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afr and mrs george ward mark golden wedding an open house wis held in st johns united church audi torium february 26th or the celebration of the golden wed ding ot mr and mrs george ward 7 draper st over two hundred friends at tended from shelburne gait selkirk weston brampton cooksvllle milton hamilton malton campbcllville and geor getown and district theugwladie of the church catered for refreshments 75a mi poured by sisters jars tveajey atkinson weston mrs fred clark brampton mrs frank clark and mrs tom mad sett weston and nieces mrs harvey bagg malton and mrs rett wynd weston their six granddaughters hel ped with serving guests and relatives and friends who also assisted wjth tea were mrs cecil wardy mrs wilbert nix mrs norman ward and mrs al bert woodill all of brampton mrs john bird ashgrove mrs gordon urquhart and mrs an nle vannatter georgetown the guest book was in charge of mrs a nellson mrs alan norman hiss luena campbell and mrs wilfred sanderson mr and mra ward were mar rlcd on february 23rd 1916 she was born in england com ing to canada with her parents in 1913 mr ward was born at amaranth in duffenp coun ty they farmed at rlchview for three years then moved woodill toronto gore taking over the homestead farm they moved to georgetown twenty years ago when their son took over the farm mr ward retired four years ago having worked at smith 8c stone for a number of years they have three children gladys at home mrs alan den ison evelyn of port credit and earl of campbell vllle and seven grandchildren legion notes name two to attend montreal convention ralph hawas at the general meeting thursday february 24th it was decided by the members act mg on a recommendation from the executive to send the branch president and the lm mediate past president to mon treal to represent the branch at the dominion convention at the same meeting again acting on a recommendation from the executive the huild lng committee was given thp green light to go ahead with lallatton ofanother setfthi of double doors at the main en trance it is thought that the present doors at the branch are insufficient to keep the cold from the entrance hall comrade john elliott gave a report on his progress with the centennial fund and answered many questions directed at hi by members john still needs many volunteer helpers he re minded members that the cam paign will commence officially on friday march 25th with dinner and dance watch the advertising pages of this publi cation for more information best in zone sportawise tbe branch ardent devotees of bowling can feel ex tremely proud three teams left town for port credit on sat urday february 26th to take part in the zone bowling and the team of comrades george nurse don wilkes theodore brown jake timpsorf jack cuthbert and bob nicholson re turned with the zone cham pionship the above team has qualified to represent 120 at welland on march 12th for the district bowling congratulations fel lows and good luck for the dis trict school for officers the school of instruction for branch service officers of zo nes b4 b5 b6 add b7 was held at branch 120 on sunday feb 27 th- the meeting was opened by immediate past president dave bowman in the absence of yours truly who was otherwise engaged chairman was com rade bill anderson the instructions roceived by the many service officers who were present were most con structive and covered all sub jects pertaining to veteran welfare from eligibility to how veterans allowances are paid interest by the service offi cers was very keen and ques uons pyt to the speakers were lekandheavy thi oiorgitown ttlrald thursday foarch 3rd 19m page 11 remarks were many and very favourable regarding branch 120 s hospitality and good will thanks to dave bowman his many helpers who gave their time so willingly in making our visitors welcome and well tak en care of i holmes bonspiel honours won by georgetown rink jean chappel and her team june freeman claire miller and ann french piled up an impressive total of 84 points to win the evelyn holme award at the annual business girls bonspiel held at the north hal ton club on saturday they won three eight end games in the competition and will have the plaque bearing their names ad ded to the original oil painting awarded saturday evening by mrs holmes curlers from park way peterboro paris juiph and richmond hill as well as four rinks from town played m the bonspiel in the 9 o clock draw a hum bcr highland rink skipped by edith pease were winners with 29 points lois rltches team from guelph were the two game winners with 24- points and gwen and tyler and rink from acton were high one game winners with 18 pts jean chappel s team in the llo clock draw won all their games to win the trophy willa hewitt tallied 244 points for a twogame win and mabel san derson skipped a local entry composed of myrt scott waddie howat and isobel mcdonald to the position of single game winner with 16 points dinner and music in the lounge by bill hillicr were highlights of the event after the games prize presentation included viyella shirts fpr the winners in both draws blouses for second place winners and umbrella to the third place win ners the- bonspiel was conven ed by bunny moore brampton and irene curry and her coin mi t tee richard enright will represent georgetown in cwossa finals georgetown district hlgh school was host to region hi of the cwossa public speak ing competition