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the georgetown herald seventyfifth year of publication wedoeuby mm 17 1943 200 per annum 5c per copy help the red cross over the top give generously giwlph lesion concert party stages show at gregory theatre fvuurtas mm at ouelpfao out- tundlng thralrlcaj tmlrtt the concert pvty of uw cinirtun latvian of tht city will perform in tht oreeory theatre oonpiloro oa uoofuy ftnlfit usrth 2x at tlgnlfuucc oclock the progrtm f of vtds vsjtety oi number that includes vocal musical i and xxncty turn and the show hu already mde cverai tuecruful ppmjwire to thr tnurctu of war terrier fund th omffttovn branch of uu canadian latfton war berrtces u pon- ftortnf this rohour itmr ihow with proceed bring ud or beneaolrnt purpow the legion murtiinmect committee headed by dob uulr oom- plrtd arranffrmrou or the ouelph party to appear in gcorgttown and from all reports this u one of the beat staff performancra aver lo be awn her th artljta are appearing with out remuneration to help the local branch in their war effort and aa cafluonad above all proceeds are for bcncrolciu purpose do to the expense of transportation theatre cost etc the committee decid ed to resent all theatre teat it 3v ttw leatlng plan u now open at ctxapmans dnts blore and thou who wub to attend are urged to rcaerte their aeau at once it u interesting to note that every member of the ouelph concert party in question u in some way connected with the pre tent wai effort and in the ce of several of the male mem bete of the troupe they are veteran of the lait war the comedy part of the program la chiefly upheld by harry rhtby who is widelyknown in western ontario for hi ability to produce laughter a well a lor his capable performance at the keyboard of the piano the dinrwig section of the ahow la beaded by mus uinjarct prrrtr charming young lady who conduct classes in ouelph she will offer her beautiful indian nitch girl dance and tt will undoubtedly proe one of the hit of the evening in addition to mis rvrrle three of her pupils will do a trio number they are uuses rita oremasoo dtana carlo and jean reynold clever tap dancers the other dance number will present little all year old darleen heffeman whose acrobatic turn u a really clever piece of spwk for one so young in the mutlcal end of the program the headline r of the thow la mra l j moore concert party accompanist whose vork ha had much to do with the luooeaa of the organization a musical quartette constating of harry rlgby charlie holmes mil holland and davie burnett win probably prove another pleasing feature of the even sac oeorge heffeman ana eddie burnett cowboy musicians make up smother tuneful turn charlie holmes who la a member ot the mutlcal quartet steps forth in another role during the evening in his monologue numbert featuring pa triotic and comedy recitations xh the vocal part of the program rolllc pell president of the ouelph branch of the canadian legion heads the list with his excellent tenor voice he also appears to advantage in a duct with miss victoria valerlote who also has two solo numbem little twelve yearold norma ornham with her patriotic songs will likely earn plenty of applause an- will mrs mary hardy one of ouelpha leu ding sopranob the other male member of the sons rcc tlon arc billy kerr and harold cole the ittage and baslncsj management of the troupe -in- under the direction of i j moore who h by the way treasurer oi the ouelph brunei ot the lejtfon he is avlsttd by jack hum and charlie taylor two ctcruiis of the last war the local branch of tin- union hns done its latr share of bcnivolcm work in this town and nsks the support of the public to patron tp this roncert loral oiisincss men haw hlic to adv rtlsc tin- concert by donnttnii ad- vcrtlslnu space in a fullpaye which appears in this lssm the lptflon wish es to txpess their sluten tlunks to these buslncsh tnon and hope that the people of goorsotown and district will attend thlfa performance the entertainment committee head ed by bob mulr is as follows herb harlow bam tennant charles par- ton j boloy j roberts ooo alcott tom grieve tickets may bo purchased from members of the legion or at chap mans drug store so to the public of georgetown and district the uioceu of thla concert depends on your sup port we emu