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v the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening august 6th 1941 5c a copy 200 a year inconveniences of war time breaking down barriers separating english folk t this letter which gives an inti mate glimpse into the lives of the ordinary every day people of old britain and the way they are standing up to hitlers bombing was written specially for the georgetown herald and the mid land free preas another letter from miss butcher who is a popu- lar british novelist will appear shortly by margaret batcher i am just finishing a weeks holf day and holidays to be comfortably prosy are not what they were oddly enough though theyre bet ter vet if anybody had told me three or four years ago that x should ap preciate a week of activities consist ing of gardening mending and visit ing the dentist x should have been highly sceptical of course i must not forget certain inactivities such as get- mg up an hour later and having hah an hour over a book instead of waiting in a busqueue perhaps they have been nicest of all teeth are horribly unpatriotic things not a scrap of consideration for me while ive been hustling round on warmork just going on doing all the dire things that teeth can do on the quiet thats part of our difficult nowadays we have no time to look after ourselves t3o at last with my precious week juet one were told for the year rve been going into this little matter sitting up with my mouth open staring apprehensively at a strange man and wondering a how much it is going to hurt and b how much it is going to cost happily neither proved to be ex cessive its rather strange the way in which i picked the dentist it casts a side light on these new human relation ships which are cropping up all the time now one so often meets the same folk in the breakfastbus and one with whom i occasionally had a few mumbled words was a quiet little man of indeterminate age i use the adtfectlve mumbled advisedly and one day he whispered to me can you tell me where i can get some teeth a kind face i was immensely flattered and just a trifle suspicious was it possible that x possessed what is sometimes des cribed as a kind face quite sudden ly i feared it there must be some thing about me which would account for the unusual confidence incident ally i have never really discovered what it is anyway i promised to find out the name of a good man and i rushed off to my chief and asked where one could go x mailed a note to the confiding stranger and three weeks later x met him again whereupon he slipped a packet of candy a truly acceptable gift nowa- daya into my hand and then flashed a pearly smile at me out of a face that looked at least fifteen years younger with infinite tact neither of us mentioned teeth on that occasion but the next time we met he said they were fine so this week i have profited by my own advice a very rare thing to do believe me and yester day just as i was nearlng the dentists z met a woman i have seen once or twice in the little store on the corner when ive been coheotlng my rations her husband is another busacquain tance and little as i knew him they always seemed to me to be an ex ceptionally nice couple she stopped me always do anything are you all right now she said i heard that youd been ill ex plained that some while back x had influenza but that was all some friends i added had been very kind and looked after me tu always do anything i can for you she said and told me her name and address dont be afraid to let me know any time id nurse you do your shopping anything fd be glad to here she smiled and added the loveliest thing i dont like the idea of your being alone and ill you know my husband and i always call you the cheerful little lady am i cheerful goodness alone knows one doesnt always feel it f but how is one to get through without some such effort after all foolish and laughable things happen even in these days and perhaps the contrast makes them still more so for my part i find gloomy people definitely bad for the morale one comes away from them feeling actually ill and quite intolerably bored tjiestrange part of it is that they are never never the people who are suffering loss or privation but those whose comfort has been disturbed who cant get ser vants or the usual things to eat its different for you they say why on earth is it different for me true for years ive had no more domestic staff than a dear old visit ing charwoman but do they really suppose that i don m her do theyireally think i like spending my saturday evenings sweeping and wash ing that i enjoy picking at an early sotfprepared breakfast and going off to squat in an office all day ami reputed to revel in washing niy own dishes land scrubbing my own pota toes away with such nonsense little stellaanne the other evening x called on the friends who nursed me through the 1m and x was introduced to the 1 family the family oonsisui of amo- oonunued on pats 8 grayemmerson nuptials in knox church saturday knox presbyterian church george town was the scene of a lovely wed ding on saturday afternoon august 2nd when janet rae gray daughter of mr and mrs robert gray of port colbarne became the bride of james henry emmerson son of pte william emmerson and mrs emmerson the bride given in marriage by her father wore a white satin gown with a halo fingertip veil with orange blos soms and carried a bouquet of ameri can beauty roses she was attended by miss irene young cousin of the groom who was the maid of honor wearing a sown of pink net over satin with matching pink hat sliver shoes and carrying a bouquet of gladioli the bridesmaid miss inez scott wore a similar dress of blue net with blue hat and white accessories miss xjorralne emmerson only sis ter of the groom as flower girl was lovely in daffodil silk with white ac cessories and a bouquet of gladioli mr bruce oummer was best man and the ushers were george gray of swansea and jack james hamilton a reception followed at the legion