with t eaton company in their steam plant in 1903 he met miss reta peterson in toronto and they were married the following year but the course of true love did not exactly run smooth for just two weeks after their marriage t eaton company sent bill out to winnipeg on the construction of a steam plant to operate their new store then in course of erection in 1905 he re turned to toronto and brought mrs bird to winnipeg first living on margrave street in what was known as the eaton block until they pur chased their first small home in elmwood then a suburb of winni peg bill remained with eatons until 1917 and then went with the ogilvie flour mills until 1927 when mani toba paper company was advertis ing for a steam engineer and he came to pine falls s shift engin eer although he wrote to mrs bird in winnipeg instructing her you stay and keep the children there im not going to live in this mud- hole bill stayed on in pine falls and thinks there is no place like it in 1932 he was promoted to steam plant superintendent in 1928 when the late c c ir vine as endeavouring to interest employees in first aid training and lidding thc going pretty difficult bill bird in his usual quiet offhand way came forward and offered his experience and services as instruc tor he not only took hold of the work and got it going but has main tained keen interest in it through his efforts the pine falls first aid team in 1945 captured the taylor cup and the following year obtain ed the waugh shield highest indus trial award for first aid work in manitoba mr bird intends to cany on first aid classes an1 will also act as in structor for the st john ambulance ssociation in the territory from pine falls to lac du bonnet as he is a keen fisherman duck hun ter gardener and has now added to his list of hobbies motoring having purchased a fine new car this summer we forsee no lone ly moments for bill mr and mrs bird have purchased their own home on the rock just back of the mill and the community rejoices that neighbours will be able to drop in of an evening as usual for a game of crib and a friendly chat they have three children stanley tor onto marlon mrs thorne lon don and w b bill jr with the fosterwheeler company winni peg seven grandchildren and one greatgranddaughter t i i candlelight carol service on sunday evening at 700 oclock midnight christmas communion 1 1 30 christmas eve christmas morning communion at 700 oclock y v v y y y yea lord we greet thee born this happy morning je8u to thee be glory given i farm news mmtml a a gift of cash it always welcome give royal bank money orders j off ofoficfiec thi we are prepared to do all types of plumbing new bathrooms installed or remodelled water systems repairs of all lands ken nash 239r king street georgetown halton plowmen elect harold picket prexy the annual meeting of the halton plowmen was held in the farmers building milton on friday even ing of last week despite the heavy storm which made motoring very treacherous to say the least a good ly number of enthusiastic plowmen were in attendance from three of the four townships president v e mcarthur was in charge of the meeting mr l l skuce public school inspector for halton was the guest speaker and as usual deligh ted his audience with his lnterest- ng address mr skuce on request gave an illustrated address on his recent trip to europe which inclu de visits to france italy switzer land germany holland england and ireland those in attendance felt more than compensated for the effort made to attend the meeting under difficult road conditions ythi election of officers resulted as fol lows president harold picket hornby 1st vice j spencer wilson norval fflid vice george readhead l milton secty treas j e whitelock direct 1 eaqnesinr roy currie milton j c cun ningham hornby clebert mcdow ell hornby lloyd fisher george town nelson rpy euenton glen campbell both of lowvule j h taylor freeman j e euenton lowvule trafalgar leonard lister hornby frank hall streetsviue j c marshall jack marchment hornby associate directors esquesing stanley may c wrig glesworth fred russell nassagaweya tom patterson el mer blacklock wm mahon nelson erwin gunby john richardson john readhead trafalgar lloyd may thos howden george hall picket v e mcarthur and segsworth i i holiday closing patrons please note that we will be closed for holidays on monday tuesday wednesday december 24 25 26 golden gate caf e fred lee merry christmas to you all ross i mcbrine luggage an acceptable gift keuleman jewejer ton always l a bramp- seasons greetings walter t evans company insurance real estate travel holiday dances with the modern aires friday dec 21 oddfellows hall brampton monday december 24 xmas eve dance georgetown arena rose room admission 75c saturday dec 22 the rose room r georgetown arena special dances in brampton on friday december 28th and in georgetown saturday december 29th kwmnfcsdnomiisjaatsaimmii ansmmaamaeami n asr t armlngton jack mcphall ampbejllvjlle ross gordon directors stanley l rail the cleaver mp w j robertson victor ball j a elliott w x breckon 3 a dixon m t mcnsbb arthur iplamond w h robinson w a robinson c f m the emblem of a oualifiedeiectrician whf v vi