guarantee you an even- to of pleasure and at the atme time the weather by il u hull alter the spring lite aeathrr wr have bad the past ihs which baa taken off the greater part of the snow e can begin to feel we are safely out of the wood and may look back to not when we have bad the coldest oays of the winter the coldest single day was on february 11th when u va j7 below tero the coldest week wa only the week before last when rtra old mother earth took a chill and had a shiver the average tempera ture for the week wa only 0 abo rrro aa compared with 71 for the past eek- we may bar a few more win try days but with the sun so much hbjher in the hratra we can confid ently look for warmer days soon hollowing are the local record date 11 and v prwrlpl- twnp uuon turs ur 0 21 13 ran wed mar 10 jo 11 lysaoow and rain thur msr it to u it rain prt lur u 40 3 bat uax 13 it is bun utx 1 n is mon uar 11 m ennrx uaz hmxtr majuueo in toronto a rry pretty but quiet wedding i solemnized at bt johna anglican church west toronto on baturday march uh at 3 30 pro when ethel mae second daughter of 8 o smith of toronto was united in maxrlage u harold vincent swift of toronto for merly of liverpool england the bride wa lonely in a medium blue sheer wool crepe dress and navy accea and wore a corsage of brlcul roses and sweet pea her only attendant miss viola flmlth sister of the bride wore a dusty rose sheer wool crepe the tame linen as the bride and navy accessories she also wore a corsage of sweetheart rosea the grooms attendant wan norman davidson of nobleton ont music was plaed by the church or- ganlt and during the signing of the register the chime were rung the bride and groom later were entertain ed in the king edward hotel they will reside in toronto toopttibd ttle clotmss srt t rttula tunc u u orginltwl a uiu owr uurr montiu ago be vnutlin aid to ftuttla pled hi cullsctxl catb wnlrlhiillnrii lo dau amuunuus to uuajm in addition tflu ot cloth- ma already nipped rirtwd in talua rmtjo tb tou total to data of auokvipuon lo tna rind in ouli and iooda in kind u 3ot oa rout lo in bofui union nov at it lull canadian railway frtlgtu can oonlatnlna clollilnf blanxata and n dual aupnura all imprrjnn an uanaporuv in ruultn uw at ln raproar ot th bovut aommrnt- 0orvovn la atlll taking an ac- ur pan tn uus ox mmendablr rsort and lire k prajon rtporu trtoa wnt on tao bal of clolnlnf laal ark vrlahlnj about 700 pounds sine nnrtlng oontntiutlon unoununf lo acu otrr moo lul rk th louowtng contruaitlon have btm addd to in total local council ol womtn i m anonymoui 100 aire croaa 3 00 uapl ual dali7 i 00 victory club 1080 un j a crabut 3 00 kmualng women lnutute 3 00 oforgrluwil public bchool 250 a toronto lady who u rry much lutrmtrd in thr rflort haj donated i handpaltiled water coluur land- kapra which will br rarflnl off and thr prucerds turned into the fund mrs thomas allan buried at clan williams a highly esteemed resident of oeor- gctowr puaed away on tuesday march 0th tn the person of mrs thomas allen the late mrs allen has been a resident oi georgetown for the post 48 years and leaves 10 grand children and 1 great grandchild bhe is also survived by her husband and rune children mrs may shevlln of chutham mrs ann parster mrs maude norrle llmehouse thomas of oihawu ben of ftart william joseph of long branch and stanley harry and harvey all overseas the funeral which wa largely at tended took place from the family residence mill road lo st georges church the impressive service being conducted by rov w g o thomson interment took place in olen williams cemetery those attending the funeral from out of umn were mr and mrs shev lln chuthum mr and mrs churlot van allen windsor mrs t h smith oukvllle mrs juck may uttlc cur rent munltoulln island thos allen oshuwa mis stew norrlr llmehouse mrs hairy allen milton mr and mr it mountain mtlum mr and mis m hnlllduy nliigur1 pallh mrs jomph ali n lonn brunch mra clara burt brampton mrs 11 gun- ton and mr w mccullounh llme house i hi- piilllirunts wirr mfvsrs ivter iiitl duncan f riiiion ciiornr and al lied allen o rv ul ruynfi unci ben mchunr rinial oirerns from tho cunadlun lerlon be8l ocorrotnwn the nelkhbotirh aw and mamie oeorflf and nellie will and mary employees of provincial paper mills mr and mrs t blythe toronto slfltcni louise and