hall with the two mothers receiving mrs gray in mauve triple sheer crepe and mrs bkmnerson in heavenly blue crepe after a short motor rip the couple will reside in georgetown former georgetown banker marries the wedding was solemnized last saturday august 2nd of kathryn m maclean daughter of mr and mrs john maclean of ripley and wil liam prescott oharles bartlett son of mr and mrs w h bartlett of st marys rev reynolds baler officiated jt the ceremony which took place in the presbyterian manse at ashfleld given in marriage by her father the bride wore a long frock of white bro caded satin made with butterfly slee ves her long veil of embroidered net was caught with pearls- and she car ried talisman roses with babys breath and bouvardia miss myrtle maclean of kitchener was her sis ters bridesmaid wearing a gown of powder blue net over satin wlthpjnk ribbon hat and carrying pink roses and lilyofthevalley the grooms man was dr grant sutherland of fergus after the reception at the windsor hotel kincardine the couple left for a honeymoon in muskoka the bride travelling in a beige and tan dress with white accessories they- will live in lucfcnow where the groom is on the staff of the bank of montreal he was formerly teller in the georgetown branch leaving tor lucknow last fall the sum of 9173 was realized in the tag day for the ontario division navy league of canada which was held in georgetown last saturday the i ode chapter took charge of the tag day and were assisted by several local high school girls who acted as taggers 25759 forwarded to telegram british war victims fund children help fund last week to raise grand total to 143332 another donation of 257 59 went forward last week to the toronto evening telegram british war vic tims fund from readers of the georgetown herald to raise the total forwarded to that fund from george town to 148372 the fund now stands at 143332 as the result of this and additional do nations made last week george far mer and harold glbner turned in 6 36 proceeds from a refreshment booth operated on july 3lst and august 1st near the bowling green the boys sold orange sparkle and candy made by their mothers and with such success that they plan on operating another booth later in the month substantial donations from the olen community club and from mrs john farmer who is raffling an ofghan for the fund will be turned in in the next few weeks to further increase georgetowns contribution to the war victims a red cross doll won in a draw at the red cross garden party by mr adam kay will also be raffled off for the herald war victims fund m inute iniatures brief backgrounds in the careers of canadas captains of war commodore howard emerson deputy chief of naval suff commodore howard emerson reld is nor deputy chief of naval staff at naval headquarters ottawa for the first full year of the war he was commanding officer atlantic coast a post which made him responsible for all stripping out of eastern canadian ports the vast job of expanding canadas peacetime harbours with their limit ed docking space and meagre loading machinery into ports ranking among the worlds busiest was carrledout to the midst of many wartime difficul ties it was accomplished while dan gerous enemy aliens were arriving by ihe shipload while v and crews put into port carrying the registry of one nation after another that had fal len under nazi domination and rum ours of submarines off shore war cropping up almost daily convoys made up under commodore reids jurisdiction included ships and strongmlnded ships captains from the four corners of the earth upon his shoulders fell the safe dispatching of our own soldiers airmen nurses and an their equipment for ov ser vice reld first went to sea at 16 he was born nd brought up in portage du port pq educated at ashbury collage ottawa and royal naval college of canada he was posted to hmjs berwick as midshipman she months before world war one start ed his firs two years of war experi ence included chasing the karlesruhe capturing and delivering three prizes to santa lucia and even on the can adian cruiser rainbow he assisted in the capture of two prise vessels hardest work of his life came at the age of 20 on hals attack on convoy service out of plymouth with continual fatigue no leave bitter cold hours on duty complete exhaustion at the end of it due to bracing oneself continually against the swift move ment of the turning twisting naval craft in subinfested waters in 1917 this stern experience ended with his being blown up when the attack struck a mine while on convoy in the mediterranean reld as first lieuten ant second in command in the new british destroyer viscount in 1918 with the grand fleet went on a mission into the baltic to copenhagen ravel llbau after a leave in canada in 1919 reld went off on the depot ship of a submarine flotilla to china to be sta tioned at hong kong which was good travel and lots of fun the rest of commodore reids service up to the outbreak of the present war alternat ed between missions with the royal navy and lymnynyfo in canada in cluding a turn with naval intelligence ottawa in command of hub sepoy in 1929 he became one of the first canadian officers to command a brit ish destroyer there was royal staff college in england in 1932 and then reid became staff officer on the war- spite in 36 he was in charge ot operations and training at headquar ters ottawa commander d west coast in 36 copt reld became co halifax in 38 and as soon as war broke out was made co a coast in our mail bag a the editor the georgetown herald dear sir j would like to thank you for the editorial of last weeks issue of the herald in reference to the lack of demonstrative applause of the audi ence at the red cross garden party as a member of the band i would like to thank our friend and friends who do appreciate the small part the band hoys are trying to do a pat on the back is worth while yours sincerely one of the band boys fman sutcliffe killed overseas marrxezkonxy two