friday the students participating represen ted the following schools central dufferln district high school shelburne arthur dis trict high school biahop mac donnell high school guelph guelph collegiate vocational institute georgetown district high school the winning students who will go on to the finals in kit cbener on march 2tflh were senior girl vlcki harrop guelph c 4 vi senior boy angelo mbjoccq biahop mac- donnell jqnior girl susan little centre duffenn dm s junior boy richard enright georgetown dhs mrs a l livingston conve ned the event m peleschak and mrs s lambert were chairmen and the judges were john ord qc w c biehn and j l lambert for the seniors and mrs j gunn john t arm strong and e forgrave for the juniors the home economics classes under the direction of mrs p hess prepared and served re freshmen ts georgetown finishes second in international hockey georgetown finished in se ond place and mcgibbon hotel in fourth in the international hockey league which conclud ed sunday night toronto township won the pen nant with 54 points on 25 wins 8 losses and 4 ties georgetown s record was 18 wins 14 loss jty meet them party ladies please note your next general meeting will com mence at 7 is pm branch 120 ladies auxiliary will be leaving for streetsville branch after the meeting to attend a st patrick s party given by the ladies of that branch port credit legion will be host to branch 120 ladies the occasion will be a social even ing of cribbage and euchre for more information contact comrades jean lockhurst or bermce emond the imperial section plan to hold two additional dances this year one will be to raise a subscription for the legion centennial fund while proceeds from the second dance will go to assist the branch building fund plaza java saturday we observed the imperial sponsored rover scout group serving free coffee to the shoppers at the plaia e occasion was the wmdup of the scout week the three executive of the onth are mr al lincer p zambra and h henderson the draw was made at the branch on saturday pontiacs one game up series with thorold georgetown bantam pontiacs have taken the upper hand in their third omha playoff ser es this one against thorold pontiacs scored three times in the third period to come from behind and drop the thorolds 6 to 4 in thorold georgetown led 21 at the end of the first period but trailed 43 after two hay scored both of george town s first frame markers the first was from wiles at 8 50 and then fowler passed to him for number 2 at 1 1 20 thor old s goal was sandwiched be tween those at 4 08 georgetown sagged in the m ddle period as thorold fired three goals to one for tie pontiacs wiles scored the loc als lone counter ingl s tied the score on a solo dash early in the third per lod and llewellyn potted the winner a minute later mcnil ly banged in the insurance goal from llewellyn fven a switch in goalies by thorold failed to cool off the pontiacs and they handcuffed the would be snipers successful ly until the buzzer ended it the teams meet for the r sec ond session tuesday march 8 in georgetown and 5 ties for 41 points bronte had 14 wins 19 losses and ties for 32 points and mcgibb on hotel 8 wins 24 losses and 5 ties for 21 poinls georgetown finished the sea son with a 9 1 trouncing oi bronte b van wyck scored three times for the winners and the other goals were added by myles gilson tom james john knight b anderson n shea and jim james thorne scored the only bron te goal in the other sunday night game mcgibbon hotelpulled the rug from under the league lead ers by beating them 54 lome smith with a pair geo rge bolasko bern kent and bill kent notched goals for the winners poulton and pipes each scored twice for the twp in other games during the week mcgibbon beat geonje town 3 1 tuesday feb 22 and toronto township and bronte played to a 5all tie wednesday i3 j three winners in public speaking three georgetown district high school students were win ners in tbe cwossa district public speaking competitions held in guelph at bishop mac donell high school february 22nd the participating schools were elora dhs georgetown dhs guelph c1vl and bishop macdonell hs maureen neejy a gdths gr 10 student won the junior girls section speaking on nurse ed ith cavell richard enright also of gdhs grade 10 won the junior boys section his address was on the topic hu mour in a dull world marion burt of grade 13 chose as her subject styles of hufiiour she placed second to the senior girl representative from guelph cvs the fourth member of the delegation roger smith a gr 12 student delivered a humor ous address on the state of the world today the winner in this class was the representa tive from bishop macdonell mrs livingston of the eng llsh department convener of public speaking in the school accompanied the students cyo gals still in running for cagers crown georgetown 0xo missed a playoff berth in their cyo league last week when they dropped 3129 decision to st andrew s of oakville george town was tied with st andrew s at the end of tbe regular sched nle and a audden death game was played to determine the playoff team the georgetown cyo girls fared better they captured se cond place in their league and beat st andrew s girls 2921 in their first playoff meeting the winner will own the halton district cyo ghls basketball title after the sports program the cyo members reconvened at holy cross church for benedict ion and later moved to holy cross auditorium to host a dance