prances hnmond benton harbor mich donna and margaret grand children ontario hydro of oahawa orion lodge of ofthawa oddfellows and canton oahawa jessie rita and roy you aw helping a worthy eaue bo well be aftelnff nu all in the gregory theatre on uofloay uanat ttnd fowilrkm mdausfilia killed ovarsaas lit and un d r urlaiigtilm of olmdionach farm rreelted tragic new uu wtckecd wnen they learned irora cxuwa that their twentyyear old bb pum oclcer wullam uc- laucnlin bad been killed otereeaa rti lira wire told of hi deato and uu tmoaa wtr tnfonnal uiem thai lunaral aeivlcea had been beld lur turn in truliral hut prtday other thin thea two brief mea- illw mr and lira urtamhlln tiavr no knowledf at all of now the tragedy occurred ttiey had had no word from intlr aon lor a month and were be- yinwtn to be aniloin a they usually rctrd a letter erry week in hi latt letter he uld he would br com pleting a iprclal coune allhln the next couple oi week pilot officer uclaighlln wa a gra dual of upper canada college and attended the uoiienlty uf toronto for two year before enllillng in thr ivc as u von nli wing and rrenmlmirm a an obhrrrr lau tkptcmber from ual km ut praoarded almost imme- diataty iiiium th aympathy of uie oaaanunlty torn out lo ui and tare mclaughlin in their lau po mclaughlin u the rtrai air furce man in thl dutrlct to pay the uprrm urlnce io9e donates 55 to locil clurttks tzvee ef which gea u b prrettauhs u retlrtag augeail the regular monthly meeting of the count of strathmore chapter io de ma held monday rvenlng tlarcb ifllh in the legion hall with twentyfour member present the newlyelected recent mr a orteg occupied the chair the minutes of the last meeting were read by the secre tary followed by a report on the re- rent marathon bridge by mrs p p blackburn the success of this pro ject was borne out in the fact that 17b53 was realised for war nork 125 00 was donated to the local red cross drive and 110 00 each to the local russian relief poluh relief and the cwacs canteen ut bramp ton a presentation of a small gift was made to the retiring recent mrs c v wullanu for her untiring effort in the interest of the chapter during the past year the national anthem brought the meeting to a close after which lunch was served by the hoslctes fur the evening mrs ii c wrlgnlesworth miss marjorle oault and mrs oordon sutherland the georgetown herald soltkerv comforts fund forwarded to soldiers comforts committee 473 54 cash on hand acknowledged 8538 total march 17th ft 8d3 hie herald brituh war victim fund forwarded to toronto evening lylcgrum 3142 35 citivh on hand acknow ledged 20 30 olen community club 10 00 total march 17th aibl65 dwhtrrutc marathon elcurc neth txi the marathon ruchre jspunsored by the oeorgt loan wumrns institute ha closed and the institute wish lo anjeciince the atnners and to thank the ten ladlo tho ucled iu hoatsvaea for the four area the mrt prise acnt lo mrs u lmngstonr and mrs 8 v king second wa a draw and won by 1 livtngvuine and 8 v king third pruc went to mr and mr ted jonee proceed were ib3a0 3000 mark reacltod in public schoolwar stamp drive the attendance at the public school u once more back to normal after a rather serious epidemic of colds and influenza the percentage attendance for rvbruary u down to 85 03 al though thl would appear low yet it was reasonably good compared to the county average for the month despite illness the wur savings lo ta have aw raged 130 to 33 per aeck with a total of 135 for janu ary and 133 for february two weeks ago the pupil acre greatly thrilled to learn that their war saving grand total wa now past the 3000 mark the junior red cron held a meeting on friday artemoon in the auditorium with clare bums the president in the chair he reported that another load of aahare including paper me tal and rubber was almost ready to send to toronto und that the pro ceeds would be used to make a special donation to the junior red cross headquarters to aid in their war work during last week russia nas an important topic in the classrooms where her tremendous war effort was kep before th chlluren on friday n collection wan taken tn aid ot the kiimiin relief fund when 35 40 was renllred the puplli arc to be con gratulated on their splendid response to this appeal card of t1iankh we wish to express our deep grati