weeks former teorgetown man dies in flying accident a terse cablegram to his mother mrs j f sutcliffe last week informed her that her son pilot officer carman sutcliffe had been killed overseas in a flying accident on july 24th no de tails of how or where he met his death were given in the cablegram a former organist and choir mas ter at georgetown united church carman became interested in flying and took instruction at malton left for england in june 1939 joined the r a j where his early ability as an amateur radio fan par ticularly in relation to signalling and radio technology led to his rapid ad vancement a year later he became pilot officer and then transferred to a bombing squadron he served in bombing flights over the continent and was transferred last november to egypt a letter published a few weeks ago in the herald relat ed some of his thrilling experiences there on the gold coast where he was moved in may he returned to england and on july 8th was married to miss blanche maklns of cheltenham england a canadian girl he met there mr sutcliffe who was 26 years old was born at avon ontario and was the son of mrs sutcliffe and the late rev j f sutcliffe he attended jar- vis collegiate and the toronto conser vatory of music besides his mother and widow he is survived by three sisters mrs r k johnson of wei- land mrs c hodgert port hope and mrs w harvey toronto the hewtid extends slncerest sym- pamiy to his bereaved family in their tragic loss date h and l rain- temp fall tues july 29 78 65 wed july 30 85 66 12 thurs july 31 85 fri aug 1 80 sat aug 2 83 souwaug 3 85 mon aug 4 87 arnott mcclure brampton undertaker dies of heart attack arrou mcclure brampton under taker and furniture merchant died suddenly on monday july 28th at his summer home at port sydney mus koka following a heart attack a member of one of the pioneer fa milies of the district mr mcclure was born near mount pleaant 49 years ago he received hls education in brampton schools and before choosing a business career he farmed for a time he was an elder of brampton presbyterian church and an acelve member of ionic lodge a f am he is survived by his widow the former susan davidson a son david two daughters mrs w e beatty to ronto and miss leonore mcclure and ms father david l mcclure funeral services were conducted on wednesday afternoon in the presby terian church by rev a n miller pallbearers were samuel mcclure t h moorehead j m mcarter keith douon fred grogan and joseph wat son interment was in norval ceme tery no council meeting last ni the regular monthly meeting of the georgetown council was postponed last night when only two councillors the mayor and reeve put in an ap pearance at the municipal office on main street five members are ne cessary for a quorum so the meeting was called off till a later date a cornerstone was laid in the life of halton branch of the ontario oar age operators association on tues day afternoon july 29th when they held their first picnic at miles park on the dundas highway at erindale members and their wives including future members and future wives of members turned out to the number of 150 a large number of members from other branches were visitors in cluding win bill bauey provincial council president the beautiful grounds and tremen dous collection of animals make this an ideal spot for a picnic the big attraction of the afternoon was the riding of the elephant and the don keys although very few got anywhere with the donkeys and finished up much to their dismay lying on the ground beside their mount once again the directors are to be congratulated on their wise direction of the branchs many activities max hauptmann injured when bicycle strikes car max hauptmann was injured on saturday when the bicycle on which he was riding collided with a car driv en by alex hume i mr hume was making a lefthand turn from the highway onto water street noticing jthe approaching bicycle he stopped but mr haupt mann who wfcs riding down the guelph street bill apparently became can- fused and crashed into the standing automobile he was taken to the of fice of dr r t- paul and later re moved to his home chief w o marshall investigated the accident no charges were laid 100 raised for war victims fund at glen community garden party the weather by h l hutt although the spring months were unusually dry july wound up with a grand splurge and exceeded the nor mal rainfall for that month of 3 in ches by on extra inch the mean temperature for the month was 69 3 one and a half degrees above normal both of these items have made for nderful growth this summer the heat wave that bore down on us from the west has slowly passed on with the average daily temperature last week three degrees lower than the week before now a cold wave is reported at ed- monton with temperatures below freezing- it is to be hoped that it warms up over the prairies before it reaches us following- are the local records for m wm 1 little esquesins native buried here last saturday william j little who died at his home in canfleld on sunday july 27 wat burled in the family plot in greenwood cemetery last wednesday mr little who was a son of the late jesse david little and isabella smith was born on the 7th line es- queslng about seventy years ago and farmed in this district for the greater part of his life hc is survived by his widow the formtr jean moclustey and two child ren david and isabel at home he also leaves a brother andrew and a sister mary both in the united states other members of the family who predeceased him are hugh isabella and catherine who are all buried in georgetown the georgetown herald british war victims fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram 1143372 katheleen thompson 26 george farmer and harold gilmer proceeds of re freshment booth operat ed near bowling green 635 a bit o help 200 joan and anne 100 143332 starlit revue local talent present sparkling program all roads led to ojen williams last friday evening august 1st when the