at which milton cyo members were guests i lait saturday the girls bad their third meeting it tbe home of mra geonfa henderson they decided i name itte soph isticate and were taught corr ect table settings and manners they made tomatoe soup and welsh rarebit and then enjoyed their product wkh cake and ice cream seven suverwood ladlea j i with allarge group of j members to enjoy a banquet t st johns united church ujr the occasion was the anniversary of aahgrove wx mexican jumping beans are i the seed of a desert plant la j which tbe larva of a moth mo j ing causes it to jttmp silverwood silverwood 4h club attended their second meeting at lime house hall joining their neigh hour groups on saturday morn ing february 10 mrs ernie pearce of rose dale floral was guest speaker and showed the girls many bea utiful arrangements of seasonal flowers tea and cookies were served afterwards committee on religious education in the public schools of ontario the honourable william g davie minister of eduoatlon hse appointed a committee to study the program for raiigloue education hi the public schools of ontario this committee will examine and evaluate tbe present program receive repre sentations from all interested bodies about the effecuvenasa and desirability of the program consider suggestions for changas and improvement study means by which character building ethics social attitudes end moral values and prin ciple may best be instilled in the young consider the resport- stbtlity of the public schools ha jhese matters and make recommendations for the information and consideration off tho minister individual and organizations are mvrted to submit views comments and proposals for the conilderatlorf of the com mittee information ebout the presentation of submissions briefs and the ilka may be secured by writing to dr j r mccarthy secretary committee on religious education in the public schools suite 700 481 university avenue toronto 2 ontano hearings for the presentation of bnefs will be scheduled by the committee application to appear before the comm nee should be made at the time die brief is submitted j keiller mackay chairmen of the committee bowlerama mln s ten pin feb 23 early shift alka seluers 59 t flmtstones 46 rockets 41 sa tellites 29 late shift rockets 62 whammies 49 i misfits 44 meadowglen 20 hfch tri pie e smith 672 high single e smith 254 high averages e smith 174 r norton 167 b fisher 163 b anderson 158 h ruddell 155 b engleby 154 d stamp 152 a miersma 152 bilinguai bowling lgf feb 24th aloueues 115 tail ender 95 rebels 90 tiger cats 65 roughriders 55 lions 42 weekly high triple maun e jan isse 659 high single ray har low 257 high average fernand chiasson 229 women s weekly high triple aline leblanc 537 high single peggy beck 236 season s high triple julie har low 721 high single julie har low 319 high average julie harlow 178 french association feb 20 ivor washbourne 82 wayne casey 81 oscar david 73 jean guy chiasson 65 rog er pnmeau 62 janet damp housse 61 rosalre routhicr 53 edmond david 42 mens high single roger prlmeau 290 fh triple jean guy chiasson 701 high average jean guy chias sen 198 women s high single giselle breau 247 high triple giselle breau 591 high average marie macferron 162 ladies tues afternoon league february 22 kool kata 115 swinging six 106 mountaineers 102 flying sauc era 100 red feathers 90 coun try cousins 84 eager beavers 84 astronaut 63 non strikers 48 go getters 27 weekly high single doreen long 27v high triple okal james 63b season s high angle irene anderson 363 high triple irene andereon 776 high average irene anderson 196 f seated ak uo cleator field supervisor of ontario command sid hope bureau tupervisor of ontario command stand ng are dave bowman left the immediate past rpfeswent of branch 120 a haley district commender of district b and dave capper- euld zone commander and deputy district commander of district b the occasion for their getting together w a school of instruc tion for legion branch officers of four zones j ik georgetown sunday pe who like savings l i raiieiiit 18 main st n food markets georgetown free delivery on orders over 500 aylmer fancy tomato juice prices effective thurs ml sat march 3rd 4th 5th tang 265 md tfrult 2 37 2 45 aylmer boston brown beans 241 hehnx strained baby foods 4 47 nult rovctaic grapefruit and orange and fruit crystals b pineapole orange grapefruit meat specials dads reg 33c oatmeal cookies l 49 j fresh shirriff good morning f daftc vi marmalade 53 grade a not frozen clove leaf solid white tuna fish 7 n tin i turrets ouick f w qujtar oats 07 48 lb average weight purex whitfor coloured aat t tissue jj3 super stainless steh m m g a likely merchants the winner of tbe george totvti raider onngeville hornet quarter final now in progress will meet the winner of a mil ton brtntford aeries orangey la and miltoa uad their seta fresh produ features golden no 1 chiquita ejkjv tv bw bananas z zv imported no 1 grade vine ripened shk teeev jfssk tomatoes az j v florida no 1 celery stalks 2cnnchy sl jo jy a complt varlaty of fnth frulti and vagatablas frash dally and attractively priced schneiders processed cheese slices w lb 29 farm house cream pies chocolate coconut banart lemon or strawberry prenn 12 es size 43 451 maple leaf sweet pickled icottage rol ijubilee small link sausage lb 75 63 jdevon rindless i stuart house soup mixes chkken noodle mushroom vog beef or chicken and rice pkg 1q ingersoll cheese spread and baby rous 65