tude to our many friends and rela tives nlso fellow employees for their kindness sympathy and floral gift- in our recent bereavement in the death of ii beloved wife and mother thomas allen and family michael beer wins speaking on 1rliliy mjrili lltli ul oilivllli- illkh school auditorium mkhncl nccr of cleorwtnwn illlth bchool won flrt nil- tit the second nniuml llnlton coimiv public 8ptuklnu contrst sion- nricl by tin- oakvluc lions club a luruc hiullfiico wnn thrjllod by his mircclich nnd thoso of tho other con- tghtnnlh accordlna to tho rule of the contest each speaker was callod on twice first itlvlng a lontror prepared addrcs on any subject of his own choice and then a short extemporan eous speech on a subject chosen from a list presented to htm ten minutes before he was to tajk on tt the names of the winners and the titles of their addresses are i ulehael deer o rfl napoleon and hitler n m tortoal parallel and iurp vt had public contest at oakville cmsv iai miio oluh oikvlllc ii 8 clrumcs ntcdcd in our kriiinttlmml syslrin mid tin itiitht way to llllrhlilkf i3i jiilili iv wolff mac- ilouald nn euullsh kuest from appleby colloitr tlic voulh of eiirlnntl nnd tho red cross mr o e dennett uctlnit principal of oakvluc high scltool and founder of tho contest acttnii as chairman in troduced tho judnen messrs o r kcofo p s rutherford and j can non prominent officials from the de partment of education who bristly contented on ttte excellence of the speeches and stressed the need for greater eupport or and interest in suoh braleara ta our aonoock 2250 received in local red cross drive to date active scrvk mettt urn tn uniform home last week in cluded plying officer joseph hurst trenton bgxxm cecil datidaon king ston fmn walter ihchn orulu ac3 huh uacjcrnii toronto pu ljwiii larvl llamillor fua curtnx kennedy klagara licmn oeorge flargaat arrived at vtmy barrack kingvlcn last week here he will take his advanced train ing with the rc oignals oeorge enlisted tn the army about a year ago and wa stationed at no 3 district depot toronto for several month ahrre he worked in the documentauon division he recently completed basic training at no 34 oa d to oramp- ton fie ualcolm orandford i serloualy ul in hospital at camp borden with prteiimnnls pte llranoford wa re cupe rating from on attack of scarlet fever and was expecting to be home in a short while and it a as a shock lo hi family hen they were inform ed by ulegranb on flunday of hi new dine iferea wishing you a safe re ruery ualcolm beainan alrx afackle 1 spending hu furlough with lii parent mr and mrs j uackie of trrru ooua bea nuin ales uackle ctuioled in the merchant marine bi 041 uvd ha seen action in the pacific atlantic and medllrrrran he auo saw action in algeria and 1 a eunlnor uf a tanker torpedoed 100 mile from halifax and after bring in the water for five hours who retscucd along with the ship s creu by a destroyer beaman uackle left monday for the united bute to re klii bis cre formsr lauinsfsd minuter pusu rev nsthan waddell passed away march 11th at the home of his da ugh trr mrs blake vamaltcr balllnafad he retired from the mlrustry 15 ear ago after a service of forty esrs he hud urtou pastorates the last one be ing at balltnafad and melville where hesened for 14 years a funeral service a as held in balllnafad church and was conducted by rev a o w foreman osnlntcd by rev oeorge altkens rev wuddell aa in hi 69th ear the mu sic was rendered by the choir of bal llnafad and melville churches mrs p j shorlll sang he shall wipe away alt tears from our eye tne late rev waddell was born at metcalfe ont the aon of ur and mrs thomas waddell he attended mcolli university montreal where he obtained his degree before union he was a minister of the presbyterian church and afterwards was a minis ter of the united church he married mary jane fraser of norwood ont ho died twentynine years ago at dalllnafad the rev waddell was widely known and revered throughout the district and besides hi many friends he leaves to mourn his low one sister mm archie eastman or north oower on tario and eight children mrs j r pickering belleville mrs h w mac intosh toronto mls edith wuddell portland maine mr fraser waddell pangman sask mrs harry hollen- dock edmonton alta mrs blake vannattcr bnlllnafad mr comfort roftzrl