glen community club held a garden party in aid of the herald war vic- tims fund the community club which was organized this spring has been doing a fine job both from the standpoint of raising funds and of pro viding social events for the people of the district when first organised the group held social evenings in vari ous glen homes and on martin 11 made an initial donation to the war victims fund of 1500 on june 4th the sum of 7500 was turned in from various small social events on june 37th the group held ijgix first large public affair when a par ade and entertainment was combined with a tag day to raise another 5000 friday nights program was held on the grounds of mr lindley beaumont the verandah of the home formed a natural setting for a stage with flags profusely used as decorations the whole program was arranged on pa triotic lines featuring songs ot tha last war and contemporary songs of the present war mr e v ted maccormack georgetown druggist made a capable master of ceremonies introducing the numbers in truly professional style local talent jn the show included jack campbell the yodelling cowboy joe and dan norton in several violin and guitar selections and miss gertrude cain and her local dance pupils fea tured with these was the cooper and meeks starlit revue troupe from to ronto one of the finest group of artists to be seen in the district for soma time specializing in tap dancing rou tines the young artists also included two male vocalists a winsome soprano soloist lorraine maloney acrobatlo dancer and scottie allison whose genial personality soon won favour with the audrence she made several appearances in comic songs and reci tations the pop booth and refreshment stand were well patronized by ths crowd and were sold out of supplies well before the end of the evening at the end of the program a num ber of lucky draws were made win ners of gate prizes were mrs s nor- rie limehouse no 257 and mrs l allen brampton no 251 a draw for a basket of groceries was won by mrs fred hunter norval and for a cushion top by mr bob mcmenemy the committee in cliarge of the garden party included mrs jack crawford mr and mrs alfred allen mrs w wlllett mrs j dickinson mrs george allen mrs cecil barth mrs p d wagstaffe and mr george inglls mrs d ohara and miss mar- jorle wagstaffe were in charge of the pop booth the whole community worked as a body to support the com mittee in the undertaking and f would be impossible to list all those who assisted in one way or another with plans for the party suffice it to say that the folks in the glen show ed that they know how to put oa a firstrate party and everyone is look ing forward eagerly to the next one sheep claims cost township 100 in month of july c h may presmes at regular meeting in absence of reeve wilson stewarttown aug 4th 1m1 esqueslng township council held their regular meeting on monday even ing deputyreeve o h may council lors o w murray edwin harrop and o e cleave were present moved by mr harrop seconded by mr murray that c h may preside over the meetings of this council ow ing to the absence of reeve wilson through illness carried the minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted communications were read from a e wilson company unemployment insurance commission game and fisheries department and department of municipal affairs moved by cleave and harrop that the treasurer pay the road accounts amounting to 262080ycarried moved by cleave and harrop that the treasurer pay sheep claims a j evans 3 lambs killed 3100 paul b kennedy 1 ewe killed 1200 1 lamb killed 800 total 2000dr h a mc- cullough 1 reg ewe killed 1300 1 lamb killed 800 total 30 00 d b kilgour 1 reg ewe killed 30 00 1 lamb wiled 10 00 total 3000 k o lind say valuator 4 trips 8003arrled moved by murray and harrop that the treasurer pay relief accounts as presented by the relief officer 11955 carried moved by harrop and cleave that treasurer pay board of health ac count mrs h v grasby attending mrs earl grasby and daughter four weeks 40 00 carried moved and seconded by murray and cleave that the treasurer pay letter shop supply co 300 voters lists 5325 bes telephone co 330 ner mwft shooting dog in act of worrying sheep 500 mrs viola mue- bsm cleaning council chamber 380 clerk stamps 340 carried moved and seconded by harrop and cleave that tha rate of wages for the operator of township motor grader be 45c per horn carried moved and seconded by harrop and murray that leave be granted to in troduce a bylaw to distribute the in terest accruing from the railway bon us fund among the different school sections entitled thereto and that said bylaw be now read a first time car ried moved and seconded by murray and cleave that bylaw no 942 to distri bute the interest accruing from the railway bonus fund among the diff erent school sections entitled thereto be now read a second and third times and passed and that the seal of the corporation be attached thereto car ried moved and seconded by murray and cleave that this council do now ad journ to meet september 2nd at 1j0 pm or at the call of the reeve carried duncan r scot dbsd in f kitchener duncan r scott who was born and raised near acton died at his home in kitchener on july 15th he was the youngest son ttu it y pn hy james scott third line death was due to a heart attack while at his work and came as a great shock to his fami ly and friends his wife and four sons and twu daughters are left to mourn the lost of a kind husband and loving father also five sisters and one brother mrs david bardy of guelph mrs william nais and mrs john crawshaw spey- slde mrs j b oampbell of baulna- fad and agnes and william scott of blhnfifad the funeral service on friday july lfta was held in kitch and bur ial took place in fairrlew cemetery acton card of thanks mr john shepherd and family with to thank their many friends for the thoughtful interest and sympathy also the kind neighbors for their assist ance at the time of their recent loss ot a wife and mother