georgetown mr leslie wad dell hamilton the pallbearer were messrs j o hhiirh dan mcmillan john camp bell robert mcencry robert wnrren and f w short it the flowers were carried by membern of the boyn sun day school class interment took place in flreenwond cemetery- ashgrove the christian culture mcttlnti of amicnuc ypu met on sunday cvon- iiik march uth with doris ilrown- rlilbe in chnrrp viola nriwlcn playeil r piano instrmnenlal mrs a j rtul- tloll ttitvc a very interesting talk on hungarian mtifllc and the hungarian clypsy tlio national anthem and bonedlctlon concluded this meeting mlv inld shore smted with miss isabel wrlicgleswortli over he week end miss donna adams visited with her parents at mitchell saturday and sun day rev j o totton was iu last week hence there was no church service on sunday mnmhui owing- to the epidemic oi flu and weather eomhuona sunday school end hxvemax utbstaxtux dona- 110n8 orvrw deorgetovns red croat drive to rcjluu up lo lu object of wooom and at the time of b5ng to prasa the return hv reached th halfway mars with total uirarrtratnrn ueasf iag to twogo th canvaaure te port that they an being wao recejrsd and th support ha dm most en couraging allnoiigti tn torn quartan the district arc lagging a tl ul be- hind thr campaign cloaca a wealt from baturdax and ihe raecutr hope to reach their obectj aril wtthtn that ume owing lo th state of th country road thr canvass tn th rural area has been delajvd but it u now beginning to max progreu th per capita donation from ward s oaorgw- town and norval hat increased over last rar ouffienl return from th other dlitrlcta have not ret been re ceived to make any estimate on them ui leltoy dale ko president of the red croia has reported th follow ing large subscription among the do nation alliance paper ulu ltd j0o0o smith ii qune u4 30000 w p braoley lmoe jotrnh beaumont 10000 d r uclaiughltn iso so w ii kentner 100 00 djm mactenrle toooo uaar lure yoot doing your bll rulht here t home by giving a gen- rroutly a you can to the red cross brmpton training gimp wins group hoaert defeated midland in rocket bcues meet nobel ax playing the second game in tbatr group playor aeries al oeorgetown arena last pnday night brampton military training camp intermedial oila team won handily wth a 7 i score over the- opponents th uld land bhlpbullder bramplen also won the first game played at midland on the previous tuesday night by a 10 to 7 score the ice on friday right wa not all it should nave been due to the mild weather lor these two fast teams but nevertheless the game was packed with plenty of exciting n omenta no soar wo recorded in the first period but brampton started the parade of coun ters tn the second and it kept mid land busy lo get on the score sht be fore the end of the game this win not only gave the army team the game but also the groua honours after playing in a group the included midland aijpbullders new market t c orulla to and angus bombers brampton meets nobel ao in the first game of the semifinal tonight and the return game of the playoff will be held at maple leaf oardena toronto on friday night oood luck brampton special service for womens dsy of prayer the power of prayer was the theme of an address by miss oliver of cedar- vale school lost friday afternoon tn the sunday school room of st oeorgea chuch of england when a special in terdenominational service was held to commemorate the womens day of pravcr throughout canada miss oliver cmpharlzed the fact that we miut pray every day making it aa essential part ot our lives not just pray one dny and torrct the rest of the year she also pointed out that those who were ruldlnr the youth of lodny were moulding the world of to morrow and too much time and thoimht could not be spent in this important work all the churches were rrprisienlrd and look part in the ser- ucc the service was arranged by the presidents of the various missionary societies mrs wm t sinclair mrs a m nielsen mrs a reeve mrs d w baxter mrs douglas maplos- den rang solo legion members are requested to keep in mind the annual meeting of the legion on thursday starch abth and the election of officers march 28ut come on comrades and attend these two important meeunaa church aervtom have had to be wtth- drawn durin the past lew skmder we hope front now onto on9 on